Chapter 382

Genevieve smirked at Isabella.

Eleanor Kensington felt genuine pride for her daughter.

Isabella, as always, didn't even glance their way.

She quietly sipped her tea, fading into the background while Walter Pembroke and Dominic Fairchild conversed.

Seeing Victoria receive admiration from industry experts finally gave Dominic a sense of satisfaction.

Just then, Frederick Langley messaged Victoria again.

YodaVision is truly groundbreaking. Not only does it have Nathaniel Graves as founder, but his engineers are exceptionally innovative.

I plan to visit again soon for deeper discussions with Nathaniel and his team.

The NMI journal's double-blind review process meant Frederick still didn't know who wrote the paper that impressed him so much.

Victoria assumed he regretted not speaking more with Nathaniel during their last meeting.

As she began typing a comforting reply, Walter turned to his student. "Couldn't wait to read the paper, could you?"

"Absolutely!" The student's eyes shone with excitement. "This paper improves large model processing efficiency tenfold! Engineers worldwide are studying it overnight."

"It's making international waves and trending in Salzburg. What's more - it's from YodaVision's team!"

Victoria froze mid-typing. Slowly, she looked up at Nathaniel.

Every eye in the room turned toward him.

Eleanor and the Kensington family frowned at the news.

Such an impressive achievement coming from Nathaniel's team?

Though given his capabilities, this wasn't surprising.

But knowing he supported Isabella - effectively opposing their family - left a bitter taste.

Worse still, the very paper Victoria's advisor praised came from Nathaniel's team. The irony stung.

Walter, however, beamed with genuine pleasure.

"Mr. Graves," he said warmly, "leading your team to such results again. Congratulations!"

Nathaniel simply smiled. "You flatter me, Professor Pembroke. I wasn't the first author."

"This breakthrough wasn't my doing. I merely assisted with minor technical details."

"Just the details?" The student checked his phone's author list. True enough, Nathaniel wasn't first author.

Instead, it read: Isabella Sinclair. Not only first author - but corresponding author too.

Nathaniel ranked second.

The following authors were all YodaVision engineers.

Walter squinted at the name. "First author is Sinclair?"

Victoria, Dominic, Oliver Westbrook, and the Kensingtons froze.

The paper came from YodaVision. Isabella worked at YodaVision.

Could it be...?

Impossible.

Not her.

Then Nathaniel spoke calmly. "Yes. Isabella Sinclair."