LOGINThe Harper Corporation and Fleming Group banquets were scheduled for the same evening, held on different floors of the same hotel.Celeste and Matthias went to the Fleming Group banquet first.As soon as Trevor learned they had arrived, he came out to greet them personally.After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Matthias promptly waved him off. "Mr. Fleming, since you have matters to attend to, you should go ahead. There's no need to be overly courteous with us."Trevor nodded. "Thank you for your understanding, Mr. Yoder. If either of you needs anything, feel free to let me know."After greeting Celeste as well, Trevor went off to receive other guests.Although Trevor had stayed at their banquet for quite a while the night before, Celeste and Matthias didn't plan to linger too long at the Fleming Group event. Still, they waited until the banquet was halfway through before heading upstairs to the Harper Corporation banquet.When Beck saw Celeste arrive, he was clearly pleased
Trevor and Beck hadn't seen each other for quite some time. They rarely kept in touch, but once they started talking about their respective companies, the conversation flowed easily and pleasantly.Jorge had no intention of becoming friends with them, nor did he want to waste energy on superficial socializing. After exchanging a few polite remarks, he found an excuse to step away.From then on, his attention stayed fixed on Celeste and Matthias as they received guests.He noticed that Matthias treated Celeste exactly the same as always. What was more, when the banquet was drawing to a close, Matthias even had Celeste personally see Trevor and Beck off.So, Matthias hadn't taken a single word of what he said that day to heart? He trusted Celeste that much?Jorge's expression darkened.Celeste was unaware of what was going through Jorge's mind. She courteously escorted Trevor and Beck out of the banquet hall. "Thank you both very much for coming. If there was anything lacking in
"He arrived early?""Yes. He was already here around 8:00 pm."Jorge fell silent. His gaze cut through the dense crowd and landed on Trevor.Trevor was deep in conversation at the moment, showing no sign of preparing to leave.So, he wasn't planning to attend InnovaTech's banquet after all?Just then, Trevor also noticed him and raised his glass with a smile in his direction. Before they could exchange anything further, Matthias and Celeste walked over to Jorge."Sorry for the lack of welcome earlier. Please forgive us, Mr. Robinson."Jorge withdrew his gaze. "Mr. Yoder, Ms. Rodriguez, you're too polite."Before they had the chance to exchange more pleasantries, Beck arrived as well. "Sorry, things were a bit hectic today. I'm late."Compared to his attitude toward Jorge, Matthias was noticeably warmer and more courteous with Beck. "No problem at all. You being able to make it is already an honor for YodaVision, Mr. Harper."Jorge noticed that Beck hadn't gone to InnovaTech's
After the message was sent, no one replied for quite a while.Miles continued to bombard the group chat.Seeing that there was still no response, he called Trevor directly. Once the call connected, he asked, "Today's InnovaTech's year-end banquet. Where are you? It's already so late—why haven't you arrived?"Trevor replied, "Something came up today.""So... You're not coming?"Trevor answered, "Mm. Have fun."Miles couldn't say anything.Before he could ask anything else, Trevor said he still had important matters to attend to and hung up.Since Trevor had already put it that way, Miles didn't press further.In his view, given how much Trevor valued Wynn, unless he truly couldn't get away, there was no way he would miss the banquet.After hanging up, Miles was just about to call Beck when Beck's call came in first."I've got something to deal with, so I won't be coming," Beck said.Miles sighed. "Alright then. Every single one of you is really busy."Beck didn't say much
However, that was something Wynn had no intention of telling anyone else.Whether Beck had sent them invitations could be set aside for now. What Harvey cared about more at the moment was something else."Wynn, as for Trevor... You need to press a little harder."Wynn replied, "I know."She knew why Harvey said that. Locket Tech's research project was running out of funds and was on the verge of being suspended.In fact, even if Harvey hadn't said anything, she would have stepped up her efforts with Trevor anyway.Because it wasn't just Locket Tech that was short on money now, but InnovaTech was also in dire need of funds.Both Locket Tech's projects and InnovaTech required continuous, large-scale capital investment. In the past, with Trevor's support, funding had never been a concern. But now...The next day, Wynn went to Fleming Group.Trevor wasn't at the office.Jacob was.Wynn asked, "Do you know roughly when Trevor will be back?"A hint of difficulty flashed across Ja
Beck didn't respond.Neither did Wynn.Miles had thought that what he said in the Harper Corporation chat would pique everyone's interest. Instead, after the message had been sent for quite a while, no one paid him any attention.He typed, "Where is everyone? Hello? Anyone there?"Beck saw it and only then replied, "Busy."Wynn watched the exchange and, after a long pause, replied as well, "Busy."At that moment, Trevor finally replied, "No time."Miles was dumbfounded. "Everyone's that busy?"Trevor replied, "Yeah. Talk next time."After sending that message, Trevor didn't reappear in the chat.Beck really was busy. After exchanging a couple of lines with Miles, he stopped responding as well.Wynn saw that Trevor had briefly shown up and then gone offline. She didn't send any more messages to Harper Corporation either. She simply stared at the screen, looking somewhat absent-minded.Ever since two days ago, when she hadn't told Trevor, but had privately contacted Jacob







