Although Curtis Autos was a multibillion-dollar mega project, the timeframe for initial preparations that Charlie and the Ackers had was quite short.

Even though the press conference was soon, many details hadn't been ironed out just yet, while there were parts that required further adjustments as well.

As such, Charlie spent the morning finalizing the details with everyone at Shangri-la, and he stayed to have lunch with them.

Since Claire was driving on her own, he just had to wait for her