Chapter 363 The Four Meet
The hotel lobby was filled with staff who had been waiting for a long time.
The long tables around were laden with food and wine, showcasing the local specialties.
However, Quentin had not yet arrived, and everyone felt too embarrassed to start.
Lauren left Quentin's room with a very complicated mood.
Lauren wanted to find a quiet place to be alone, but as the director of the design department, she had many people to oversee.
Reluctantly, Lauren had to come to the lobby to wait.
"I now understand why Ms. Walker was known as the most patient person," someone whispered.
"Do you think Odette's injury has anything to do with Ms. Walker?"
"You shouldn't say such things carelessly. Be careful Ms. Walker doesn't hear you."
It would have been fine if they were just gossiping behind her back, but these people were sitting right next to Lauren. It was unclear whether they wanted her to hear or not.
Regardless of their intentions, Lauren didn't want to hear people talking about her like that.
Holding a glass of wine, Lauren moved to the other side of the lobby. Just as she was about to sit down, someone called out to her. "Lauren, long time no see."
The voice was somewhat familiar. She turned around and saw that it was Noah.
Lauren was a bit surprised. Noah, who had been out of sight in the company for so long, had also come today.
Probably just for fun, which was Noah's style.
"You're here, just you?" Lauren glanced around but didn't see Sophia.
"Just me. After all, she's not an employee of this company, so it would be inconvenient." From the tone, it seemed Noah was quite reluctant to be apart from Sophia.
In contrast, Lauren felt a bit pathetic for herself.
"Where's Quentin?" Noah only now noticed Quentin wasn't with Lauren. "Did you two have another fight?"
Just as Lauren was about to answer, the crowd suddenly became agitated. "Mr. Robinson is here."
Amidst cheers, Quentin walked into view, supporting Odette.
"Odette?" Noah exclaimed in surprise.
Could it be that Noah knew her too?
Seeing Lauren's puzzled look, Noah explained. "She and Quentin have known each other since childhood. Odette received a lot of help from Quentin's family. She should be in Weitela, though. Why is she here?"
"Odette is now with Robinson Conglomerate," Lauren replied softly.
Seeing Lauren's complex expression, Noah guessed a few things. "Don't take it too hard. That's all in the past. You know what Quentin is like."
Noah's words of comfort only made Lauren feel worse.
Even Noah, an outsider, understood, so why didn't Quentin?
"Yeah," Lauren nodded lightly. "I know, it's just..."
"Ms. Walker." At this moment, Odette, being quite sensible, wanted to let go of Quentin and come to Lauren's side.
"Your foot is still injured. Don't move around." Quentin said.
"I'm fine." Odette ignored Quentin's concern and hobbled over to Lauren.
"About earlier, I'm sorry." Saying this, Odette bowed to Lauren.
What did Odette want from her? Forgiveness?
Thinking this, Lauren couldn't help but find it very amusing.
"But I truly love Quentin." Odette still said it, not disappointing Lauren at all.
"So what? Do you want me to give you my blessing?" Lauren sneered. "Impossible. As long as I'm here, it will never happen."
At worst, Lauren could endure for a long time again. After all, she had done it before.
"Odette?" Noah called out.
Hearing someone call her, Odette finally noticed there was another person beside Lauren.
After staring for a while, Odette finally recognized Noah and exclaimed in surprise, "Is that you, Noah?"
"Yes," Noah nodded with satisfaction. Odette finally recognized him.
"When did you come back? You didn't even call me to hang out?" Noah complained to Odette.
"I've been busy with work lately. It's my oversight," Odette apologized to Noah.
"Noah?" Quentin also walked over. "Didn't expect you to come too."
"Of course, I can't let people forget I'm also part of Robinson Conglomerate." Noah said as he pulled Quentin aside and whispered, "You really have a way with women, messing around with another girl so quickly."
Hearing Noah say this, Quentin was a bit displeased and slapped Noah on the back. "Don't joke about such things with me."
Seeing Quentin get upset, Noah immediately changed his tone, "I'm just kidding. Being a playboy has always been my image."
Though he said that, Noah couldn't help but sigh, "This is really a tangled mess."
"What did you say?" Hearing him mumble, Quentin looked Noah up and down.
Noah didn't want to discuss this matter further with Quentin. He shook his head and casually said, "Nothing. I'm hungry. When are we going to eat?"
After Noah said this, Quentin looked at his watch. It was indeed time to eat.
Quentin walked back to the stage and said to everyone, "You can now go to the third floor for dinner. The fourth floor is for karaoke, the fifth floor is a bar, and the hot springs are fifteen hundred feet outside the hotel. Go wherever you like."
As soon as Quentin finished speaking, there was a round of applause from the audience. "Mr. Robinson, that's awesome!"
No one expected the team-building activities to be so rich, and everyone was naturally very happy.
"Ms. Walker, let's go up together." Odette said as she tried to walk forward and hold Lauren's hand, but was refused.
"I'm afraid something might happen to you again. I'm not very capable, and with your foot injured, I'm afraid I can't take good care of you." Lauren's words were sincere. On one hand, she was really afraid of hurting Odette again. On the other hand, she was afraid of any more misunderstandings.
"Ms. Walker, do you hate me?" Odette's voice choked up.
Seeing Odette's tearful eyes, Lauren, who had decided to stay away from her, softened. "I didn't mean that."
Not knowing what to do, Lauren had to agree.
"Let's walk slowly, and be careful of your foot." Lauren supported Odette and started to climb the stairs step by step.
If it weren't for Odette liking Quentin, she would have really wanted to be friends with Odette.
"Lauren, thank you." Odette had already figured out Lauren's character very well. "I still want to call you that, is it okay?"
"Yeah," Lauren nodded.
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