Someone from across the table laughed, looking at Professor Liam. "Old Liam, you really can't help yourself, can you? We're supposed to be eating and you're still going on about work."
Another person chimed in, grinning. "He was doing the same thing at the exhibition. Spent forever talking Miss Brown's ear off about encryption protocols or something."
The attention shifted toward their end of the table.
Professor Liam smiled but didn't take the bait. "You all usually shove me off to your engineers the second I start talking technical details. Now I'm having a conversation with someone who actually understands, and suddenly you care?"
A few people chuckled.
One of the older alphas, someone from the French delegation, glanced between Sienna and Elodie. "I have to say, it's refreshing to
