Before Trevor could respond, his phone rang.
He stepped outside to take the call, and by the time he returned, the food was being served.
Miles' question was left hanging—brushed aside just like that.
Right now, the author of the paper that engineers in the country and abroad were scrambling to read was sitting right in front of them.
As the meal progressed, Rodney and his students couldn't help but ask Celeste questions as they skimmed through the paper's core content and experimental data.
Whether they asked about specific parts of the paper or about broader problems that had puzzled them in their own research, Celeste responded to everything fluently and confidently.
Wynn watched in silence. Her heart was calm.
Watching Celeste speak so assuredly with Rodney and the others actually seemed like she did know what she was talking about.
But was that really possible?
Given Matthias' capabilities, if he was willing to credit Celeste as first author, then he must have ensured she was thoroughly prepared.
At first, when she heard Matthias say Celeste was the lead author, she had been utterly shocked.
But if this paper really was Celeste's independent research, as Matthias claimed, then wouldn't that mean she was even more impressive than her advisor, Cayden?
How could that be possible?
She wasn't Matthias.
There were countless geniuses in the world but not everyone could become like Matthias.
So most likely, the paper was actually Matthias' work, and he was simply using it to boost Celeste.
Once she'd convinced herself of this, she cast a casual glance toward Celeste, watching her chat confidently with Rodney and the others, before looking away.
Lilian and Linda were thinking along the same lines as Wynn.
Linda, who was more hot-tempered, grew furious watching Celeste carry on like she was some real expert, even daring to give advice to Rodney.
She nearly couldn't hold herself back from standing up and exposing "the truth". But since neither Lilian nor Wynn said anything, she didn't dare speak out either, no matter how angry she felt.
Jorge had also inwardly questioned Celeste's abilities. But seeing Rodney's focused, genuinely excited expression while speaking to her, he started to waver.
Did Beck really believe Celeste was that professionally capable? Was that why he liked her?
But then…
No, that couldn't be it.
Beck had seemed to like Celeste even before Harper Corporation and YodaVision started cooperating.
So clearly, his feelings for Celeste had nothing to do with her professional abilities.
Just then, Trevor's voice sounded beside her, "What are you thinking about?"
Wynn snapped out of her thoughts.
Seeing that Celeste had stolen all the attention today, and that Trevor hadn't spared her a single extra glance, she curved her lips into a light smile and said, "Nothing."
Whether Celeste's abilities were real or not—it didn't matter.
In Trevor's eyes, she simply didn't exist.

Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Breaking Point of Love (Celeste and Trevor)
Let's beat around the bush again...
Uhuh. And what, pray tell, is it that you know to be doing Trevor?...
Mr. Lincoln, you never raised your son. He is not a real man... When I see him, I just remember the line from the song that says "I guess no one ever told you how to be a real man."...
Did Trevor shut down the internet? If he does it, he's truly the biggest whore I've ever seen in my life... This guy raised my blood pressure throughout 800 chapters...
ok im done im not reading this trash anymore its repetitive celeste finally speaks and its less than 5 words.this isn't good at all and now we're getting the netizens pov but not hers. EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION EXCEPT HER AND TREVOR...
I’m not liking where this is headed.. I’m getting the sense that the author is following the revenging husband storyline and Trevor did all this just to avenge his wife...
Isn't this a company that Celeste and Matthias work for? This will be a fatal blow to those scoundrels....
I'm so excited for tomorrow! I wonder what happened to Jo... What is the story behind that court summons?...
A court summons? Oh my God, what happened?...
Here we go again…drip-drop. One page a day instead of the promised 5 Chapters and even that stops suddenly so we never know if the story will advance. I swear this author is writing the new page on their lunch break and laughing at us when we get frustrated....