After the launch event, Celeste and Matthias returned to YodaVision for a meeting in the afternoon.
In the conference room, the engineers of YodaVision immediately cheered excitedly when they saw Celeste.
They had already heard about what happened at the Velotra launch event.
Among the team, they were the ones who had the most direct work interactions with Celeste. So, they had already known she was impressive.
But after watching the launch event, they realized she was even more remarkable than they had imagined.
Seeing everyone congratulating her, Celeste smiled and said, “Thank you, everyone.”
The room stayed lively for another two to three minutes before they officially began the meeting.
In the conference room, Kieran silently watched Celeste.
During this period, he had tried several times to ask her out, but since she’d been busy, they had never managed to meet.
He had been planning to find another opportunity in the next few days, but now…
As he often found excuses to approach Celeste and ask her technical questions, he thought he already had a solid grasp of her capabilities.
But just like the other engineers at YodaVision, it wasn’t until today that he realized Celeste was far more brilliant than he’d thought.
For someone as exceptional and dazzling as Celeste–was he truly worthy of her as he was now? 1
Especially when, despite all their recent interactions, it was clear she had never seen him in that way.
Thinking this, Kieran slowly withdrew his gaze.
After the meeting, Celeste walked out of the conference room and was about to head back to her office when Kieran caught up to her to congratulate her privately. “I watched the Velotra launch. Congratulations.”
Celeste smiled and answered, “Thank you.”
Because she’d been so busy with the Velotra project lately, she had fallen behind on YodaVision’s affairs, so she was in a bit of a
rush.
After briefly responding to Kieran, she hurried off.
Kieran didn’t follow her.
However, it was not because he had given up. But because he suddenly realized he needed time. He needed to grow, to become stronger, in order to-
Watching Celeste’s figure disappear into the distance, Kieran’s expression became more determined.
He suddenly felt that, regardless of how this all started, returning to the country this time–even if by accident–had been the right decision.
Once Celeste was completely out of sight, he returned to his workstation and threw himself into his work with full focus and
energy.
The next morning, Wynn was reviewing documents in her office when her secretary suddenly knocked and entered the room.
She set down the file and asked, “Has Mr. Gibbs arrived?”
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They had had dinner the night before, and Leroy had mentioned he would be coming to InnovaTech this morning to discuss a potential partnership.
It was already past ten, so she assumed he should have arrived.
“Un… Mr. Gibbs‘ secretary just called and said he’s decided not to consider a partnership with InnovaTech for now, so…”
Wynn paused, and a sudden realization flashed through her mind I understand. You may go.”
But the secretary didn’t leave. Instead, she looked at Wynn and added, “Just now, Mr. Watts‘ and Mr. Simmons‘ secretaries also called. They said they need to reconsider the partnerships they were previously discussing with us…”
Although Wynn had anticipated that InnovaTech’s position would be negatively affected after the Velotra launch, she didn’t expect the partnerships that were already in negotiations–some nearly finalized–to be shaken this quickly.
Thinking of this, and of the two to three hundred million dollars she had just invested to accelerate the project timeline, her face darkened.
After a long pause, she finally managed to steady herself and said, Got it. You can leave now.” 2
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