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Technically, she was still married.

And with where things stood between them, saying something like that would be inappropriate.

After seeing Beck off, Celeste quickly headed back upstairs,

He watched her go, lingering for a moment before turning to James Ford, one of his company’s core engineers, and said, “I need your help with something.”

“Of course,” James replied.

“A friend of mine is looking to study natural language processing in depth but needs an elite mentor…”

James listened and, given their rapport, agreed without question.

However, he paused for a moment before continuing, “I may have some expertise in this field, but to be honest, I don’t think I measure up to Mr. Yoder from YodaVision or Ms. Rodriguez, who has been handling our collaboration discussions. So, if you’re looking for the best guidance, Ms. Rodriguez or Mr. Yoder might be better choices.”

Beck was a little surprised when he heard what James had said.

His background was in finance, and AI wasn’t his domain.

Yet James was an expert.

was one of the most respected names in the country— if not the absolute best, then certainly among

Trevor wouldn’t have chosen to bypass InnovaTech and Fleming Tech’s own specialists

but even Beck hadn’t realized just how

talents in front of the others. He had assumed that, while Celeste was indeed

But now…

“Mr. Harper?”

have had past conflicts with that friend of mine. It’s

“I see.”

the conversation

private lounge that night, Wynn was

politeness

steered the conversation toward technical

Beck remained mostly silent, appearing distracted

James for a while, Wynn turned to Beck. “It’s a bit boring,

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his distraction and answered, “I’m

his word, continuing her discussion

eager to improve, so she took it

combined with her humble attitude, made James more than

her on how to structure her studies and gave her

on