In the end, Celeste won the bid for that diamond.Even though Miles had mentally prepared himself, he was still a bit stunned when he heard the result.It wasn't until the auction officially ended and Celeste left with Adeline to handle the formalities that Miles snapped out of it and messaged Trevor."Celeste spent 1.8 billion and won the diamond…""Okay."Something this unexpected, and all he replied with is a casual "Okay"?Miles then replied, "What did that period you sent me earlier mean?"Trevor must have been busy. After a while, he finally replied, "It meant stop gossiping."Miles was dumbfounded. Wasn't he just too shocked and wanted to let Trevor know?Perhaps, to prove that marrying Trevor back then wasn't for money, Celeste had always dressed rather plainly during their marriage.Lilian and Lennox were also stunned by Celeste's extravagant move and didn't recover for quite a while.It wasn't until Jorge got up to leave and went over to greet them that Lilian snap
As soon as Celeste spoke, not only Lilian, but Lennox, Jorge, and Miles were all visibly stunned.Lennox's reaction was expected.As for Jorge, he had previously looked into Celeste a little and knew her family background was relatively ordinary.While the Rodriguez family's business had recently picked up, it still wasn't at the level where they could casually fork out several hundred million to buy a diamond, right?Miles, for his part, believed he knew Celeste's situation inside out.Given the Rodriguez family's current strength, even producing 100 million in spare cash would be difficult—let alone 500 million.Although Trevor had once paid Celeste two billion in advance as a thank-you gift, the money had been used to help the Rodriguez family with capital turnover.But even if the Rodriguez family business was doing better now, and even if she still had a large chunk of that two billion left, wasn't it a bit "too much" to casually spend this much money on a single diamond?
On the other side, Wynn said, "Mom, here's the invitation you wanted.""Great. Thank Trevor for me," Lilian said as she put the invitation into her bag. "Tomorrow, are you going to the auction house with us, or is Trevor picking you up?"Wynn replied, "Neither of us is going tomorrow."Lilian paused. "Alright."…On the evening of the auction, Celeste arrived at the venue with her aunt, Adeline.At the ticket check, Celeste spotted Lilian and Lennox ahead of them.Lilian and Lennox also saw them. When she noticed Celeste, Lilian frowned slightly.This auction had extremely high starting prices, so the invited guests were top-tier elites and wealthy individuals from around the world.Ordinary rich families couldn't even get an invitation.If it weren't for Trevor, Lilian wouldn't have gotten one either.But Celeste—Well, given how popular Matthias was right now, and her relationship with him, it wouldn't be difficult for him to secure an invitation for her.Thinking that,
Linda curled her lips and gave a cold snort. "Taking on so many major projects at once—let's see if they can swallow it all without choking."But even as she said that, she didn't sound confident—if anything, her words came off as sour.After all, if YodaVision dared to take on that many projects, chances are, they had the capacity to manage them.Linda's father, Luther Shaw, was also bitter.Thinking about how both the Locket family's tech company and InnovaTech were constantly hitting bottlenecks, while YodaVision seemed to be progressing without any setbacks, he couldn't help but grumble, "I wonder how Matthias hires people—how does he keep finding such top-tier talent?"Ever since YodaVision became widely known, both InnovaTech and the Locket family's tech company had tried to poach people from them.But after YodaVision gained fame, countless big-name companies—both domestic and international—started trying to recruit YodaVision's tech staff.The Locket family and InnovaTec
Trevor said, "Shall we go together?"Hearing this, Wynn instinctively started to refuse. "I…"She wanted to say she wasn't sure if she'd have the time then. But thinking that didn't quite match her usual demeanor, she changed her tune before finishing her words and said instead, "Sure."As soon as she said it, she was about to head to the couch, but her steps paused slightly when she noticed a document placed on Trevor's desk. Upon seeing the title of the document, she hesitated.Noticing her gaze, Trevor said, "The company is planning to develop a new large model. This is a research report on YodaVision's programming language and two of their latest in-house projects."What they've put together is quite interesting—they've actually made some progress. You might learn a lot from it."As he spoke, he handed the document to her.If it were in the past, hearing this from Trevor would have made Wynn happy and intrigued, and she would've accepted it eagerly.But now…Her expression
Celeste left the company and returned to the Rodriguez residence, but Jordyn wasn't around.She had apparently gone to accompany Trevor.Martha's condition was worrying, and Celeste couldn't rest easy.For the next few days, she visited the hospital every morning to check on her. Sometimes Trevor was there, and sometimes it was Queenie and Teagan.Queenie didn't like the idea of Celeste being her daughter-in-law, but since Celeste came to visit Martha, Queenie still thanked her politely.Teagan also wasn't fond of Celeste, but since Celeste and Trevor were going to get divorced, she felt there was no point saying anything anymore. So, during their recent encounters, she refrained from making snide remarks.That day, when Celeste came to the hospital in the morning, the three siblings—Teagan, Trevor, and Tucker—were all there, along with Queenie.After checking on Martha, Celeste was about to leave when Trevor stood up and said, "I'll walk you out.""It's okay." She refused flatl