Beyond the Divorce

Celine was there before me. She was dressed meticulously, and although she was middle-aged, she still took great care of herself. We were standing very close to each other, so I could see the expensive foundation on her face that was failing to conceal her wrinkles. Not far behind Celine stood her 'shadow,' the sinister Kenzie.

Celine didn't seem surprised to see me emerge from the room. However, Kenzie's eyes widened, and she looked at me in disdain.

I glanced at her and cursed silently. 'Damn.'

Celine faintly said, "So, you've finally become part of the Pierce family?"

I smiled calmly and replied, "I have, Celine. Didn't you say grandpa was critically ill? As his granddaughter-in-law, I had to come see him, of course."

She probably hadn't expected me to be so bold.

Her eyes darkened slightly, and her complexion turned pale.

"Granddaughter-in-law?" She repeated skeptically. "You seem quite eager to claim that title."

I glanced at her and calmly walked out of the room.

I moved to the tea table on the side veranda, ignoring her words, and elegantly sat down beside it.

arrogance. She turned to the servant and coldly asked,

Mr. Atlas. Please sit down and wait," Abbas replied gently,

feel her gaze locked on me as I reached for the

poured myself a glass of tea, took

heels clicked on the ground as she approached, and she sat down

and said, "Please call me Stella or Mrs.

when

She regained her composure. "I heard your

I thought that she seemed thinner than the first time I saw her, and her

concern. My father is fine except for his crippled leg. His memory, especially, is quite good," I said with

was hinting that my father remembered everything with that

insincere

wondered if she

her immunove feeling

the future." I took

alive after twenty years." Her words