I Forgot I Ever Loved You (Zoe and Hayden) novel Chapter 286

"The next project is the Advanced Emotional AI Robot from Sterling Group. The company has already launched a physical prototype with facial recognition modeling. Anyone interested is welcome to come up and experience it firsthand."

The corporate tycoons who had been fawning over Easton's AI companion robot instantly fell dead silent, holding their breath.

Sitting in the audience, Professor Layne slapped his thigh without a care in the world, praising loudly, "Brilliant!"

That was his goddaughter for you.

She even had the physical prototype ready.

The smug grin practically froze on Sienna's face. The moment the host finished speaking, she was utterly dumbfounded.

Sterling Group wasn't here to bid.

They were here to compete directly with Easton.

Panicking, Sienna shot up from her seat.

"The concept for this companion robot was clearly proposed by Easton Group! We've already applied for a patent. What Sterling Group is doing is blatant copyright infringement!"

The entire hall descended into pin-drop silence.

Her face burning red, Sienna glared straight in Zoe's direction.

She understood now. This was a trap Zoe had orchestrated.

But she had already filed for the patent. What good would Zoe's little stunt do now?

Throughout the entire ordeal, Hayden sat entirely expressionless.

Faced with the sudden chaos, he didn't so much as furrow his brow.

Garrett looked past Hayden to check on Zoe.

Zoe stood up with complete composure. As the sole designer of Sterling's core robotics framework, she walked onto the stage with absolute confidence.

It had been five years since Zoe's face had appeared in this social circle. A few recognized her, but the vast majority had no idea who she was.

Those who did know her immediately began whispering in the crowd.

"Why is that woman here? Aside from drugging men to steal them, I've never heard of her having any actual skills."

"She walked in with Mr. Stone. Didn't Mr. Stone say she was married with a kid? How shameless can you be, parading around like a seductress when you're already married? And now she's trying to steal business right out from under the Thorne family's nose? This woman is—tsk, tsk!"

A wave of harsh murmurs rippled through the audience.

"I'm afraid Ms. Winters is mistaken. You applied for a conceptual patent. I'm sorry to inform you, but Sterling Group has also filed a patent—for our fully realized, physical emotional AI robot. Your concept and our physical product do not conflict in the slightest."

Zoe instructed the host to wheel out the finalized robotic prototype. Just as she was about to pull away the drape to reveal it, six uniformed police officers marched into the hall.

"Excuse me, who here is Zoe Lynd?"

A cold, authoritative voice echoed through the massive venue.

In a split second, the audience whipped their heads away from the stage to stare at the approaching officers.

The sudden interruption caught everyone completely off guard.

Sienna was ecstatic.

Although she hadn't yet seen Zoe's supposed 'physical design'.

She could assume the competitor possessed genuine talent.

There was no way a useless idiot like Zoe could have built something like that.

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