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.

F beltent, so he found Jay’s and Marcus’s reactions an James said seriously, “Yes, Yvette is Siren, the

startled gasp. In a sudden burst of enthusiasm, he

before Yvette could react, Marcus

cold, and

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

exchange, lips curving into a slight, mischievous smile,

continued to gaze at Yvette with eyes full of

stuck in place, and who knows when the new energy project would’ve succeeded.

said this, he shot a look of indignation at James,

momentarily stunned and thought, ‘Why am I getting blamed for

changed quite

could now acknowledge the reality of Yvette’s

at Yvette and thought, ‘The younger generation is really outshining the

a young woman in her twenties… It really shows that

James nodded in agreement.

Yvette’s identity stays between the three

and Marcus nodded

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

“Siren, I’m currently working on Experiment No. 1, related to electromagnetism. Marcus keeps saying there’s something wrong with my process. Would you be interested in joining me? We could work on

replied with a faint smile, “Sure. I’ve got something in an

he thought, ‘Isn’t she a bit too

my previous experiment data first? One hour might not be

glanced at both him and the equipment behind him, already knowing which experiment he

had already completed it before–it

was

hands in her pockets, she appeared relaxed and

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

narrowed his eyes and thought, ‘Her question really makes

see anything wrong

every

I’ll wait here,” James said

turned to Marcus, his expression growing serious as he said, “You stay. I have something to ask

was surprised. “Okay, Mr.

the lab, while James and Marcus

while Marcus helped himself to a glass of water, clearly familiar with