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?"

mistake. Celena? She's never even set foot in the office. She's clueless—a total no-hoper. How on earth could

Celena outdoing Cheryl, who's been with us for years?

room, nobody could wrap their head around

There's been some kind of error!

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 a

the crowd saw the proposal they all endorsed, and right there at

that instant, the room

these

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

Stone was certain the vote was accurate, dismissing Cheryl's claims of a mistake. The thought of Cheryl, who had years of experience,

he sent papers flying across the table with a sharp snap. Gripping his cane, he rose furiously and declared, "Do you think I wouldn't know if there

those biting words, Mr. Stone stormed out of

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