Chapter 1012
“You sly fox, trying to steal her first!” Another industry titan shoved his way forward, desperate not to be left behind. “Miss Lancaster, I represent the Elyndor Computing Association. Would you consider joining us? We bring true glory to our country p>
“This is a competition, not a job fair! Miss Lancaster, come to my research institute. Name your price p>
“Serena, here is my card. We are absolutely desperate for a mind like yours p>
One by one, the elite executives and professors—men and women who usually demanded absolute deference-swarmed Serena like rabid fans.
Their voices were filled with desperate sincerity.
Anyone watching knew this wasn’t an act.
These were national-level VIPs.
To claim they had all been bribed by Serena was sheer lunacy. Besides, Bianca had spent the whole morning screaming that The Hope Initiative was a bunch of broke charity cases. Where would they have gotten the money to pay off an entire board of billionaires and officials?
Bianca’s hysterical accusations only drew more laughter and contempt from the crowd.
Through it all, Serena remained perfectly still in her ergonomic chair, an aura of casual indifference radiating from her.
She finally looked up at the desperate executives and offered a faint, unapologetic smile. “Sorry, not interested. I’m busy p>
“Stop pretending you’re so superior!” Bianca screamed, unable to stomach Serena’s effortless cool.
Her chest heaved, her eyes wide with unhinged fury. “There is no way she didn’t cheat! You all took her dirty money p>
“Bianca, stop p>
Isabella grabbed Bianca’s arm, dropping her voice to a frantic whisper. She looked terrified. “Don’t do this. If you keep pushing, you’ll drag us all down. Do you want The Dreamscape Initiative to be thrown out of the arena right now p>
Bianca opened her mouth to argue, but the reality of the situation finally pierced through her rage.
She clamped her mouth shut, trembling.
Off stage, the cigarette slipped from Adrian’s fingers, tumbling to the floor.
He stared blankly at the stage, watching Serena brush off the frantic recruitment attempts of national VIPs.
A suffocating wave of shock crashed over him, completely shattering his inflated ego.
She didn’t cheat.
The experts proved she didn’t cheat.
How was this possible?
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How could the uneducated girl he knew be a tech prodigy aggressively courted by the nation’s
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Where did she get this kind of power?
“Adrian… is she really just a nobody from the country?” Darius swallowed hard looking like he had just seen a ghost. “This is insane p>
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“I just looked up that committee. They are the absolute titans of the industry and theyre literally begging her to work for them p>
A storm of conflicting emotions raged in Adrian’s chest, replaced quickly by a dark, obsessive hunger.
He suddenly realized he had never actually seen the real Serena.
He had dismissed her as a boring, tacky girl who embarrassed him as his fiancée.