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After lunch, as soon as Celeste got home, Matthias called.

After hearing why Zachary had asked to see her, he said, “Theodore and Harold? Yeah, I know them.”

Then he added, “By the way, that Jorge is actually Theodore’s son. Tsk, with a father that impressive, I really don’t get how the son ended up being blind at such a young age.”

Celeste didn’t expect Jorge to be Theodore’s son. But it didn’t concern her.

On Tuesday, InnovaTech conducted the initial test of its self–driving car.

Celeste and Matthias went over to InnovaTech early in the morning. By the time they got there, Jorge, Xavier, and the others had already arrived.

When they saw Celeste and Matthias, they glanced over briefly before looking away.

Matthias didn’t care to acknowledge them either and pulled Celeste along to focus on the test preparations.

Seeing that everything was set up, but the test hadn’t started yet, Matthias asked, “Why hasn’t it begun?” Henry replied, “Mr. Fleming is coming to observe the test personally. We’ll start once he arrives.” “Oh.”

and he asked, “By the way, where’s Ms. Locket

to InnovaTech to refine her skills? Why had she disappeared after just a few days? Henry chuckled. “Oh, Ms. Locket said she wanted to improve herself, right? Mr. Fleming

the company’s shelved projects reorganized. In the past few days, Ms. Locket has gathered a team

see her jotting down notes on previous test results, showing no reaction whatsoever to Henry’s mention of Trevor

he sighed and ruffled her

his hand away. “Don’t mess with me.” Her tone sounded fine–so

then, Trevor arrived. With him were Beck and

clearly surprised to see Celeste there. They both

however, remained expressionless, sparing them only a

was polite as he greeted them. “Thank you all for your hard

should we

waiting for someone.” Trevor checked his watch. “I’ll head upstairs to take a look.

With that, he left.

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the person Trevor was waiting for was Wynn. Which

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