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?"

there's got to be some mistake. Celena? She's never even set foot in the

outdoing Cheryl, who's been with us

disbelief filled the room, nobody could wrap their

be right! There's been some kind of error! Show me the signed proposals! There's

a response, she grabbed the assistant's laptop and pulled up the proposals. Her eyes darted to the bottom of the page—the signature. Seeing that a whopping ninety percent backed Celena's pitch, Cheryl staggered back, her face

the proposal they all endorsed, and right there at the bottom, clear as day, was Celena's

room went

is nuts. There's got to be a mix-up! Celena's a rookie, never even been inside these walls. How could she possibly come up with something this impressive? I'm not

she would let Celena outshine her. She

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

cane, he rose furiously and declared, "Do you think I wouldn't know if there was a problem with the

biting words, Mr. Stone stormed out of the

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