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.

could understand Celeste’s

enemy, always assuming other women were trying

attitude toward

moment, glanced through the glass window at Jorge and Wynn

seconds, he leaned in close to Celeste and murmured,

and it took her a second to register who he was

matter. After answering, she simply pulled Matthias back to work, reminding him to quit

finished, the

That was the end

Celeste frown and pull Matthias away, he thought

into a technical issue and

found that both he and the InnovaTech engineers were completely

way they looked at her–if she didn’t know better, she would have thought Celeste

thought, Wynn

Matthias worked straight through until after

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and Matthias into the conference room

the contract between CodeFlux and InnovaTech had also been

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