Chapter 443
The Rodriguez family had already heard about Velotra’s situation.
Now that Celeste had achieved great success in her career, both Ivan and Betty were genuinely happy for her.
To celebrate, they arranged to have lunch together with her on Saturday afternoon.
As Ivan’s car approached the restaurant and was about to enter the parking lot, it nearly collided with another vehicle coming from the opposite direction.
The other driver had failed to control their speed, so technically it was their fault. However, Ivan decided not to fuss about it.
Since his car was in front, he should have had the right of way, bulie other car tried to cut in. Frowning, Ivan rolled down his window to reason with the driver.
Coincidentally, the other driver rolled down their window too–clearly believing they were in the right.
But the moment Ivan saw who was inside, his face turned cold.
Harvey didn’t expect the other party to be Ivan and Betty. Whatever words he’d intended to say immediately stuck in his throat.
In the passenger seat was Lilian, and in the back were Erin and Patricia. All of them saw Ivan.
None of them had expected such a coincidence.
Ivan looked away and, before Harvey could react, drove straight into the parking lot.
They had been in high spirits earlier, looking forward to the celebratory meal. But upon encountering the Locket family, Betty’s face turned cold almost instantly.
Celeste held onto her arm and gently patted her hand to soothe her
Thinking of how her daughter’s health had improved and how Celeste was now doing better than ever, Betty felt comforted.
She realized she truly should look forward and not let past people or events disturb her peace. Her mood gradually improved.
After parking, Celeste and the rest of the family were the first to enter the restaurant.
Thanks to Betty’s change of heart, their group’s mood remained largely unaffected.
But the Locket family and the Shaw family were another story.
Watching the Rodriguez family walk away, everyone–Erin, Patricia, and even Wynn–had unpleasant expressions.
They had all heard about Velotra.
Even though, thanks to Trevor’s help, InnovaTech now had a clear direction, all the investments they’d made previously had
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Moreover, even with a clear direction now, InnovaTech’s future was still uncertain.
What unsettled Patricia and Erin even more was the press conference where Celeste had openly claimed credit for Velotra’s technology, and where Maxwell had also confirmed that all the technology Velotra and YodaVision collaborated on came from
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If that were true, then Celeste’s current worth could easily be in the hundreds of billions.
But how was that even possible? Could Celeste really possess such extraordinary technical prowess?
Was there truly no help from Matthias involved? Could it really not be his work?
Yet Celeste had dared to claim it as her own…
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Thinking about this, the mood among the Locket family and the Shaw family soured even further, especially for Wynn.
She clenched her fists and said in a calm tone, “Let’s head inside.!
Snapping out of their daze, Erin and the others followed her into the restaurant.
Over an hour later, just as they were about to leave after lunch, the heard someone near the elevator say, “Matthias is still single. If you know any good young women, remember to keep anye out for him.”
“Of course, we’ve been friends for years. You’ve said it so many times! If we come across any good matches, of course we’ll introduce them to him!”
Hearing this, Wynn looked up and realized the speaker was none other than Matthias’s mother.
But Melissa didn’t notice them as she entered the elevator.
Lilian and Patricia had met her before, and upon hearing her words, Patricia seemed to understand something and gave a faint smile.
Wynn paused, then suddenly understood what her grandmother was smiling about.
If all the technological breakthroughs announced at the Velotra press conference had truly come from Celeste, then yes, current worth could very well be in the hundreds of billions.
Not only that–if she had that kind of talent, she likely had a lot more potential ahead of her.
her
There was every possibility she would develop new technologies in the future. In other words, if Celeste really was this capable, she was a walking goldmine. 1
With that level of skill and value, even the most elite of families probably wouldn’t care that she’d been divorced.
In that case, how could Melissa possibly not acknowledge the relationship between Celeste and Matthias, and instead still be asking people to introduce other women to him?
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The answer was clear–the so–called “technology” Celeste claimed probably wasn’t all hers to begin with. There had to be a lot of exaggeration. 23
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