Betty had relatives visiting from Xelora, and they had como Baumond to see her.

That morning, just as Celeste finished a meeting, Betty called and asked her to come over for lunch with them.

She stood by the elevator, waiting, when Joseph Lockridge the newly hired general manager of YodaVision- walked over with Trevor and Jacob,

Upon seeing her, Joseph greeted her, “Ms. Rodriguez.”

Celeste gave a slight nod.

Joseph wasn’t sure whether Trevor and Celeste knew each her. He only knew that despite Trevor being at YodaVision for several days discussing a collaboration, he and Celeste had never crossed paths

Seeing that Celeste didn’t greet Trevor, Joseph assumed they weren’t acquainted. So, he introduced them.

“Ms. Rodriguez, this is Mr. Fleming of Fleming Group.”

Then, he turned to Trevor and said, “This is Ms. Rodriguez from YodaVision’s R&D department.”

Without looking at Trevor, Celeste simply said, “I know.”

Trevor, however, glanced at her and told Joseph, “No need for introductions- we know each other quite well.”

Joseph paused, looking between the two.

“You know each other well? Sorry, but I don’t see it.”

He didn’t say it aloud, though. Instead, he gave an awkward laugh. “Oh, I see.”

Celeste remained silent.

Trevor chuckled lightly but didn’t say anything more.

At this point, Joseph finally realized–Celeste simply didn’t want to acknowledge Trevor. That made her just like

Matthias.

some unresolved grudge between Trevor, Celeste,

wasn’t just

treated him with this distant, indifferent attitude. And what

wasn’t sure if he should

he was about to break

arrived? I’ll be right

hanging up, they

Locket is here to pick you up for lunch again?

smiled and was about to respond when his phone rang again. Seeing it was an important ca

When the

the ground floor, Celeste

seph didn’t

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stepped outside and reached the parking lot, she saw Wynn standing by a car,

Their eyes met

gaze was cold and

quickly looked away and walked toward

gaze away. Only when she spotted Trevor coming

Wynn handing her car keys to Jacob before getting into Trevor’s car

her gaze and drove off, leaving them behind in her

guests into their car and watched them leave. Just as she was about to get into her own car to return to

her,

He didn’t know if things between them had progressed further, but he

Trevor an opportunity to

moment he saw her, his furrowed brows gave

greeting him, Celeste simply got into

also returned to his

collaboration with the Locket

his secretary walked in and said,

Jorge paused. “Ms. Locket?”

a cold, so she’s here on his behalf to

flicker of excitement flashed in Jorge’s eyes. He immediately

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