Norris noticed Lucinda had more to say and clearly didn't want him around, so he took the initiative to leave.
Now that Professor Beaumont was gone, were they planning to hold a conference at the cafeteria entrance?
The moment he walked away, Lucinda turned to Claire. "What about your other cousin? He can't be half as dense as Norris, right?"
Claire sighed helplessly. "My other cousin is brilliant too, but I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to handle him."
She had no intention of playing matchmaker. It wasn't an easy job.
People like Reid Dalton and Zara Zeller worked out because Reid already had feelings for her.
Even without Claire's intervention, Reid would have won Zara's heart eventually.
Zara wasn't stupid, but when it came to romance, she was definitely a bit of a clueless beauty.
"Why wouldn't I be able to handle him? Is he even more intense than Professor Churchill?"
Lucinda had firmly decided that this was the exact breed of man she wanted to swoon over!
"Not exactly. Unlike Norris, who is utterly merciless toward women, my other cousin is the exact opposite."
Claire explained it with utter seriousness.
Lucinda processed the information and quickly understood.
One showed zero mercy, and the other showed too much mercy to everyone?
Never mind. She definitely couldn't handle a player either.
With that, Lucinda completely dropped the idea of asking Claire to set her up.
Standing off to the side, Priscilla just found the whole thing hilarious.
Lucinda was way too impulsive.
While Claire's family was undoubtedly full of exceptional men, Lucinda didn't know the first thing about them.
How could a blind setup like that ever work out?
After leaving the cafeteria, Claire spent some time in the library.
She waited until Hillary Harding got off her shift, and the two walked home together.
"Who is that?"
Someone observing Claire from outside the campus frowned when they saw her walking with a woman.
Could they have been exposed already? Did someone already assign a bodyguard to Claire?
"I looked into her. Her name is Scarlet, Claire's older cousin from her hometown."
"Claire helped her get a job serving food in the cafeteria, and she's become incredibly popular lately."
"Word is she gives massive portions, so all the students flock to her line."
"Hometown?" Quinton Graves scrutinized 'Scarlet'. "Does she have combat training?"
"I heard she's a military veteran. She couldn't adapt to the civilian corporate world, so she looked for a simpler job."
Quinton remained deeply
suspicious. "Even if she was looking for a job, ending up in that specific
cafeteria is too coincidental was
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"Not necessarily. Back in the military, Scarlet was in the mess hall feeding the pigs."
"She's probably just naturally good at this kind of work."
Tycho Thorne's intelligence gathering was actually quite thorough.
Quinton was noncommittal. Treating the brilliant minds of Solenia's top university like pigs?
That was rather amusing.
Whether her identity was entirely genuine remained to be seen.
However, having this Scarlet glued to Claire's side undoubtedly made their mission much harder.
Hillary had no idea her fake identity was already being investigated so quickly.
Though fabricated for the mission, Claire did actually have a cousin matching that exact description back home.
It wasn't a completely imaginary persona.
Even if someone dug deep, they would find records of a real person.
That real 'Scarlet' hadn't been
discharged from the military yet, so
Hillary
borrowing her identity was a flawless cover.
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'Scarlet' locally, they would h
brick wall of silence.
That was the advantage of having a powerful matriarch controlling the entire family!