First Love Only? I Left Him First, Now the CEO Can't Let Go novel Chapter 161

Chapter 161: Chapter 161: Tear Up the Ransom Note

In the meeting room.

All personnel related to the FZZL project were present.

"Please switch your phones to vibrate or silent mode."

Julian Xavier stood on the stage and said this first.

Caleb Lockwood, Mr. Miller, Jim, and everyone else adjusted their phones, and Julian Xavier smiled slightly.

Due to having a baby face, his smile always appeared very approachable.

Julian Xavier connected the USB drive and turned on the projector.

Sitting below, people naturally assumed Julian Xavier was preparing for his upcoming explanation regarding the gene database, no one suspected his other hand in his pocket was secretly switching on a signal and Wi-Fi jamming device.

The device wasn’t large, and the area it could jam wasn’t big, just enough for this meeting room.

But that was enough.

As long as Caleb Lockwood and the others didn’t leave the meeting room, they wouldn’t receive any messages from outside.

"Next, I’ll discuss from a genetic perspective how it integrates with the AI-assisted diagnostic system."

Just as Julian Xavier began his eloquent speech, in the reception hall, Serena Jennings was informed by a waiter that Caleb had left a USB drive in the guest room and needed her to retrieve it.

Serena Jennings knew Caleb Lockwood was likely having a meeting with CelestiMed, but Mr. Miller should be right beside him.

Not letting Mr. Miller retrieve it but asking her to go made Serena Jennings somewhat puzzled.

Most critically, Caleb hadn’t previously told her where the USB drive was, nor did she know how many USB drives Caleb had brought overseas, or which USB contained the FZZL-related data.

Serena Jennings took out her phone and called Caleb to confirm.

The call didn’t connect.

She called Mr. Miller.

That call didn’t connect either.

Serena Jennings thought, perhaps their phones were silent due to the meeting. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

So were they too busy to step away?

Was it absolutely necessary to notify her to get it?

Serena Jennings still felt something was off, but knowing how crucial the FZZL project was to Caleb Lockwood, retrieving a USB drive wasn’t too troublesome.

Serena Jennings voluntarily left the reception hall.

In the corner, Claire Shaw saw Serena Jennings leave and silently entered the restroom.

Serena Jennings took the elevator to the 12th floor.

Tonight, the hotel was almost exclusively hosting guests for Cynthia Fulton’s wedding; at the moment, they were all in the reception hall, so from the elevator to the corridor, it was silent like a ghost town.

Cleaning was happening on the 12th floor, with a cleaner pushing a cleaning cart at the end of the corridor.

The guest room for Serena Jennings and Caleb Lockwood was right at the end.

Serena Jennings walked over, ready to use the room key to open the door.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the cleaner silently approaching her, standing right behind her.

Out of instinctive vigilance, Serena Jennings turned around, and the cleaner just happened to lift his head.

They locked eyes.

Serena Jennings finally saw the face hidden under the baseball cap—

Dylan Quinn?!

The meeting room was dimly lit.

Only the projection screen in the front remained bright.

Everyone was fully focused on Julian Xavier’s explanation, until a staff member rushed in saying there seemed to be a fire.

The fire alarm had actually been sounding for a while, but the meeting room was soundproofed so well, the people inside had no way of noticing.

"President Lockwood, let’s go quickly."

Mr. Miller and the bodyguards immediately protected Caleb Lockwood, but Caleb darted out and took the escape stairs to the reception hall first.

The reception hall was already in chaos, everyone was running out.

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