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.

then, as if something had suddenly popped into his mind, he asked, "Between Kevitt Smith

shrugged. That was

the answer. "Mr.

helped push 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 it was today. Kevitt Smith was great, sure, but there was just no

Stewart Ferguson, but he could separate his feelings- Kenton

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

the fact that they all knew the guy,

the conversation drifted away, Dalton suddenly grinned. "Oh, by the way, last time I had dinner with my mom and some of the aunts, they mentioned they're trying to set you up with someone again. Looks like you won't be able to dodge those blind dates this time, now

His family had been bringing up the

hadn't minded much before wasn't opposed, but didn't have any strong feelings

But now...

lowered his

night, York had barely spent any time with his family before his

was suddenly cut short, and he had to

wasn't sure if Charlene had already left the base

mission, York returned to the data center, but Charlene was

couple more days passed. Still no sign

another assignment, he spotted Charlene in the cafeteria, hunched over her

paused, watching her for a

and sat down

up and smiled.

got in," he said, meeting her eyes. "I didn't see you last week. I

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