Masked In Nobility: Secrets Of Mrs. Chavez by Selina Gorges

James was momentarily at a loss for words. “Who is she? Didn’t you already make everything crystal clear yourself?”

Jay’s face got even redder.

He helplessly glanced at Marcus for backup.

Macrally stepped forward, slightly positioning himself naturally Jay and James.

With a trace of exasperation in his voice, he said, “Mr. Owens, you know timid. Don’t scare him.”

James looked at the two of them and sighed. “Fine, I know he’s timid, and you’re the brave one. This is Yvette. Haven’t you two always wanted to meet Siren? Well, here she is.”

Jay and Marcus were stunned when they heard that.

Jay, losing his composure, dashed out from behind Marcus, face full of shock.

He felt as if something was stuck in his throat, unable to go up or down as he exclaimed to himself, ‘Holy cow!‘

Jay had always imagined Siren to be an elderly person–at least in their fifties.

The groundbreaking research papers and key theories certainly didn’t seem like the work of someone in their twenties.

He couldn’t believe his ears.

This revelation was the greatest shock Jay had experienced in over thirty years.

Likewise, Marcus, though more composed, couldn’t fully hide his disbelief.

He thought, “The great Siren I have been eager to meet is this young woman in her twenties?

He, too, found it difficult to accept.

Both hem stared at Yvette, who stood there with an impassive expression.

Jay struggled to get his words out. “Mr. Owens, are you saying… are you saying that she twenties? You must be joking, right?”

Siren? This young woman in her he had

Marcus’s hands twitched slightly as he regained a bit of composure, but even to ask, “Mr. Owens, is she really Siren?”

James remembered how he, too, had been completely dumbfounded when he first learned that Yvette, barely in her twenties, was Siren.

beltent, so he found Jay’s and Marcus’s reactions an

out a startled gasp. In a sudden burst of enthusiasm, he

Yvette could react, Marcus quickly pulled Jay

firmly, his face cold, and asked through gritted teeth,at

was momentarily stunned and confused. “What’s wrong with you? I just want to shake hands with the great Siren and maybe absorb

expression flickered briefly with discomfort before

reflex. Fine, go ahead. No need to be so

a slight,

handshake but continued to gaze at Yvette with eyes full

you sent over, which provided clear guidance, we might still be stuck in place, and who knows when the new energy project would’ve succeeded.

of indignation

and thought, ‘Why am I getting blamed for

attitude changed quite

fully processed it, he could

younger generation is really outshining

Siren is a young woman in her twenties… It really shows that

James nodded in agreement.

between the three of

Marcus nodded in

a conclusion of his own–apparently, a beautiful woman wasn’t necessarily just a pretty face; she could also

saying there’s something wrong with my process. Would you be interested in joining

faint smile, “Sure. I’ve got

as he thought, ‘Isn’t she a

to review my previous experiment data first? One hour might not be

the equipment behind him, already

already completed it before–it wasn’t

hour was enough

in her pockets,

the troubled Jay, then Marcus and James, and asked in confusion, “One hour? Is

thought, ‘Her question really makes

see anything wrong with what Yvette

had every

I’ll wait here,” James said with a

his expression growing serious as he said, “You stay. I have

was surprised.

led Yvette into the lab, while James and Marcus sat in

while Marcus helped himself to a glass of water,