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    Elena looked up at the sound.


    Cathy walked over with her cascading waves of hair, draped in a ck silk dress that clung to her figure like a second skin, exuding an air of confidence that was hard to ignore.


    With a limited edition Hermes bag swinging from her arm, Cathy scrutinized Elena with an imperious nce.


    “So, you’re the new hire at Edgewing, are you? And on the eighth floor, no less. Quite the feather in your cap,” Cathy remarked, her tone casual yetced with a sense of ownership, as if she were the queen of this realm.


    Elena’s face remained a mask of indifference, her eyes cold and unyielding.


    Cathy crossed her arms tightly, her frown deepening. “Let me give you a piece of advice: pack your bags and leave Edgewing, pronto!”


    Cathy presumed Elena’s silence was a sign of weakness, believing she could easily brush her aside.


    To her astonishment, Elena responded, her expression unwavering, “Wesley hired me. If anyone has the power to send me packing, it’s him.” In essence, Cathy’s threats held no weight.


    Cathy faltered for a moment, caught off guard by the seemingly meek woman standing her ground. “Do you even know who I am?” she asked, incredulous.


    Elena replied with a disinterested tone, “No, I don’t.”


    Cathy dered, “I am Wesley’s fiancée. When I tell you to leave, you should vanish without a trace!”


    In the, no woman had dared to defy Cathy.


    ustomed to wielding her family’s influence like a weapon, Cathy was arrogant and dismissive toward everyone except Wesley. Even Karen had to swallow her pride in Cathy’s presence.


    The Garrett family, steeped in a proud tradition of military service, might appear the weakest among the’s four prominent families, but they were far from it.


    In his youth, Kirby Garrett, Kason’s grandfather, had been a steadfastrade of Gerald, their bond forged in the fires of battle. When Gerald chose to retire for the sake of his beloved, Kirby had stepped into his shoes.


    Kason, already a captain with a promising trajectory, stood at the brink of greatness.


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    At Cathy’s im of being Wesley’s fiancée, Elena’s eyes darkened, her once calm demeanor morphing into something formidable, her gaze as frigid as a winter’s night. Wesley was engaged?


    Before the tension could settle, a storm of bad news erupted from theboratory.


    “Charlette, we have a serious problem! There’s a critical error in theunch program, and the transmitter is on the verge of crashing!” Boden burst in, his voiceced with urgency.


    Charlette’s expression shifted to one of gravity as she furrowed her brow. “What in the world is happening? The program underwent rigorous testing. How could there be a w? Eachunch costs billions. We simply cannot afford a disaster! Get theunch base manager here—now!”


    As one of Wesley’s trusted confidantes, Charlette helmed the R&D department and was quick to act in the face of adversity.


    Yet, the base manager remained adamant, iming there was no issue with the program.


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