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Beck came back to his senses, looked at Celeste with a smile, and shook his head. “It’s nothing.”
After finishing the business discussion with Beck that afternoon, Matthias called Celeste.
Matthias said, “I just got word from the lawyer–Wynn still refuses to terminate the contract. She’s willing to pay
a substantial compensation fee for damage to our reputation, but I didn’t agree.
“Since negotiations failed, I’ve asked the lawyer to proceed with legal action.”
Celeste replied, “Alright, got it.”
After that, Matthias added, “Trevor is coming to the company tomorrow to discuss some matters. Joseph can handle the first part of the meeting, but there’s one document that needs your confirmation, so
In other words, she would have to meet with Trevor tomorrow.
Celeste understood what he meant and said, “Alright, understood.”
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The next day, Trevor and Jacob arrived at YodaVision in the afternoon.
As Matthias had said, Joseph was the one who received them initially. Midway through the meeting, Celeste got a message from Joseph and went over to the conference room
Perhaps Joseph had already explained that she was stepping in on behalf of Matthias to review and sign the contract. So, when Celeste entered, neither Trevor nor Jacob looked surprised.
She entered the conference room and greeted him formally, “Hello, Mr. Fleming.”
Trevor shook her hand and sat down without saying much.
Celeste flipped through the documents and confirmed some terms of the contract with him. Once everything checked out, she signed her name immediately and said, “Looking forward to working together.”
Trevor replied, “Looking forward to it.”
Since her part of the meeting was done, Celeste got ready to leave. She turned to Joseph and said, “I have other matters to handle. Mr. Lockridge, could you please handle the rest with Mr. Fleming?”
Just as she stood up to leave, Trevor glanced at his watch, looked up, and said, “Join me for dinner tonight?”
Before Celeste could respond, he added, “I’ll have someone bring Jo over too.”
Joseph initially thought Trevor was simply being courteous by inviting her to dinner now that their deal was finalized. But that second sentence made him pause.
Suddenly, he realized–Trevor’s tone with Celeste was a little too familiar, too casual, like they’d known each other for a long time.
And also, who was Jo?
Celeste thought that Trevor was trying to talk to her about Wynn. And he was worried that Celeste would decline, so he tried to bring Jo into this?
If it had been before, Celeste might have felt a wave of bitterness. But now, her expression remained calm, and she replied lightly, “Sorry, I don’t have time.”
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With that, she turned and walked out without looking back Her attitude was unusually cold.
Joseph just watched and felt that something was off.
He glanced at Trevor, just as he was about to speak–only to see Trevor simply lower his head and smile a little, as if he didn’t mind Celeste’s somewhat impolite behavior at all.
Jacob was already aware of the situation with InnovaTech. He believed that Celeste was intentionally escalating things to retaliate against Wynn because of Trevor.
He had never thought highly of Celeste before, and now, he seeming inability to separate personal matters from work made him look down on her even more.
After several interactions, Joseph kept feeling like there was something odd about the way both Celeste and Matthias treated Trevor.
It was just too casual.
Yet Trevor didn’t seem to care in the slightest.
Joseph couldn’t make sense of it, but seeing Trevor about to leave, he escorted him downstairs.
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