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Jordyn turned to Trevor, who was sitting nearby, watching them. "Dad, I want to eat here. Can we have the food packed and brought back?"Trevor said, "Okay."Jordyn immediately brightened up and hugged Celeste even tighter.Betty and Martha had plenty to talk about. Celeste, on the other hand, mostly sat quietly, occasionally chiming in with a few words.After a while, Jordyn started feeling tired and asked Celeste, "Mom, when will you be done with work?"Not wanting Betty to hear, Celeste picked her up and carried her over to the couch near the hospital bed before answering, "I'm not sure, but if things go as expected, I will probably get even busier.""Huh?" Jordyn didn't expect that answer and was visibly disappointed. "Then when will you have time to take me skiing?" She hadn't forgotten about it.Celeste thought for a moment and said, "Next month.""Really?""Mm." Celeste nodded. "When I have time, I'll let you know.""Okay!" Jordyn instantly perked up.Remembering la
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Celeste remained calm.As she had thought before—with Trevor's memory, remembering these details wasn't surprising. The fact that he prepared these dishes was likely just his way of thanking them for visiting Martha.It didn't mean anything else.After finishing their meal, Celeste and Betty sat for another hour before getting ready to leave.Seeing that it was getting late, Martha didn't insist on keeping them and instead said to Trevor, "You and Jo should head home early too.""Alright," Trevor replied. "I'll come see you tomorrow morning."The four of them left the hospital room together.Once they entered the elevator, Trevor asked, "Did you drive here yourself?"Celeste replied with a hum.Trevor didn't say anything more, but Jordyn suddenly remembered something and quickly asked, "Mom, are you not coming home tonight too?""No," Celeste replied. "I'm taking your Granny home and staying over at her place for the night.""Then I want to stay at Granny's house too!"Alth
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Jordyn leaned over as well. Seeing Trevor, she said, "Oh! It's Dad! Mom, let Dad in!"Celeste lowered her eyes. "Mm."The rest of the Rodriguez family overheard their conversation. They were a bit surprised to learn that Trevor was coming over, but since Jordyn was there, they didn't ask Celeste why he was here.A moment later, Trevor arrived.Celeste went out to meet him and asked, "Are you here to pick my grandmother up to visit the hospital?""Yes."Celeste nodded. "Wait a moment."Trevor replied, "Alright." He remained seated in his car.About ten minutes later, Betty finally came out of the house.Seeing this, Trevor got out and opened the car door for her.Jordyn was also getting ready to leave for school and said to Trevor, "Bye, Dad!""Goodbye."After exchanging nods with Celeste and the rest of the Rodriguez family, he got into his car and drove away.Celeste also got into her car and took Jordyn to school.At 11:30 am, while Celeste was busy at work, Betty calle
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Seeing Trevor reach out, Celeste had no choice but to hand him the flowers she was holding.She didn't look at Miles or Beck and instead walked straight to the bedside, asking Martha, "How are you feeling now?""Still a little sore, but it's alright," Martha said.Having just undergone surgery not long ago, she was already feeling a bit fatigued. She reached out to hold Celeste's hand and said, "You've been working all day—are you tired? Have you eaten? Why don't you join Trevor and the others for dinner later?"Celeste replied, "It's fine, Grandma. I ate at the office before coming over."Seeing that Celeste was still maintaining her distance from Trevor, Martha paused and didn't insist any further.Celeste chatted with her for a little while longer. When Martha began to feel tired and wanted to rest, Celeste prepared to leave.Martha asked Trevor to walk her out. Since he and the others were about to go for dinner anyway, she left with them.Inside the elevator, Miles kept
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Jordyn ran over excitedly. "Wow, so much delicious food! And milkshakes too!""Mm." Trevor said, "I knew you were coming, so I had some things prepared."As he spoke, his gaze landed on Celeste. Seeing that she ignored him, he shifted his focus to Hector and Jamie, nodding at them before standing up and saying, "Sit."Trevor carried an imposing presence.So, after greeting Martha, Jamie and Hector instinctively followed his words, sitting down with Jordyn and sharing the food that she and Trevor passed to them.Once the children started eating, Trevor handed Celeste a serving. "Try it?"Noticing that Martha was watching, Celeste accepted it and said, "Thank you."She took a sip and realized it was strawberry-flavored—exactly to her taste.Hearing that they were going skiing, Martha turned to Trevor and said, "Trevor, you should go with Cel and the kids."She continued, "Skiing is a dangerous activity. It'll be too much for Cel to watch over three children alone. Go help her. I
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Celeste said to Trevor, "My uncle said someone from Fleming Group approached him about a project collaboration."Trevor was about to respond when Celeste continued, "I know you don't want to owe me or my grandmother, and you're trying to express your gratitude in this way."But my grandmother and I visit your grandmother at the hospital because of her, not because of you. So, you don't need to offer us any projects."If they did business with Fleming Group, the Lockets and the Shaws would surely be displeased and stir up trouble.Even if he was sincerely trying to thank her and her grandmother by offering the project to her uncle to help him, the fact remained that the woman he loved was Wynn.If, one day, he wavered and changed his mind, the so-called help now would turn into a burden. And if it happened, the ones who would bear the consequences would still be the Rodriguez family.She couldn't afford to accept his offer.With an indifferent tone, she added, "You can also rest
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Ruby anxiously said, "I heard that in the few days since Martha got injured, Trevor and Celeste—even the other members of the Rodriguez family—have been in frequent contact."Yesterday, someone even saw Trevor having a meal with the old lady from the Rodriguez family. Could they be rekindling their past relationship?""There was never a relationship to rekindle," Wynn replied calmly, though she disliked Ruby's choice of words.Seeing how worried Ruby was, Wynn patiently explained, "Madam Daniels has a close relationship with the Rodriguez family. Trevor needs to keep Celeste and the old lady on good terms, so they'll continue visiting Martha. "That way, Martha won't use her surgery as leverage to force Trevor to break up with me."Ruby had never thought of this.Ever since Martha's fall, she had expelled both their families from the Fleming Group. For the past two days, both families had been worried that Martha would demand Trevor and Wynn break up as a condition for agreeing t
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During lunch, Celeste bought movie tickets. After eating, they watched the movie and then went shopping for a while.While Jamie was trying on clothes and Hector was buying figurines, Celeste said to Jordyn, "I'll take you home later.""Home?" Sitting beside her, Jordyn said, "I don't want to go home. I want to stay at Granny's for another night. I'll go back tomorrow evening."Celeste took a sip of water and said, "Jamie and Hector have spent the whole day with you. Tomorrow, they need to focus on their homework. If you stay at Granny's, you'll distract them.""I don't need them to play with me. I can play on my tablet by myself."Celeste didn't say anything more, but she found a moment to send Trevor a message, asking him to have someone pick Jordyn up later.Trevor was probably busy, as he didn't reply for a long time.After Jamie finished shopping, they walked around a bit more before heading back to the Rodriguez residence.Betty and Ivan were genuinely happy to see Jordyn
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It turned out that Matthias was away on business.Wynn was lost in thought when Kieran asked nonchalantly, "Anything else?"She shook her head and asked, "It's been a while since you started working at YodaVision Co. Is everything going well for you?""It's been good," he responded. "If that's all, I'll be heading up then."Then, Kieran turned and left. Wynn frowned slightly as she watched his retreating figure. There was no hesitation in his footsteps. Kieran was upset at her for revealing his whereabouts to the Gibsons. So, he hadn't answered any of her recent phone calls. Then, she ran into him today. When he finally responded to her, she thought he was done being upset at her. However, he was still much colder to her than before. Wynn grinned. He probably just needed more time to calm down. A phone call interrupted her thoughts. It was a number she didn't recognize, and the person said that he was an attorney representing YodaVision Co. He was acting on Matthias' orde
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Linda was completely dumbfounded. She hadn't expected that even Trevor couldn't resolve the incident.She said frantically, "I still don't get it. T-This was obviously a trivial matter. Can Celeste and Matthias take us to court and terminate the collaboration just because they couldn't let go of a jibe? S-Surely, something like that is not feasible."Wynn responded, "I got my lawyer to go through and confirm the clauses in the collaboration agreement between InnovaTech and YodaVision Co. The stipulations clearly stated that either party has the right to terminate the collaboration if the other party damages its reputation.""B-But, it doesn't matter if this incident damages their reputation. It's not going to have a big impact on them."Wynn said, "It would barely scratch their reputation. Ordinarily, if something like this happens, we just have to eliminate the impact this matter brought to YodaVision Co., apologize, and give them some gifts as compensation. That would've been eno
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"He called me several minutes ago." Celeste said.Matthias snickered. "I knew it. You were the first person he called."Both of them had predicted that Wynn would seek Trevor's help and that he might want to screw with the Rodriguez family for her sake.Meanwhile, Trevor also predicted that they might threaten him to back off with the latest collaboration between Fleming Tech and YodaVision Co. That was why he got in touch with Celeste first. He wanted to see if he could work things out with her. However, she didn't give him a chance to do it. So, he contacted Matthias instead. Matthias dealt with Trevor because he was the official person in charge of YodaVision Co. It was more appropriate for him to have the conversation with the latter. This also led Matthias to see that Trevor intended to set Celeste up for Wynn's sake because Trevor mistakenly thought that she was meek and gullible. The notion filled his heart with rage. At the same time, he was concerned about Celeste a
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On the same afternoon, Celeste received a phone call from Trevor not long after she arrived at YodaVision Co. InnovaTech would suffer a huge loss if they were to terminate the collaboration.When she saw his name on her phone screen, she knew why he had called. So, she didn't answer. He gave her two more calls, but she didn't answer any of them. Then, he dialed Matthias' number instead. Needless to say, Matthias also knew why Trevor was calling him, but he answered it. He went straight to the point and said, "Is this about InnovaTech?"Trevor responded, "Yeah. Mr. Yoder, name your terms.""I'm sorry, Mr. Fleming. Ms. Locket crossed a line, and I'm not going to waver this time." Then, Matthias added coldly, "Is there anything else you want to talk about?"Trevor asked, "Is there no way we can turn this around?""No," Matthias said. "My lawyer and I will follow up with this matter closely. I don't want you to pester my company staff. Otherwise, it just tells me that you're the s
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Wynn had the same idea, but the thing was that they started the whole mess to begin with. She had maintained a gentle demeanor around Trevor to this point. If he learned about this incident, she wasn't sure if he would think that she and her family had been picking on Celeste. That, in turn, would affect her image in his heart.Needless to say, Lilian understood Wynn's concerns. She knew better than anyone how important it was to maintain one's image. After all, that was the key to making a man love a woman forever. Erin also understood it. Trevor loved Wynn deeply because she was very special to him. If they handled it carefully, it might not have a lasting effect on Wynn. However, it was still not a good move for her. She glanced at Linda and said nonchalantly, "Linda, you're a grown-up. You really have to mind what you do and say in the future."If they failed to handle this incident with finesse, it might prove to be a fatal blow to their families. "But, I…" Linda trailed
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When Wynn was on the phone with Matthias, she was sitting in a luxurious private room in a restaurant with Lilian, Erin, and the others, waiting for their dishes to be served.Lilian noticed the awful look on Wynn's face after the phone call ended. She asked, "What's the matter? What did Matthias say to you?"Wynn tightened her grip on her phone and responded, "Matthias is terminating the collaboration with us and demanding we compensate YodaVision Co. for damage of reputation.""What?" Lilian gasped, and so did Erin, Linda, and the others. Linda said angrily, "We have apologized properly for this incident. Didn't the bitch say that the whole thing will blow over once you get in touch with Matthias and tell him how sorry we are? "Why is he terminating the contract and demanding some kind of compensation?"Lilian wore an icy expression, but she caught on fast and chimed in, "Celeste did it on purpose."Linda didn't get it, though. "Huh?"Wynn said, "Celeste wanted InnovaTech a
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Celeste made some time in the afternoon and filled Matthias in about what had happened. "You'll have to shift the focus of the conflict for this."He paused briefly before he caught on to what she was hinting at. Grinning, he said, "Okay. I know what I have to do."Shortly after, Matthias received a call from Wynn. He answered it casually and heard her voice over the phone. "Mr. Yoder, I wonder if you're aware of the morning incident."He chuckled and said, "Ms. Locket, are you referring to the moment when your family ignored the truth and accused my staff of being incompetent? If I got it right, they also slandered my staff for not being committed to fulfilling the terms of our agreement."Wynn responded, "I'm sorry, Mr. Yoder. Linda is in the wrong this time. I will…"Matthias interrupted her and said, "Furthermore, it was made known to me that my staff told you about what happened and defended my company, but you accused her of blowing the incident out of proportion. Did some
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Lilian and Wynn's expressions shifted slightly when they heard what Celeste said. Normally, they would have made Linda apologize when something like this happened. They would never let the incident get worse and affect their reputation. However, Celeste said that they were free to terminate the contract with YodaVision Co. if they found her and her colleagues to be incompetent. Saying something like that shifted the Lockets and the Shaws' focus to the question of whether she had the power to call the shots for YodaVision Co.They instinctively thought that it didn't matter if Linda was in the wrong. They could still decide if they wanted to apologize to Celeste after they were done arguing with her. However, they didn't expect Celeste to capitalize on their careless mistake and steer the focus off track.Not everyone in the company had a clue about the feud between Celeste and the Lockets and the Shaws, be it YodaVision Co.'s technicians or InnovaTech staff. They were merely on
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If a party breached the contract for no good reason, that party was required to pay compensation as per the stipulations. Celeste wouldn't mind calling off the collaboration with InnovaTech if YodaVision Co. was compensated handsomely. "Why, you!" Linda would love to draft the violation of contract agreement. However, she didn't have the authority to make any decisions for InnovaTech. Even if she could do it on behalf of Wynn, Matthias had YodaVision Co.'s back. She was aware that Wynn and the others in the family wanted to keep an amicable relationship with him. If Linda rashly called the shots and terminated YodaVision Co.'s contract, she would definitely cross Matthias. This alone was enough to make Wynn think twice before agreeing to do it. For that matter, Patricia, Erin, and the others shared the same thoughts. Patricia found it distasteful when she saw how Linda was stumped. In fact, even Lilian's gaze turned colder when she looked at Celeste. None of them thought Celest
