A little over ten minutester, Celeste went to the restroom with

a few others.

She had just pushed the door open and, seeing someone inside,

was about to apologize and leave when a hand suddenly

covered her mouth and nose. Before she could react, her

consciousness blurred.

The person who had subdued Celeste was quickly joined by a

woman waiting outside.

Together, they made a hasty disguise for Celeste and supported

her out of the restroom. After carefully avoiding YodaVision''s

people, they managed to get outside.

Just as they were about to put her into a car with others waiting,

their path was blocked.

At that moment, Trevor''s phone rang

After listening to the caller, he rose and told the two executives

beside him, "Something''se up. Let''s catch up another time.”

Jacob, seeing him leave, followed.

By the time they reached outside the bar, the people who had

tried to take Celeste were already subdued.

Jacob was startled when he saw her unconscious, but he quickly

grasped the situation

What he couldn''t understand was—when had Trevor arranged all

The men waiting outside stepped forward respectfully. "Mr.

Fleming, we''ve stopped them."

"Mm." Trevor nced at the unconscious Celeste, walked over,

and without another word, took her into his arms and carried her

to the car.

Jacob paused, then quickly followed him in.

No sooner had Trevor settled Celeste in the car than her phone

rang from her bag.

It turned out the two engineers from YodaVision, who had gone

to the restroom with her, grew worried after she didn''te out

for several minutes.

After searching and not finding her, they immediately called

Trevor didn''t answer.

Holding Celeste against him, he adjusted her posture, then

simply ended the call.

The two engineers, even more uneasy, immediately called

Matthias, rmed, hurriedly dialed Celeste''s number himself.

This time, Trevor answered.

"Cel, you-" Matthias started, only to be cut off.

"She fainted. I''m taking her back to the hotel," Trevor said tly.

Matthias froze. "Trevor?"

"Mm." Then he added, "I''ll hang up now."

"You—" Matthias tried to speak, but the line had already gone

In the front seat, Jacob kept an eye on the back. Seeing Trevor

still holding Celeste, he opened his mouth to say something, but

the divider slowly rose, cutting off his view.

Jacob stared in surprise, at a loss for words.

The hotel wasn''t far, but not close either. The journey took about

half an hour.

Trevor carried Celeste out.

Jacob noticed her clothes were neat, only her lipstick had

smudged slightly.

It looked as though she had been kissed—or perhaps it was just

smeared during the struggle. He couldn''t be sure. 1

Without exnation, Trevor took her straight upstairs. Jacob

had no choice but to follow behind.style

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