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.

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

That was

the answer. "Mr.

the day, Kenton Wagner had single-handedly made groundbreaking breakthroughs in Al research. He led a team that broke through international tech barriers and 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

he could separate his feelings- Kenton was

him. The fact that he brought this up today was

Kenton's reputation, and the fact that they all knew the guy, Dalton and Kelvin didn't think

I had dinner with my mom and some of the aunts, they mentioned they're

York was at that age. His family had been bringing up the marriage thing since early last

opposed, but

But now...

his

spent any time with his family before his

was suddenly cut short, and he had

already left the base or was just

returned to the

couple more days passed. Still no

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

her

he walked over and sat down across from

looked up and smiled. "Back

said, meeting her eyes. "I didn't see you last week. I thought maybe you'd left

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