Chapter 140

Jorge asked, “Are you familiar with that woman?”

Hearing him mention Celeste, Wynn’s fingers briefly tightened on the keyboard. She instinctively thought he might be interested in her.

Celeste was indeed beautiful. But recalling what she had overheard at the auction that day, along with Jorge’s current attitude, she quickly realized she had been mistaken.

Expressionless, she replied, “Not really. Why?”

Jorge glanced in Celeste and Matthias’s direction and said, “Judging by how she talks with Matthias, she seems quite capable.”

Wynn said indifferently, “I’m not sure, but I heard she only has a bachelor’s degree.”

“Only a bachelor’s degree?”

“Mm.”

That explained a lot. With a lower academic background than Wynn and lacking the same striking charm, it was understandable that she would feel insecure about Matthias being taken away.

Jorge could understand Celeste’s nervousness about losing Matthias.

than herself and instantly treating them as an enemy, always assuming other women were trying to seduce her

that thought, Jorge’s neutral attitude toward Celeste shifted into

free for a moment, glanced through the glass window at Jorge and Wynn inside

a few seconds, he leaned in close to

and it took her a second to register who he was referring to. Then she replied in a flat tone,

After answering, she simply pulled Matthias back to work,

the sooner they

choice.” That was the end of

And when he saw Celeste frown and

a technical issue and

for guidance, but when she looked over, she found that both

way they looked at her–if she didn’t know better, she would have

that thought, Wynn averted

worked straight through until after

Chapter 140

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