The Transactional Marriage That Imploded novel Chapter 267

These parlor tricks were more than enough to fool the general public. With Mathis pulling strings behind the scenes, clips of Cynthia's speech were quickly reposted and hyped up by major media accounts.

Mathis operated like a flawless, precision-engineered machine. For the past two years, he had perfectly timed every single opportunity to elevate Cynthia's status, never missing a beat.

At the very end of her presentation, Cynthia dropped a bombshell: their new computing center would soon be collaborating with Stellaride, and formal business negotiations would commence next week.

The entire hall erupted in shock.

The industry had been buzzing with rumors about why Stellaride was dragging its feet. Cynthia had intentionally spread lies that Cillian was abusing his power for personal revenge, while Stellaride's camp claimed they simply didn't see Aeterna as worthy.

And now, at a conference hosted by Stellaride itself, the partnership was openly announced. This was bound to trigger another massive surge in hype and stock value.

Professor Adler whispered to Cillian, "Why on earth are you partnering with that fraud of a company? Aren't you afraid of ruining Stellaride's reputation?"

Cillian kept it brief, explaining to the professor that he had received direct orders from above. He had no choice but to comply.

Adler cursed Mathis for being an unscrupulous capitalist, abandoning all basic decency just to prop up his brainless woman.

Bianca quickly stepped in to soothe the furious professor. She had plans to sabotage the deal anyway, and was hoping to subtly extract some clever tactics from the professor later.

While Adler was caught up in his emotions, he wouldn't even notice her gently steering the conversation.

The subsequent speakers were legitimate tech experts sharing actual knowledge. Everyone else was there to talk tech, leaving Cynthia as the sole outlier who had shamelessly focused on packaging her image.

Naturally, she completely dominated the trending searches.

Cynthia had stolen the spotlight all morning, and her arrogant strut made Xanthe scoff. She ruthlessly complained to Hector that Cynthia was like a cheap piece of string tied to an expensive crab, mistakenly believing she held the exact same value.

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