The Scent of 140

Chapter 140

Jorge asked, “Are you familiar with that woman?”

Hearing him mention Celeste, Wynn’s fingers briefly tightened on the keyboard. She instinctively thought he might be interested in her.

Celeste was indeed beautiful. But recalling what she had overheard at the auction that day, along with Jorge’s current attitude, she quickly realized she had been mistaken.

Expressionless, she replied, “Not really. Why?”

Jorge glanced in Celeste and Matthias’s direction and said, “Judging by how she talks with Matthias, she seems quite capable.”

Wynn said indifferently, “I’m not sure, but I heard she only has a bachelor’s degree.”

“Only a bachelor’s degree?”

“Mm.”

That explained a lot. With a lower academic background than Wynn and lacking the same striking charm, it was understandable that she would feel insecure about Matthias being taken away.

Celeste’s nervousness about

always assuming other women were trying to seduce her boyfriend? That

neutral attitude toward Celeste shifted into

for a moment, glanced through the glass window at Jorge and Wynn

a few seconds, he leaned in close to Celeste and murmured,

took her a second to register who

care about the matter. After answering, she simply pulled Matthias back

the

“What a poor choice.” That was the end

And when he saw Celeste frown and pull Matthias away, he thought she was annoyed that

a

wanted to ask Matthias for guidance, but when she looked over, she found that both he and the InnovaTech engineers were completely focused on

looked at her–if she didn’t know better, she

thought, Wynn averted

worked straight through until after

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room to take

the contract between CodeFlux and InnovaTech had also

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