"Karn, is this your girlfriend?"
After arriving at the president's banquet, Carl looked at Betty beside Karn with some envy. Although she knew her old classmate never lacked women, wasn't this one a little too exceptional?
By comparison, the female companion she had brought seemed rather ordinary.
Betty looked truly outstanding after dressing up so carefully, especially with her bearing. Her skin also seemed much fairer. He did not know whether she had secretly put on makeup or whether it was thanks to drinking milk, but he could experiment again once they got back.
"It's nothing, Carl."
Karn spoke with his chin slightly raised. Betty was someone else's girlfriend whom he had stolen, and revealing that aspect would make it even more exciting. But Karn would not tell her; keeping it to himself seemed better.
"Those people came too. They'll probably come say hello to you later. If you want to work with them, you must be careful. Oscorp is a cautionary example."
Carl leaned close to Karn and reminded him in a low voice. This sort of thing was common in finance. In fact, they were wolves who devoured people whole. But those were other people they devoured. If Carl saw someone trying to target someone close to her, she would still give them a warning.
After all, Karn was a major shareholder in their company and the person who guided them. Without him, the private equity fund could never have developed so well.
Karn knew about this too. After chatting with Carl for a while, he excused himself and went over to General Ross with Betty. Today, he had come as the owner of a biopharmaceutical company. Bringing Laura would have been more appropriate, but if Karn really had done that, both Rosses would have given him dirty