Celeste had no idea what Trevor and Jorge talked about. After lunch with Matthias, she returned to the office to continue working.On Wednesday, she received a call from Gideon inviting her over for dinner that weekend. He added, "Jo will be there too." Celeste paused for a moment and said, "Alright."On Friday afternoon, while Celeste was in a meeting, her phone suddenly rang. Just as she was about to answer, the call ended.Since she was still in a meeting and the number was unfamiliar, she didn't give it much thought.The person calling had actually been Janet. She had officially started working at Harper Corporation on Wednesday.She had called Celeste to tell her that she had joined the company and would be settling down in Baumond.But just after dialing, she remembered something Linda had said—that Trevor's friends, like Beck, didn't like Celeste. No matter how hard she tried to win them over, they never warmed up to her. Yet they had easily accepted Wynn.If she told C
Celeste was still at YodaVision Co. when she saw Beck's call. She answered, "Mr. Harper?"Beck's tone softened as soon as he heard her voice. "Shanice hasn't seen you in a while. Are you free this weekend? Maybe we can go out for a bit?"Celeste glanced at the data models she had been organizing on her computer. "I'm tied up these next two days. Will next week be okay?"Hearing she was busy, Beck lowered his gaze. "No problem. Next week, then.""Alright."Her mind was already back on the date, Celeste added. "Let's leave it at that for now?"Beck paused. "Okay."Celeste ended the call and stayed busy at work until after 10:00 pm before leaving YodaVision Co.The next morning, she went to the Yuvenhart manor.When Gideon went abroad for treatment years ago, Jordyn was already over two years old.Back then, she was especially adorable and quite close to Gideon. He was very fond of her.Even when he left for recovery overseas, he had been reluctant to part with her. This was so
That day, Celeste stayed at the Yuvenhart residence to drink coffee and play chess with Gideon.Jordyn seemed quite eager to return to the Rodriguez residence with her that evening. In the afternoon, Celeste found a free moment and sent Trevor a message, asking him to take Jordyn back home later that night.Trevor didn't reply. She thought he might not have seen it. But after dinner, though Trevor himself didn't show up, the car he sent to pick up Jordyn arrived right on time at Yuvenhart Manor.After Jordyn left, Celeste also drove away.Martha's birthday was coming up the following week. Celeste had already decided not to attend.After thinking it over, Betty also agreed it was better for them not to go. With that settled, Celeste and Betty called Martha that evening.When Martha answered, she hadn't finished dinner yet. Her leg had mostly healed, and she was able to walk normally again.She glanced at Trevor and then got up and stepped out of the dining room as she answered t
Martha's birthday arrived quickly.Since Trevor had reminded her in advance, Jordyn had already prepared a birthday gift for Martha. As soon as she came downstairs for breakfast, she immediately presented the gift.Martha's eyes crinkled with a smile. "Thank you, Jo."Trevor also handed over his gift. "This is from both Cel and me. Happy birthday."At his words, Martha shot him a glance.Before she could say anything, the butler entered carrying two gift boxes. "Mrs. Fleming Senior, these birthday gifts were sent by Madam Klein and Mrs. Fleming."Martha accepted the gifts and then looked at Trevor. She knew he had mentioned Celeste's name just to make her happy, but she no longer insisted on meddling in their affairs.She huffed, "Cel already prepared a separate gift for me. There's no need for your unnecessary gestures."With that, she ignored him.Trevor just chuckled. He remained unfazed and turned to urge Jordyn to finish breakfast quickly so he could drive her to school.
Before Matthias could say anything, Jordyn looked at him again and said, "Mr. Matthias, I feel like I've heard your voice somewhere before too."Back during the Ember Festival, Celeste had put the phone on speaker while discussing business with Matthias for hours.Jordyn was there. So, how could she not find his voice familiar?But Matthias didn't bring it up. He just smiled and said, "Really?"Jordyn nodded. "Mhm."Matthias replied, "Maybe I just sound familiar."Hearing this, Trevor rubbed his sharp nose bridge and let out a small laugh.Matthias heard it and thought, "What's so funny? Does he really think this is amusing?"As more guests arrived, the Fleming family had to attend to their other visitors, so Matthias and the others didn't linger in conversation.…There had long been rumors that Trevor was already married with a child. But no one really knew if it was true.As the banquet hall filled up, people were shocked to see a little girl who looked remarkably like Tr
After saying that, Miles added, "Or do they just don't know about Celeste's past?"A lot of people had assumed Celeste and Matthias were a couple.Ever since finding out that Celeste was also Zachary's student, Beck had paid attention to her interactions with Matthias. He noticed that there was no romantic involvement between them.He didn't know if Melissa truly wished for them to be together or if there was another reason behind her words.But regardless, given Celeste's current achievements, even if she had been married and had a child, she was still worthy of anyone.He replied, "They should know."Miles widened his eyes. "Then why would they still—"He suddenly paused mid-sentence, as if realizing something. Then he blurted out, "So, Celeste really has fallen for Matthias? She doesn't love Trevor anymore?"Before Beck could respond, Miles quickly pieced things together."No wonder she was so calm when Trevor wanted a divorce. She didn't even fight for Jo's custody. I thou
After Martha's birthday, news that Trevor had been married and already had a six-year-old daughter quickly spread throughout the high society circles of Baumond.Wynn had many admirers.Even though it was known that she was already with Trevor, there were still plenty of men who refused to give up.Upon learning that Trevor had actually been married and had a daughter, Wynn's secret admirers felt heartbroken for her, thinking she deserved better.The morning after Martha's birthday, quite a few of them even went to InnovaTech, trying to persuade Wynn to leave Trevor.It took Albert and others stepping in to help "rescue" Wynn from the situation. Word of this incident quickly spread throughout InnovaTech.Some employees couldn't help but sigh, "We already knew from Valentine's Day how popular Ms. Locket is, but I didn't expect it to be this crazy.""Exactly."Everyone at InnovaTech was aware of the strong relationship between Trevor and Wynn. But most of them had no idea that Tr
Celeste, Matthias, and Henry, the general manager of InnovaTech, had a private group chat.Today's events were so explosive that Henry couldn't suppress his inner gossip-loving soul and immediately shared all the juicy details with them.Neither Celeste nor Matthias was particularly interested in how many admirers Wynn had or how crazy they were over her.But in the afternoon, Henry messaged them again."Mr. Fleming's daughter came to the company to find Ms. Locket. Before, when Ms. Locket said she got along well with Mr. Fleming's daughter, a lot of us didn't really believe it."But after seeing the little girl today, we realized—Mr. Fleming's daughter truly adores her."Celeste's fingers suddenly paused on the keyboard. It wasn't because she felt upset about Jordyn being close to Wynn.She had just suddenly realized—if the news about Wynn and Jordyn having a good relationship spread, then there was no way to keep it hidden from her uncle and grandmother anymore.She had alway
Melissa likes Celeste? How is that possible?If what Miles said was true, then what she told Melissa yesterday…Thinking about how Melissa had left during their conversation yesterday, Wynn's heart sank.Perhaps noticing her change in expression, Trevor, concerned, asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"Wynn snapped back to reality, forcing a smile. "No, I'm fine."Later that day, she informed her family.Upon hearing that Melissa liked Celeste so much, even agreeing to let her be their daughter-in-law, both the Shaw family and the Locket family were in disbelief."Celeste is married with a child, and her family background is ordinary. But Matthias' family is well-off and successful. How could the Yoder family possibly agree to them being together? Did Mr. Quinton misunderstand?""That's right," Linda hurriedly added, "Or maybe that woman hid her past? The Yoder family doesn't know she was married, which is why they—"Wynn also couldn't understand why the Yoder family
The next morning, Trevor, Jordyn, and Wynn arrived early at the sports hall for Jordyn's competition.After they had been there for a while, Beck and Shanice arrived as well.Jordyn saw them and greeted, "Mr. Harper, Shanice, you're here."Shanice came over and shook Jordyn's hand. "The competition is about to start. Are you nervous, Jo?"Jordyn was very calm and shook her head. "No, I'm fine."Beck had some business to attend to, and he was just dropping Shanice off.Trevor knew Beck was in a hurry and said, "I'll take care of Shanice. You can go ahead with your things."Beck nodded. "Alright, I'll join you all for lunch later.""Okay."Their relationship seemed to be as good as ever. However…Wynn listened to their conversation, her gaze shifting between Trevor and Beck. If Trevor knew that Beck had developed feelings for Celeste, would their relationship still be as good as it was now?Beck noticed her gaze and gave her a slight nod. But he didn't speak to her, just turne
After Sebastian and Melissa left, Trevor asked, "Did you finish talking to Mrs. Yoder?"Wynn smiled slightly and nodded.Looking at Melissa's expression earlier, it seemed that she was becoming increasingly displeased with Celeste.…Melissa had actually known about the issues between InnovaTech and YodaVision long before. Matthias had already informed her in advance.When Melissa was talking to Wynn, she didn't really get a phone call—she had recorded their conversation.She walked a little further away, glanced at Trevor and Wynn, and then sent the recording to Matthias.Matthias and Celeste had not finished work yet. After listening to the recording, Matthias smiled and went to Celeste's office to inform her of the situation.After hearing the news, Celeste said, "Now I can be sure that we'll definitely win the lawsuit.""Exactly."Their insistence on suing for contract termination was not only because they really wanted to break the contract with InnovaTech, but also beca
Wynn had thought she would have to wait a few more days for news.However, that afternoon, Trevor called her and said, "Mr. and Mrs. Yoder will be attending an auction tomorrow. Would you like to go?"Wynn smiled and replied, "Sure."The next evening, not long after arriving at the auction, Trevor took Wynn over to greet Sebastian and Melissa. He introduced Wynn to them.Sebastian and Melissa knew about Trevor's relationship with Celeste and were aware of all the conflicts between Celeste and Wynn. However, when they saw Trevor, they didn't let their feelings about Celeste show.They smiled and shook hands with Trevor, greeting him warmly. When Trevor introduced Wynn, Melissa also smiled and politely shook Wynn's hand, saying, "Hello."The auction was filled with the elites from high society.After some casual conversation, Trevor and Sebastian, along with others, began discussing business matters.At this moment, Wynn saw an opportunity and started chatting with Melissa alone.
Caleb was still thinking about it when Jorge asked him again, "Caleb, besides your father and my old man, do you know anyone else who has Zachary's contact info?"Caleb replied, "No one else."Then, as if something occurred to him, he added, "But didn't you say Ms. Locket had met Zachary before? I imagine she should have his contact. "If talking to Mr. Newman could resolve things, wouldn't she have already reached out to him herself?"Jorge said, "I thought about that too. But since she's directly involved, unless absolutely necessary, it wouldn't be appropriate for her to contact Mr. Newman just to complain about Matthias, right?"He was actually being pretty considerate. Seems like he liked Wynn more than he realized.Jorge said, "Forget it, I'll try asking some other people.""Alright."The fact that Celeste was also one of Zachary's students hadn't been made public meant that it was to remain confidential. Since that was the case, it wasn't his place to share it with Jorge
Theodore refused to help, so Jorge immediately decided to contact Zachary himself.However, he didn't have Zachary's contact information.He messaged Theodore asking for Zachary's number, and Theodore simply replied with a single word. "Nope."Before he could even react, Theodore sent another message. "I've already spoken to Harold too. Don't waste your time."Seeing that, Jorge was genuinely a little angry.But when he tried calling Theodore again, the call went unanswered.Since Theodore and Harold were both at a dead end, he thought of Caleb.He remembered Caleb had mentioned before that he had some work-related interactions with Zachary. They'd even had a meal together.With that in mind, Jorge reached out to Caleb.Caleb didn't return his call until the evening. After hearing that Jorge was looking for Zachary's contact info, he said, "I don't have Mr. Newman's number.""You don't? Didn't you have dinner with him and my old man before? You guys didn't exchange contacts?"
Before Jorge could finish his sentence, Theodore cut him off. "You're trying to say that he's siding with Celeste again and bullying Ms. Locket, aren't you?"Jorge was surprised that Theodore hit the nail on the head. "Old man, how'd you know? Don't tell me you already know what happened?"Theodore replied, "I don't. I guessed."Back when Celeste and Matthias agreed to work with his foolish son for his sake, it was clear they wouldn't deliberately make things difficult for him in the workplace.His son also wasn't the kind to stir up trouble at work for no reason. So, even if they couldn't become friends, their professional relationship should have stayed smooth.If Jorge didn't clash with Matthias or Celeste personally, then the conflict likely involved someone he cared about—probably Wynn.Earlier that year, when he'd met with Kael, Celeste, and the others for dinner, they'd happened to run into Wynn at the restaurant entrance.At the time, seeing how attentive his son was to
Matthias crossed his legs. "Become what exactly? Blinded by lust? Or unable to tell right from wrong?"Both.Of course, Jorge didn't say that out loud.Matthias saw right through him and smiled. "But why do I feel like the one who's blinded and can't tell right from wrong isn't me, but someone else?"Before Jorge could respond, Matthias added, "Also, the student my mentor values most isn't me. It's someone else entirely. Mr. Robinson, you're giving me far too much credit."Jorge didn't expect that, even after bringing up Zachary, Matthias still showed no sign of remorse.But Matthias wasn't about to indulge him. He said directly, "If you can't bear to watch and want to seek justice on behalf of Ms. Locket, then you're free to terminate our contract."Of course, the condition is that you'll have to compensate YodaVision for the corresponding losses."Jorge thought he had approached Matthias politely and reasonably.But Matthias had been hostile from the beginning, and now, in a
Last week, Matthias' lawyer went to InnovaTech to negotiate the contract termination, but the talks fell through. That same day, they filed a lawsuit with the court.When Celeste had that confrontation at InnovaTech with Wynn and the others, Matthias was away on a business trip.Maybe because she couldn't meet Matthias, Wynn hadn't given up on the matter yet.On Monday, when Celeste arrived at work, she saw Wynn again. As before, when the two women saw each other, neither acknowledged the other.When Celeste got to the office, she found that Matthias was already there."You're here early."Matthias shrugged. "I came in over half an hour early just in case someone tried to intercept me."Celeste smiled at that.…Jorge happened to be in YodaVision that day to discuss something with Matthias. As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he spotted Wynn.He had already heard about what happened between YodaVision and InnovaTech last week. So the moment he saw her, he immediately u