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?"

never even set foot in the office. She's clueless—a total no-hoper. How

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

filled the room, nobody could wrap their head around the

be right! There's been some kind of error! Show me the signed proposals! There's no

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 a mask of shock. "This

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

instant, the room went silent,

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

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

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

Gripping his cane, he rose 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 outdone by a greenhorn like Celena,

words, Mr. Stone stormed

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