Chapter 821

Celeste nodded. “I heard you.”

Then she stood up and continued, “Please excuse me.”

With that, she turned and walked away.

Jorge had wanted to say something, but seeing her reaction, he ultimately kept quiet.

He had considered the possibility that Celeste might accept his apology, or perhaps even mock him for it. But her reaction had been somewhat beyond his expectations.

She seemed to have accepted his apology. But that was all.

She had simply accepted his apology. And then… nothing.

Celeste quickly joined the others in their conversation as though nothing had happened.

Zachary, Celeste, and Matthias still had work to deal with, so after having dinner and some tea, they left not long afterward.

In the car, Celeste and Zachary were discussing some matters when her phone suddenly rang.

It was an unfamiliar number.

Celeste looked at the screen before answering.

“Cel, it’s me. I” It was Harvey.

The moment Celeste recognized his voice, she hung up without hesitation and blocked the number.

Matthias raised an eyebrow at her reaction. “Harvey?”

“Mm.”

Matthias curled his lip. He could figure out Harvey’s reason for calling without even trying.

Zachary didn’t comment when he heard them talking about Harvey. It wasn’t sure whether Zachary was simply unaware of what had happened the previous night. After the call ended, Celeste and Zachary resumed their conversation.

Seeing that his call had been disconnected, Harvey immediately called again. But when he tried a second time, the call wouldn’t go through.

The Lockets and Shaws were all waiting for news. Seeing his expression, they asked, “How did it go?”

Harvey rubbed his temples. “I think she blocked me.”

Lilian and Wynn said nothing. Patricia’s expression darkened while Linda bit her lip.

“Then what do we do now?”

Everyone had been completely exhausted today, both physically and mentally.

Harvey in particular had been dealing with one problem after another at the banks. He had also tried contacting Velotra to negotiate a settlement, but Maxwell had no intention of speaking with him personally.

And then there was Trevor.

Even now, Trevor still hadn’t given Wynn any response. So, they had thought about approaching Celeste instead.

In their minds, the trouble Locket Tech was facing this time had to be something Celeste orchestrated with Velotra. They had wanted to negotiate with Celeste, but she had left them absolutely no room to do so.

Ruby was also panicking. “It seems they’re planning to fight us to the end.”

Their accounts had already been frozen, so their projects could no longer proceed. On top of the 2.5 billion dollars they could potentially owe, the penalties for breaching contracts on the other projects would also amount to a staggering sum.

Erin’s expression was grim as well.

If it were only the Rodriguez family, they might still have had some way of dealing with them. But now, Celeste had Yoda Vision. She was and had

also achary’s studen

close relationships with influential figures such as Kael and Rowan.

Even the Fleming family wouldn’t dare lay a hand on Celeste now.

The Shaws naturally understood this as well.

Ever since Patricia learned that Celeste was one of YodaVision’s founders and also Zachary’s student, she couldn’t keep calm.

She had never imagined that Celeste would have achieved so much.

It wasn’t just her. Even Lilian, Harvey, and even Wynn still found it difficult to fully process that fact.