After greeting Stewart, Professor Hancock, and the others, Charlene took her seat at the front of the hall, right near the center aisle. Stewart joined her, while Vesta ended up in the second row.
As rising stars in the field, both Charlene and Stewart had been invited onstage to share their approaches to research and learning, hoping to inspire the students in the audience.
Once their talks wrapped up and the floor opened for discussion, it wasn’t long before the leading experts in the room all gravitated toward Charlene and Stewart, eager to speak with them.
These were well-known scholars, each with their own specialty. Whether the conversation turned to convolutional neural networks, embodied intelligence, multimodal interaction, or some other cutting-edge topic, Charlene held her own with ease. She offered fresh perspectives and practical suggestions for thorny issues—like missing modalities or computational bottlenecks—that had been troubling even the most seasoned researchers. With every answer, the experts’ eyes lit up, and it seemed they’d have happily talked with her all afternoon.
There were plenty of heavyweights in attendance, and it didn’t take long for them to judge Charlene’s capabilities. Just a few minutes in conversation, and her depth was obvious.
At one point, a scholar waiting his turn grumbled, “Alright, Sinclair, you’ve monopolized her long enough. It’s my turn, isn’t it?”
“Exactly! Let the rest of us have a chance. You can’t keep her to yourself forever.”
“Relax, I just have one more question—let me finish—”
“Oh, please! I know exactly what you’re going to ask: how to fix problems with scaling up applications. That could go on forever. By the time you’re done, we’ll all be old!”
Meanwhile, Vesta was fielding her own conversations, though her mind kept wandering to the front row. She found herself watching Charlene almost unconsciously, tracking every exchange and gesture. So when someone called her name, she didn’t respond right away.
Several of the experts clustered around Charlene were familiar to Vesta by reputation. They had strong track records and impressive résumés. The fact that they not only sought out Charlene’s input but clearly valued her advice made a big impression. The more Vesta listened, the more she realized just how broad and deep Charlene’s knowledge was—there were entire stretches she couldn’t even follow.
No wonder Professor Mack had called her a ‘polymath’ in AI.
If, at The Henderson Group a few days ago, Charlene’s technical talk with Professor Hancock and the others had relied on secondhand insights from Stewart or Kenton, now she was clearly in a league of her own. Her conversation with Professor Sinclair and the others was too informed, too wide-ranging, to be mere parroting.
Maureen paused, her expression unreadable as she looked toward the knot of experts around Charlene. “Well,” she said quietly, “she’s been with Stewart for ages now, always tagging along when he meets with Kenton. With two of the best minds in the field mentoring her, of course she’s come this far. Isn’t that only natural? Otherwise, why would she go to such lengths to keep you and Stewart apart?”
She squeezed Vesta’s hand. “Honestly, if you’d had the same access to Stewart and Kenton, I’m sure you’d have done even better than she has.”
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I know its ur story and u obviously have ur own plot line and all and have every right to build the story as u like but what writer provide isnt just entertainment, but they shape the narrative of young minds. So I would say that romanticing cheating is, or rather THORNE'S behaviour, wrong for all the reasons..give york a chance ..that will be way more satisfying...again all of this is just my point of view but if charlene and thorne get back together, its not the story im looking for...
Hey...please dont ever make Charlene and thorne get back together no matter what...he simply doesn't deserve it....no matter the reason or plot twist behind the way he treated his legally wedded wife....whether he actually slept with vesta or not....just his emotional cheating...not repecting his spouse....not caring enough to actually get to know the person his wife was....and actually distancing his child from her mother and encouraging her to bond with the mistress are all the biggest RED FLAGS... when a person enters a contract....he must uphold it no questions asked...its not like if ur partner isnt good enough, ur allowed to cheat..allowed to let a 3rd person in-between....if ur not satisfied with ur partner then u can get a divorce...whats the point of all the wealth, power and brilliance of mind when the ML cant even get his head around this simple fact...So, its fine it he regrets, but charlene shouldn't be with him in any case.....
Enough already. This novel is dragging slowly. Updated with 2 chapters only. REALLY!!! Whoever the author or authors of this novel why is there a delay in penning more chapters? Here’s my question. In reading the comments from others does their opinions matters and/or make a difference? Are comments being monitored? Or is it only a tool allowing readers to blow off steam?...
Long wait to just get an upload of a couple of chapters. Very little progress in the story if any at all! For heaven's sake the story is 453 chapters so far with nothing or little change from where the story began! Show commitment to us your readers and followers please!...
Hi..its my 1st ever time commenting on any story. But seriously....i dont mean to come as rude but are u seriously thinking about the stroy or losing ur grip on the plot and characters...not updating...no story development...no commitment towards ur readers...u just uploaded 2 chapters after god know how long and still nothing to give to the story..if u dont want to write or simply cant then please dont...
The updates are so slow that I forgot the story for some time and just remembered it and read 20 chapters. The chapters are short and the story development is like a snail. 451 chapters and Charlene still couldn't break her image in other's eyes or dealth some serious damage to Vesta and her trash father....
It would be better to say right away that there are 10 chap/month...
Just give us updates already...
We're stuck at this chapter for over 2wks now Very annoying Thorne and vesta having the tune of their lives while Charlene is stuck More annoying...
Updating chapters to this novel is reminiscent of a sloth. There should be a disclaimer when this site states PUBLISH 10 chaps/day....