The Wrong Woman

Chapter 1027

Jasper felt flustered and hastily attempted to deflect. "I could tell something was bothering you, and I figured it might have been related to the interview."

Imogen wasn't convinced by his explanation, which seemed full of holes. She questioned, "Maybe I'm just in a bad mood from a botched interview. How do you know I didn't even attend?"

Jasper fell silent, leaving Imogen staring at him, clearly baffled. He quickly shifted gears, making his way to the kitchen. "You haven't eaten dinner yet, have you? Let me whip something up for you." "Jay," Imogen called after him.

Jasper remained focused on cooking. "What are you in the mood for? Maybe some beef?"

"Are you really not going to explain?"

"I was just guessing."

Imogen let out a deep sigh, unsure of how to respond.

Jasper avoided addressing the question by spending the entire evening holed up in his study, deeply immersed in work, and retiring to bed late into the night.

Imogen arrived at Star Enterprise's HR department as planned. She breezed through her initial interview and was

her employment contract with a flourish. If it weren't for Star Enterprise looming large

the interview and onboarding to receiving her ID badge, everything was wrapped up smoothly in just a single day. It felt as though she was caught in

After finishing onboarding, instead

straight home, Skylar led her to an adjacent, spacious building. Inside, the space was filled with mechanical displays and operational areas dedicated to the R&D

Imogen's information to Gerald Levingston, the director of R&D, and casually dropped a hint. "Gerald, meet

belly, scrutinized Imogen intently behind his thick glasses. The mention of Imogen being "specially recruited" intrigued

Imogen's

a highly paid expert poached from a prestigious institution by some higher-up. However, he was surprised to learn

demanded his

"I don't care if she's connected to some higher-up!

as the entire office turned to look at

whispered anxiously, "Gerald, keep it down. This isn't

and prideful reprimand. "This is R&D. Even if a company as large as Star Enterprise, assigning someone with just an associate's degree would be considered too

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