By the time the magic of the chalk circle finally sizzled out, and sound rushed back into the room, Valerie and Bloom had finished hashing out the details of her supply line idea as well as a few other further details of their new partnership.
It was also in this time that Valerie had her suspicions of Mister Bloom's true motives and identity, but she kept most of that to herself and remained speculative.
They left the room, meeting the eyes of an older couple that was leaving their own meeting, an actual business meeting and not just some illicit hookup disappointingly, before they returned back to the party.
Valerie reconnected with Zhu Li, who subtly broke down the details of the Tiffany as she pretended to be cleaning something nearby.
