No longer a pushover

Chapter 604

Laura finally spoke up, her voice soft but pointed. "Ced, you're being reckless. I

know you care about Ms. Liddell, but there should be limits.

"With so much competition in the industry, what if she accidentally leaks

confidential info? That could be a disaster."

Tommy quickly chimed in, backing her up. "Exactly. You shouldn't let a woman get

in the way of work. That's not like you, Mr. Greene."

Cedric gave everyone in the room a glance. "Didn't you all want to meet the lead

engineer on the Al project? Well, I brought her with me tonight."

The room fell into complete silence. Laura gripped her glass so tightly that her

knuckles turned white. She looked at Noelle, unable to believe what she had just

heard.

Tommy stared in disbelief and mumbled, "Mr. Greene... you're saying the lead

engineer is SweetNelly, the gaming streamer?"

Cedric nodded once. "That's right. It's her."

"You've gotta be kidding. Are you seriously telling us a live-streamer is heading

your entire engineering division? She might be good at video games, but that's a

whole different world from engineering."

Cedric tapped his long fingers on the table, his sharp gaze sweeping across the

and no

he spoke. "Do you really think I'd joke about something

was not

was wild to think the legendary engineer

so young but also a

hold it in. "Mr. Greene, I'm sorry, but none of this

like the

their head around it. The only explanation that

elevated Noelle just to impress her,

his eyes on Tommy. "You judge too

got scammed out of

around them burst into

to back down.

classic honey trap. And Mr. Greene, I gotta say, this looks kind

money in this project. What if you

investments would be toast."

it. She turned slightly and glanced at Cedric,

he was

She completely understood where

was coming

was young, and other

colleagues who

Maple Enterprise, no

believed she could

title.

dark eyes unreadable. His fingers tapped the

time

he said flatly, "In that case,

jumped in quickly.

you

believe. We've