Female NovelMultitasking was not something difficult for Evan.
"Capital University's request for our professors to teach classes wasn't something I brought up when Itook over the management of the company. Dr. Craw, you should be aware of this.
"But since you've agreed to it, I'll make sure to handle the communication with them. You can trust me,"said Evan.
Getting Evan’s uncle to agree to such a matter was effortless.
After all, it was not a challenging task. His uncle was the kind of person who focused solely on theeducation sector. As for other matters, he was not keen on managing them. Otherwise, the Turnerfamily would not have entirely relied on his father.
"Alright, I'll wait for your good news," replied Luca, making it clear that she would not be able to teachclasses at Capital University this week.
After that, she turned around and left.
The moment Luca left the office, Evan paused his work and picked up his phone. He dialed the numberfor the president of Capital University.
"Uncle, it's Evan."
"Evan, why are you calling at this hour? Is there something wrong?"
Evan explained Luca's request to the person on the other end of the line. After he receivedconfirmation, she would delegate the arrangement to her assistant.
This indicated that the temporary replacement professor would hand over all teaching materials andcourse details to the assistant.
After the communication was sorted out, Evan let out a sigh of relief. This matter concerned the futuretalent supply between Capital University and Watson. Luca's agreement laid a solid foundation for thecompany to absorb talent.
Considering Luca's close relationship with Luke, Evan initially thought she would not agree. He waseven prepared to persuade other professors to teach the classes.
After all, if Luca was unwilling to teach and Luke pressured him, there was nothing much he could doabout it.
However, to his surprise, Luca agreed.
Now, the cooperation with Capital University was sealed.
Meanwhile, in a villa owned by the Mallory family in A City, a press conference was underway.
Luca was unaware of this event, but when she returned to the laboratory, she overheard one of theresearchers mentioning it casually.
As long as it did not affect their work, Luca would not stop them from chatting. After all, casualconversation was a way to foster camaraderie among colleagues.
When Luca heard what the researcher said, she could not help but ask, "Madam Mallory's pressconference is confirmed for today?"
"Yes, several major media outlets are said to be onsite for live coverage. Dr. Craw, are you interested inthis?" The researcher turned to look at her.
Luca shook her head. She was merely surprised that the event had been delayed for so long.
She thought Karen had already held the press conference. She did not expect it to start just now, whichwas surprising.
After all, she remembered Karen had come looking for trouble with Luke after she caught Silas. Thatwas a long time ago.
She replied, "I remember the incident happened quite a while ago. That’s why I find it strange. Newsupdates every day nowadays, and I reckon the incident has lost its heat. Is it really necessary to hold apress conference to clarify things now?"
"That’s true. Nobody's paying attention to her scandalous affairs online anymore. After all, severalcelebrity scandals have surfaced recently, and everyone loves discussing those more.
"But she had the media publish yesterday that there'd be a press conference today, which has reignitedthe people’s interest in this matter."
"Indeed, everyone is discussing her past events now, which had already faded away before. Still, sheinsists on clarifying. Which PR firm is the Mallory family using? I'm not a professional, but I feel likeclarifying things at this point would be too late. It would be better to just let it go since the matter haspassed."
"Exactly. If they're innocent, as long as the Mallory family knows it and believes it, that should beenough. There's no need to make such a fuss. Isn't this just putting the Mallory family in the spotlight?"
The group engaged in a lively discussion.
Luca was no longer involved in the conversation at this point.
She thought to herself that Karen really knew how to cause trouble for the Mallory family. She guessedthat Percy would have to seek his PR department’s help to handle this matter.
For some reason, whenever Luca thought of Karen, it reminded her of Allison, who was still undergoingplastic surgery in Seoul.
She had not heard Luke mention Allison recently and neither did she know her current situation.
Still, no news might be good news. With things in turmoil in A City, it would be best if Allison stayed inSeoul and not come back.
She should at least wait until they resolved all the issues with the Island of Despair... At the thought ofthis, Luca continued to work on her experiments.
After a few more random remarks from the people in the lab, they stopped discussing.
Since Luca was no longer participating in the topic anymore, they did not want to gossip and riskupsetting her later.
At the Mallory Estate, Karen was wearing a pair of oversized sunglasses and sitting on the makeshiftstage for the press conference.
She could not be bothered finding another location. The garden of this villa was spacious enough, soshe decided to hold it here.
The morning sunlight filtered through the trees, but the weather was getting increasingly humid. Eventhe scattered sunlight felt too scorching.
Many reporters were using handheld fans to cool themselves.
Karen's expression was not too pleasant either. She looked at the reporters present and saw therewere not many of them, which meant her clarification came too late and it had lost its news value.
It was as though even with the clarification released, not many people would pay attention, or rather,not many would believe it.
Karen's mood turned sour.
When her subordinate, Anthony, approached and quietly reminded her, "Madam, it's time as per theinvitation letters, but not many reporters have arrived. Should we start now?"
"Just wait a bit longer!" Karen did not want to do something futile. She had to wait this long beforeholding the clarification press conference all because of Silas!
Silas' face was swollen for a long time.
Later, she found out that Silas, to avoid clarifying, would secretly slap his face when those two menwere not paying attention.
Even though he was not very forceful, after a few slaps, the swelling on his face would not go down.
After Karen found out about this, she wished she could cripple him.novelbin
However, she held back and finally had the two men tie up Silas's hands and feet. That way, there wasno way Silas could do anything to his face. With his face no longer swollen, she immediately arrangedthe press conference.
Still, it was too late...
Anthony glanced at the reporters below. All of them were visibly impatient due to the increasingly hotweather.
He whispered, "Madam, the weather is getting hotter, and we’re outdoors. I'm afraid these reportersmight leave if we wait any longer."
Usually, press conferences were held indoors, but Karen thought there would be many people and theindoor living room could not accommodate everyone. That was why she set it up outside despite theexceptionally hot weather.
Now, Karen was practically begging the reporters to help her with interviews and coverage rather thanthe reporters demanding explosive news from her.
Their perspectives were different. Hence, these reporters did not have much patience to wait.