"Fine, I screwed up. You finally have a chance to tease me now." Gary wasn't angry as he looked at Heinz. After all, he did make a mistake and deserved the teasing.
From Gary's dejected look, Heinz understood that Gary had suffered a great blow.
All his focus was on Celeste, so Heinz stopped teasing his son.
"Honestly, you're making it a bit hard to tease you any further." Heinz chuckled and complained good-naturedly.
"You know where Celeste is, right?" Gary asked again.
"Yes." Heinz nodded. "I have everything under control. Don't you know that?"
"She went to Jenevo City," Gary replied.
Heinz burst into laughter. "Son, that's only half true."
Gary was shocked and asked, "Did something else happen? Did she get off halfway?"
Heinz nodded. "Yeah, that's what happened. She got off at a city about three thousand miles away from Jenevo City."
"Where?" Gary asked nervously.
"Esote City," Heinz said in a low voice.
Gary was stunned. "Esote City?"
She'd gotten off the train at a stop so close to Northern City. Celeste truly intended on avoiding him.
Gary was astonished.
Heinz replied, "I think you should give Celeste some space. You two need time to calm down, sort yourselves out."
Gary remained silent for a long time, not saying a word.
Several minutes later, Gary finally spoke. "I won't see her if she's doing okay."
"Do you think that she'll be fine if you don't see her? Her studies are paused halfway. Is she going to give up just like that?" Heinz asked.
Gary was rendered speechless.
He thought that Celeste was ready to leave her studies unfinished this time as he'd hurt her too deeply.
Gary forced a smile. "I don't have the right to see her anymore."
He didn't deserve to.
Heinz frowned.
The secretary returned shortly. After knocking and entering the room, she said respectfully to Heinz, "President, Miss Simpson has left."
"Are you sure?" Heinz asked.
"I'm sure. I had someone make sure Miss Simpson left the company building and hail a cab before I came back," The secretary replied.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Gary's eyes narrowed. "Janice is not someone who gives up easily."
Heinz nodded in agreement. Although he'd only just met Janice, Heinz could discern her true nature at a glance.
She was obsessed with Gary, so she wouldn't give him up so easily.
Heinz ordered in a solemn voice, "Keep an eye on her just in case."
"Of course, sir." The secretary sobered up as well.
"Have Clinton contact me," Heinz commanded.
"All right." The secretary left quickly.
Clinton arrived very quickly.
He greeted Heinz and Gary upon seeing them. "President, Master Gary." "Clinton, how's your investigation going?" Heinz
asked.
Heinz had arranged for Clinton to investigate Janice's family, so he had made some preparations in advance.
"It's going fine. The Simpson family moved to the United States roughly over a decade ago, and she doesn't have many relatives left in Northern City. She's here for Master Gary alone."
Gary frowned and asked Heinz, "When did you find out? How did you know about this? Did you send someone to spy on me?"
"What's the point?" Heinz asked. "News always leaks out. Did you think that you're able to keep it from us?"
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