Chapter 399

Charlene nodded quickly, then turned to York. "Sorry, I can't make it to lunch with you."

York smiled warmly. "No worries."

With that, Charlene left.

York watched her and Kenton walk away, then headed to the cafeteria for lunch on his own.

He hadn't taken a real break in quite a while.

A couple of days after he met Charlene, his official vacation finally started.

He didn't see Charlene at all during those two days.

When he got home, his family didn't realize he was on leave, so everyone was busy doing their own thing and the house was pretty much empty.

Once word got around that he was back, his friend Dalton invited him out for dinner.

Over burgers and fries at their usual diner, Kelvin Scott couldn't resist some gossip. "Honestly, I didn't expect Ms. Hawkins-you know, the one Dalton's into— to be Dr. Kevitt Smith's PhD student. That's pretty impressive, actually."

York didn't know much about the history of Al development, let alone who Kevitt Smith was.

Kelvin knew that. Truth be told, he'd only learned about Kevitt Smith thanks to Dalton anyway.

York wasn't really interested in the topic.

had suddenly popped into his mind, he asked, "Between Kevitt Smith and our own Mr. Kenton, who's

shrugged. That

knew the answer. "Mr.

the country's Al industry forward. The guy was basically a legend—foreign competitors were always wary of him. The way Dalton saw it, without Kenton, their country's Al wouldn't be anywhere near where

but he could separate his feelings- Kenton was Kenton, Stewart was Stewart. No need to

things that didn't concern him. The fact that he

reputation, and the fact that they all knew the guy, Dalton

grinned. "Oh, by the way, last time I had dinner with my mom and some of the aunts, they mentioned

be fair, York was at that age. His family had been bringing up the marriage thing since

opposed, but didn't have any strong feelings about it

But now...

lowered his gaze,

time with

cut short, and he had to

sure if Charlene had already left the base or was just busy

York returned to the data center, but Charlene was nowhere to be

couple more days passed. Still no sign

five days later, after another assignment, he spotted Charlene in the

her for a

walked over and sat

and smiled. "Back

didn't see you

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