Chapter 156

"Long time no see." "Mr. Rivers, who's this?" A balding man with a beer belly stared hard at Emma before turning to ask Charles. "Let me introduce you all—this is Emma, the newly appointed CEO of Grace Group. She's also Matthew's daughter." "Hello, everyone." Emma kept her polite smile and nodded at the others in the private room. The executives there had seen her in the news recently but didn't recognize her at first glance. "Wow, you look even better in person. Honestly, we just saw the article the other day—can't believe we didn't recognize you, Ms. Grace. Our bad, our bad." She nodded slightly in response, then walked over to a corner of the leather couch and sat down. This clearly wasn't the ideal setting for a business conversation, but now that she was here, leaving abruptly felt rude, so she stayed. "Ms. Grace, I think there's still potential for our collaboration to move forward. But tonight might not be the best time for that. I'll drop by Grace Group another day for a proper