Chapter 827
Stewart handed his phone off to his secretary, then looked at Raleigh as if he had just heard the funniest joke in the world. “Mr. Shaw, you’re overthinking this. Just because the woman you idolize is utterly despicable, you assume everyone else operates on her level?”
Hearing Stewart openly disparage Vesta, Raleigh snapped out of his daze. “You—” But Stewart wasn’t interested in letting him finish.
He cut him off abruptly. “Earlier, you mentioned that both you and Ms. Hawkins only joined PrimeStar Technologies because of our core programming language, CUAP, right? A lot of people assume I created CUAP, but I recall explicitly telling you that it wasn’t my work.”
Raleigh faltered. “Yes, you did say that—”
He couldn’t fathom why Stewart was suddenly bringing this up.
Then, it hit him.
In a flash of clarity, he understood exactly what Stewart was implying.
His eyes went wide with shock as he stared frantically between Stewart and Charlene. “Are… are you saying “
Everyone in the tech industry knew about PrimeStar’s revolutionary CUAP language.
Hearing Stewart bring it up—and freely admit it wasn’t his creation—prompted a collective realization to wash over the crowd.
Everyone, including Dr. Lucas, turned their stunned gazes toward Charlene.
Gaylord was equally flabbergasted.
He had also joined PrimeStar largely because of CUAP. Considering the timeline of when Charlene officially joined the company, and even knowing how incredibly capable she was, he had never once suspected she was the mastermind behind the language.
When the reality set in, he looked at her with pure, unadulterated awe.
Maureen and Henley Hawkins weren’t tech insiders, but thanks to Vesta, they were well aware of CUAP’s legendary status and immense value.
Hearing Stewart’s declaration, they too understood the implication.
Even Maureen’s head snapped up in horror, while Henley looked absolutely paralyzed.
If Charlene had created CUAP, her actual power and influence were—
Under the weight of everyone’s stares, Stewart delivered the final blow. “That’s right.
The creator of CUAP is Charlene.”
The color drained entirely from
Raleigh’s face. He stared at
Charlene, completely bewildered. “H-how is that possible? She only joined PrimeStar a year ago. How could she possibly be
It was a question on many people’s minds.
But Stewart didn’t waste time arguing; he went straight to the hard proof.
He gestured toward the large screen behind them.
The intimate photos of Charlene and Thorne had been replaced.
Raleigh turned slowly to look at the display.
“The copyright registration, the Git timestamp chains, the trademark filings-they’re all right up there,”
Stewart announced. “Mr. Shawnet
you feel this still isn’t enough to prove Charlene is the creator of CUAP, let me know what else you need. I’ll do my best to S accommodate you.”
Raleigh stared blankly at the screen, entirely speechless.
The ballroom erupted into frenzied whispers.
“She developed a world-class programming language a decade ago? Charlene must have been, what, sixteen or seventeen back then? Holy shit, she’s a genius!”
“No kidding!”
Vesta had already guessed where Stewart was going with this the moment he abruptly pivoted to PrimeStar’s programming language.
She had known for a while that
Charlene was Dr. Wagner’s secret student and one of PrimeStar’s founders. Upon learning those secrets, she had briefly wondered if
one
Charlene could have been the one
behind CUAP. She just… hadn’t
dared to entertain the thought for
too long.
And now…
She gripped her dress tightly, keeping her head bowed as the crowd’s astonished gasps filled her ears.