Chapter 979

“Okay, but I‘m looking forward to seeing you in the R&D group. Bye.” Ike could see that Nicole did not want to have much interaction with him and could only leave discreetly, but he admired her.

After Ike left, Harvey came over to Nicole. “You know that guy?”

“Nope.”

“How come he came over to talk to you if you don‘t know him?” Harvey shot a look toward where Ike had left.

“Is it any of your business who I talk to? Are you done chatting with them?” Nicole glanced at the bigwigs who were still networking in the venue.

“We have talked. I feel pretty good about it and should be able to get deals for Ellison Group.” Harvey was happy with his performance just now.

Scott walked over to Nicole. “Miss Riddle, are you interested in this project?”

“Do you mean the manned flying car program?” Nicole looked at him with surprise, wondering why he had asked her that.

“Yes. I‘m putting together an R&D team soon. If you have time, I hope you can join.” Scott just wanted Nicole to feel involved; he knew she was not an expert in this area of R&D.

“I know nothing about R&D, and I don‘t seem to be able to help much.” Nicole politely refused.

“It doesn‘t matter. It‘s nice that you can witness the growth of the manned flying car with us,” Scott said casually, without forcing Nicole into joining.

“It‘s okay to witness together, and I‘m honored to witness the development process of the manned flying car,” Nicole said modestly. After all, such an enormous project was not for the average person to take part in, and she would be happy if she had just watched. Harvey watched with jealousy from the sidelines as Scott invited Nicole to take part without inviting him.

“Mr. Harmon, Ellison Group will be happy to provide support for this project if needed.” Harvey volunteered himself. He would work hard for anything that gave him the chance to see Nicole.

Scott looked at him and politely declined. “Thank you for your support, Mr. Ellison.”

“Miss Riddle, make yourself comfortable. There‘s a party tonight. I‘ll see you then.” Scott continued talking to Nicole and then left without interacting with Harvey again.

“What did Mr. Harmon mean?”

“Nothing.” With that, Nicole headed for the door.

Harvey followed close behind. “Slow down and wait for me.”

“Miss Riddle.”

Nicole turned around and saw that it was the same person from earlier.

Ike stepped forward and said, “Do you have time later? I know an interesting place. Are you interested?”

“Sure.” She had nothing else to do anyway, so she might as well go out for a stroll instead of returning to the hotel.

“You are?” Harvey coughed as he looked over at Ike.

“Hello, Mr. Ellison, my name is Ike,” Ike greeted Harvey.

“Hello, I‘m a friend of Nicole.”

Ike smiled at Harvey as he heard he was Nicole‘s friend.” Do you want to join us?”

“He can‘t go. He has other things to do.” Nicole chimed in and answered for Harvey without waiting for him to speak.

“It‘s not really important. I can join you guys.” Harvey said cheekily, as the last thing he wanted was to leave a strange man alone with Nicole.