Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Adina was absolutely certain that the man they met was Duke Winters. But why did he deny it? She
recalled everything that had happened a moment ago, and her expression turned dark. Did Duke
Winters think that she used Melody to approach him? Could he be any more narcissistic? Adina rolled
her eyes in an extremely udy-like fashion. Then, she looked down at her daughter, only to notice
that Mel’s eyes were still fixed on Duke’s car. “Mel, do you know him?” she asked with surprise. But her
daughter did not give her any response. It was only when the car vanished that Mel looked away and
hugged Adina’s neck. Adina checked the driver’s hand and said guiltily, “I’m sorry. When Mel gets
worked up, she sometimes bites. I’ll bring you to the hospital to get it treated…” The driver waved his
hand in dismissal and said, “It’s normal for children to bite people. My son often bites me too. This is
nothing. Miss Adina, you should get back into the car.” Adina sighed. She had been trying to correct
Melody’s habits, but it didn’t seem to be working. They went on their way, and soon, they stopped in
front of Xavier Corporation. Adina brought her children to the waiting room and asked Alden to take
good care of his sister before she went to the office. The person who was going to help her upload the
chip’s program into the main product system was her cousin, Ethan Xavier. He had gone to study
abroad when he was eight and only returned to the country once every year. Before everything, Adina
had not known him. But she had to admit, he was really amazing. Otherwise, it would have been
impossible for him to stand out among the dozens of younger members of the Xavier family. “Addy, let
me take a look at the code of your chip.” Ethan went straight to business the moment they saw each
other and started talking about work. Adina did not dy things either. She sat down in front of the
computer and started typing away on the keyboard. Soon, a whole page of code appeared on the
screen. Ethan had also majored in programming, so when he saw the string of code on the screen, he
was stunned. His cousin had used the simplest programmingnguage of all—C++—to write the most
complicated code he had ever seen! If they inserted chips written in it into their products, Xavier
Corporation’s products would surely rise to the top of the IoT market. It was no wonder why his father
had been in such a hurry to sign the contract. “Ethan, I’ve already uploaded the optimized code into theN?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content.
system. You just need to connect it to your internal…” Adina gave Ethan the instructions in an
organized fashion without missing out on the tiniest of details. Ethan stared at her with admiration. “If
we seed inunching these products, you’ll be one of our greatest contributors.” Adina smiled and
said, “It’s because you and Uncle Richard are willing to trust me that this chip is able to be put to use,
no?” Ethan shook his head. He was sure that plenty ofpanies had contacted Adina before them. If
she hadn’t approached them, the Wilheim family, Lorde family, and countless others would fight tooth
and nail to work with her. The Xavier family was only able to get this chance because Adina was
Madam Xavier’s granddaughter. When they got ready to take a look at thepany’s prototype,
Ethan’s secretary suddenly walked in. “Young Master Ethan, Miss Dew came over to talk about a
cooperation.” Adina narrowed her eyes. ‘Miss Dew? Dew Daugherty?’ But that made sense. Daugherty
Corporation was built with the help of the Xavier family, so it had deep ties with Xavier Corporation.
Even though the Xavier family and Daugherty family had a falling out four years ago, it was not easy to
just cut all ties in the business world as well. Adina turned to Ethan and asked, “What sort of business
cooperations is Xavier Corporation involved in with Daugherty Corporation?” “The Daugherty family has
been wanting to get a share of our smart products and join us in working with them,” Ethan said. “But
the Daugherty family has never shown much sincerity, so my father is still considering this cooperation.
He hasn’t signed the contract yet.” Adina tapped her finger against the table. “Ethan, if you trust me,
could I handle this deal?” Her eyes were calm when she looked at him, but Ethan could guess what
emotions were stirring behind that calmness. The day before, he had heard about what had happened
four years ago from his grandmother. The Daugherty family had actually killed two of Adina’s children.
Honestly, if no lives had been involved, he would have been fine with the Xavier family turning a blind
eye and working together with the Daugherty family. But two lives were lost. Even if he was not close
with his cousin, he could not ignore this. “Addy, part of this project’s shares are yours since you
provided the tech, so you can make the decision regarding this. I’ll let you handle it,” Ethan said softly.
“Thank you, Ethan.” Adina exhaled. Meanwhile, Dew leaned against the couch in the meeting room
with an impatient look on her face. She had been waiting for twenty minutes, but the Xavier family did
not send anyone over. They actually dared to ignore her like this! Since the Xavier family was Adina’s
maternal grandparents’ family, she actually did not want to have anything to do with it! But she had no
other choice. She was the heiress of the Daugherty family, and Daugherty Corporation’s business was
going downhill. Hence, she had to prioritize thepany in anything she did. It would be great if Duke
just announced her status to the public. Then, countless people would try to get on her good side. Yet
Duke had ordered her to never tell anyone about the children, much less say that she had any ties to
the Winters family. This meant that even though she had sessfully made Duke believe that she was
the children’s mother, she did not get any benefits from the Winters family. This thought always made
her fume. Dew finished her coffee in a rage just as she heard the sound of heels outside.