"He is a... difficult person to deal with."
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"Pardon? Did you just say that he wanted to pay me a visit?"
A sense of unease gnawed at Miriam Schlinger when she heard the unexpected news.
"Yes," Byron Thorne's voice was heard from the other end of the line. He sounded rather carefree, oblivious of the turmoil growing in Miriam's heart. "You two have been acquainted for a long time. Now that he finally awoke from his coma, he was really interested to see the progress of the DOTTE Project with his own eyes."
"..."
A frown creased Miriam's brow as she chewed on her lower lip. The Atticus Bates she knew wouldn't cede control so readily. He wasn't one to hand over his life's work, content to watch from the sidelines and cheer another's triumph.
No, the Atticus she remembered was a fiercely competitive person, a trait she recognized in most alpha scientists of his caliber.
