Chapter 144

"Celena, you see? You can't beat me! I'm the victor!" Cheryl said, looking over at Celena, who was nervously twisting her fingers, her head down.

"The winner is Celena!"

Mr. Stone paused, clearly taken aback.

He stared at the list again, double-checking with his assistant. After a moment, the assistant gave a reluctant nod.

The votes were in, and they were all cast in secret. Celena didn't even laid a finger on her proposal since she turned it in, making any chance of foul play a non-starter.

The conference room was a sea of stunned faces as if they saw a ghost when they heard the winner's name.

"What the heck?! Celena won?"

even set foot

here. Celena outdoing Cheryl, who's been with us for

disbelief filled the room, nobody could wrap

some kind of error! Show me the signed proposals! There's no way Celena could've

to the bottom of the page—the signature. Seeing that a whopping ninety percent backed Celena's pitch, Cheryl staggered back, her face a mask of shock. "This can't be happening. Is Celena beating

they all endorsed, and right there at the bottom, clear as

the room went silent, everyone

got to be a mix-up! Celena's a rookie, never even been inside these walls.

panic, there was no way she would let Celena outshine her. She batted her eyelashes at Mr. Stone, pleading for another chance at

vote was accurate, dismissing Cheryl's claims of a mistake. The thought of Cheryl, who had

furiously and declared, "Do you think I wouldn't know if there was a problem with the vote? You've squandered your years here! To think you're

those biting words, Mr. Stone stormed out of

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