Chapter 12

Celeste patiently tried to negotiate. [We’ll split the property 60-40, you get 60, I get 40]

Liam replied again [Ha ha]

Celeste gritted her teeth: [How about 70-30, you get 70, I get 30. I can’t give any more than that!]

This time, Liam took a while to reply. Just as Celeste was considering offering an 80-20 split, the phone rang. Liam called het

She picked up the phone and answered.

Liam’s clear voice came through, “Come with me to Kaylee’s welcome dinner tomorrow.”

“No- Celeste said.

could finish, Liam’s voice

the rest of her sentence and

fell silent.

conversation since she moved out that day, and it felt

a pretty good potential husband.

their family backgrounds were very different, he had always been polite to the Campbell family and never

those wealthy playboys with scandalous lives, Liam only had a sort of

to say something, but before she could speak, a familiar female voice came from

was stunned, then laughed bitterly. She said lightly, “See you tomorrow,” and hung

worse for a husband? A sory of ex–girlfriend was enough to

marriage.

hang–up left Liam

to him called

away his phone, and replied

handed him a beautifully wrapped box, and shyly whispered, “I’ve been bored at home lately, so I made

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