The Scent of 245

Chapter 245

After hanging up, Harvey set down his phone.

As he watched the YodaVision press conference playing on the huge screen, he pressed his fingers against his temple, feeling the weight of his concerns.

Linda lounged as she enjoyed the fruit. However, watching Celeste command the stage with such ease at a major event unsettled her. With a scowl, she turned off the TV. “Why does she get to be the one up there? She’s stealing all the attention.”

“That’s not the point,” Lilian said.

As far as she was concerned, Celeste was just benefiting from Matthias‘ influence. A speech at the press conference? So what? That was nothing but a superficial moment in the spotlight.

What truly mattered was YodaVision’s technology.

That was the real prize.

Harvey caught on to Lilian’s meaning.

Sure, Celeste spoke well at the event, but when it came to YodaVision’s technology, he, Wynn, and Lilian all believed that Matthias had fed her the information beforehand.

There was no way she genuinely understood it all.

Ruby disagreed. “Well, like it or not, she’s secured with Matthias‘ support.”

No matter what, Celeste had made a splash today, and in the process, she’d even brought some benefit to the Rodriguez family.

That alone, in Ruby’s eyes, proved she had some real skill.

Linda, on the other hand, wasn’t concerned about all that.

She noticed Beck was watching Celeste closely in his seat.

And she had never seen Beck’s eyes linger on her like that.

If she had been the one on stage, she was sure it would have been her holding his attention.

By the time Celeste and Matthias stepped out of the hotel, the clock was nearing 10:00 pm.

After a full day of work, Celeste’s head was pounding with exhaustion.

After leaving the hotel, she instinctively drove back to her usual residence area. It wasn’t until she parked the car that she realized her habit had taken over.

It was late, and she had no plans to head back to the Rodriguez residence.

As she stepped out of the car, she scrolled through her phone and noticed several missed calls–both from her

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family members and Jordyn.

Beside the calls, Jordyn had also sent her a message around 8:00 pm, asking when she would be back.

Celeste cast it a glance before putting her phone away.

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After arriving home, she washed up and went straight to bed.

The next day, she had only been awake for a moment when fordyn’s name flashed on her screen.

Celeste didn’t want to answer it.

The moment her phone stopped ringing, the Rodriguez resilence’s house phone called next.

Celeste had no choice but to answer it. “Granny.”

“Didn’t you come back last night, Cel?”

“Yes, I didn’t. I was too busy yesterday.”

Hearing that, Betty didn’t press further and simply passed the phone to Jordyn.

“Mom!”

Celeste murmured a short reply.

Jordyn hadn’t expected that Celeste wouldn’t come home to the Rodriguez residence every night.

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She had called Celeste last night, but there was no response This morning

she woke up and still didn’t see her,

which left her a little down.

“When will you be back, Mom?” Jordyn asked.

“Tonight… probably.”

“Oh…”

Celeste suddenly remembered something and added, “Call your dad and ask him to send a driver to take you to school. I’m busy today.”

“Okay,” Jordyn answered. “Mom, where are you staying now? Can I come see you after school?”

“No.” Celeste rejected it immediately. Then, she continued, “I’ll still be working when you’re done with school. Stay with Granny, and if you get bored, ask your dad to take you out for dinner.”

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“Okay.”