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They had known about this for a long time. But hearing Linda bring it up again, Ruby still smiled happily.Wynn, however, remained focused on her book, showing no reaction.Lilian was the same.It was as if Celeste was no longer worth their attention.Seeing that Linda intended to keep talking, Lilian said calmly, "Linda, Wynn is still studying. Don't disturb her.""Oh..."Linda glanced at Wynn, who was studying so intently. "Didn't the tutor arrive this morning? It's already past five in the afternoon, and she's still studying. Just watching her makes me feel exhausted. Aren't you tired, Wynn?"Ruby replied, "Of course, she's tired. But she's someone who aims high. I've always told you to learn from her, but you never listen."Then, smiling, she added, "But Wynn, as important as hard work is, you should take proper breaks. Why don't you come and have something to eat first?"Without looking up, Wynn responded, "No need. Trevor invited me to dinner. I'll head out after this."
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After submitting her thesis, Celeste and Matthias invited Zachary out for dinner in the evening.This time, Zachary didn't refuse.When they arrived at the restaurant, Celeste got out of the car with Zachary and Matthias. They headed upstairs without noticing that Beck's car was parked not far from theirs.However, Beck saw them. As he was about to open the car door and step out, his movements paused for a moment.It wasn't until two or three minutes later that he finally got out of the car, carrying a drowsy Shanice.Miles had arrived. So, when he saw Beck, he greeted him. "You're here."Beck nodded. "Mm."A few minutes later, just as Shanice was waking up, Trevor, Wynn, Jordyn, and Linda also arrived.When Beck saw Linda, his gaze lowered slightly.Linda, on the other hand, was thrilled. She quickly walked up to him and greeted him sweetly, "Beck."Beck looked at her coldly and didn't respond, making the atmosphere grow slightly awkward.Just then, Jordyn walked over. Noti
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"Beck?"Trevor, Miles, and the others were momentarily stunned when they saw Beck abruptly stand up.Noticing the strange expression on his face, Trevor asked, "Did something happen?"Beck snapped back to reality, his gaze lingering on Trevor and Wynn for a moment before he slowly shook his head. "No, it's nothing."With that, he sat back down.Linda hesitated, then said, "Beck, I—"But Beck seemed not to hear her. Instead, he turned toward Shanice and asked warmly, "Shanice, are you thirsty? Do you want some water?"Shanice nodded. "Yes."She ran over, took two sips of water from Beck's cup, then scurried back to chat with Jordyn again. Earlier, they had been talking about the little toy Jordyn had brought for her.After drinking the water, Shanice returned to Jordyn's side and handed her a figurine. "I bought this when I went to the movies during the New Year's holiday. It's for you."Jordyn was delighted and accepted it with surprise. "You went to the movies during New Yea
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Matthias rubbed his sore temples, his eyes barely open. "I knew you didn't sleep either!""I'm heading downstairs for breakfast now. Let's talk in a bit?"Despite his exhaustion, Matthias, slumped in his chair like a corpse, spoke with excitement. "Talk? Of course, we have to talk!"Inspiration was fleeting—it had to be seized while it lasted."Alright."Just as Celeste finished breakfast and was about to video call Matthias, Jason's call came in."I just got a call from Trevor's lawyer. The property deeds for the three villas he transferred to you have been processed. I'll pick them up later today. "When would you be available to collect them? If you're busy, we can arrange a time so I can bring them to you."Celeste had almost forgotten about this. Her mind was elsewhere now.Hearing Jason's words, she replied, "Thanks, Mr. Payne. Sorry for the trouble."After hanging up, she and Matthias got to work immediately. They worked tirelessly until noon, their brains nearly fried
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Just as Celeste was thinking about this, Beck spotted her car and walked toward her.Celeste slowly rolled down the window. "Mr. Harper.""Good morning."Celeste nodded. "Morning." Then she asked, "Did you come here for something, Mr. Harper?"In truth, Beck had no particular business here. He had just been thinking about his suspicions from the night before last.So, he said, "Last Saturday night, I saw you with Mr. Yoder and Mr. Newman outside the restaurant."Celeste listened, not yet understanding why he was bringing this up, when she suddenly heard him ask, "You're also Mr. Newman's student, aren't you?"She froze, frowning at him. "You—"But Beck had already seen the answer in her reaction."So, these two YodaVision projects were also developed under your leadership?"Celeste pressed her lips together. "What exactly are you—""One last question." Beck continued, "YodaVision's CUAP programming language—was that also created by you?"He wasn't a coding expert, but his f
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Just as Celeste was about to step forward to greet her business partner, a familiar figure appeared behind him.When Celeste saw Harvey, her expression remained unchanged.Harvey, however, didn't notice her. But a teenage boy of around 17 or 18 beside Harvey happily waved toward the other side of the exit."Mom, Wynn! Dad and I are over here!"Hearing the teenager's words, Celeste abruptly stopped in her tracks. She suddenly realized who he was.Turning her head, she saw exactly what she expected—Lilian and Wynn.Lilian and Wynn smiled, while Calvin Locket quickly ran toward them.At that moment, YodaVision's business partner, Kevin Thatcher, approached with a friendly smile and greeted her in advance. "Ms. Rodriguez."Celeste unclenched her fist, withdrew her gaze, and smiled as she shook hands with him. "Mr. Thatcher."Just then, Lilian, Harvey, and the others finally noticed Celeste.Harvey frowned slightly.Lilian's smile faded somewhat.Wynn, however, remained indiffer
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However, Harvey and his group had already turned and gone upstairs, so they didn't see Matthias getting out of the car.Matthias withdrew his gaze and quickly went over to greet Kevin.After exchanging pleasantries, their group was about to head upstairs when Trevor also arrived.As soon as he stepped out of the car, Kevin spotted him and greeted him with delight. "Mr. Fleming!"Trevor's expression remained unchanged when he saw Celeste and Matthias.He smiled faintly and shook hands with the approaching Kevin. "Mr. Thatcher, when did you arrive?""Just now," Kevin said with a laugh. "Last time, you mentioned having a meal together when you had time. When would you be available? How about tonight?"Trevor replied, "My schedule is full today. Let's do it in a couple of days.""Sure, sure, a couple of days works too."Watching Trevor and Kevin chatting, Matthias muttered in a low voice, "We only had peace for half a month, and now we've run into them again."Celeste said nothin
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The collaboration with Kevin went smoothly.Two days later, both parties signed the contract, and since Kevin had other engagements, he left YodaVision.After a tiring half-day, Celeste and Matthias returned to the meeting room. They had just taken a short break with some hot drinks when Candice walked in, placing a thick stack of invitations in front of them."These are all the year-end banquet invitations we've received over the past few days."There were at least 30 invitations. Among them were invitations from Jorge, Beck, Fleming Group, and InnovaTech.Looking through them, Celeste and Matthias noticed that the Locket family had also sent an invitation.Not only was Matthias' name on the Locket family's invitation, but Celeste's name was included as well.Matthias leaned lazily against the conference table, holding the Locket family's invitation with a smirk. "Looks like our company has quite the charm."Rather than saying their company was particularly attractive, it was
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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
