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 in the office. She's clueless—a total

smells fishy here. Celena outdoing Cheryl, who's been with us for years? I'm finding this hard

the room, nobody could wrap their head

protesting, "This can't be right! There's been some

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 a mask of shock. "This can't be

big screen, the crowd saw the proposal they all endorsed, and right there at the bottom, clear

the room

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 buying

heart raced with panic, there was no way she would let Celena outshine her. She batted her

thought of

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

Stone stormed out of the

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