Chapter 69

The meeting was originally supposed to be just with Mr. Harper, but somehow Louise ended up talking business with the VP of UL instead. Honestly, she hadn't seen that coming. But if UL treated the Bennetts that seriously, she figured she might as well mirror that level of importance when it came to the new property development project. "You actually met him?" Ava leaned on her hand, eyes swept up and down Clara with a curious look. She didn't peg Clara as someone who'd have connections with UL's president. Lately, Ava had started dealing with some family business stuff herself. UL's name came up all the time in finance mags-hard not to notice how much media buzz they got. "I wish. Me? Know someone like that?" Clara rolled her eyes. "No way. But my boyfriend works at UL, and according to him, the UL president is married-secretly." No interviews, no public exposure-about the only thing people knew was that he was Lucas' younger brother. Lucas ran things as VP. The president? Almost like