Chapter 8

One of Miles‘ companions asked, “What’s wrong?”

“I think I saw someone I know,” Miles replied.

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He and the others had grown up with Trevor and knew about Celeste’s affection for him.

To be frank, Celeste was beautiful in her own right. But her reserved nature made her unremarkable. Hence, she was just not Trevor’s type.

Because Trevor kept his distance from her, they too looked down on her. They hadn’t seen Celeste many times, and even when they did, they rarely greeted her.

In truth, Miles couldn’t quite remember what Celeste looked like. He wasn’t even sure if he had indeed seen her. But even if it had been her, it didn’t matter to him.

He said nothing more and returned to the private room.

Celeste didn’t notice Miles,

After leaving the restaurant, she took Lottie home and stayed over to take care of her.

When Lottie woke up and saw Celeste, she hugged her gratefully. “Thanks for last night. I owe you dinner!” Celeste had already prepared breakfast. She patted Lottie’s head and said, “Go wash up before the food gets cold.” Lottle clung to her, burying her face in Celeste’s waist. “Cel you’re so soft and smell so nice. Hugging you feels amazing!”

Celeste was at a loss for words.

After freshening up, Lottie came to the table and saw the delicious breakfast Celeste had made. She felt incredibly lucky, thinking that whoever married Celeste would have hit the jackpot.

But upon remembering Celeste’s marriage to Trevor, she worried about hurting her feelings and kept her thoughts to herself.

down and started eating her breakfast

changed. She looked up at Celeste.

“Yes,” Celeste replied.

her the phone. It showed a post from Miles‘ social media feed, featuring several photos

“Happy birthday to the

post was about Wynn’s birthday celebration, four or five of the nine pictures featured her and Trevor together. In one particularly striking photo, they were cutting the cake together, both holding the same

knife.

likely to prevent Trevor’s grandmother, Martha Daniels, from finding out about the gathering. After all, Martha, who was close to Betty, had never approved

close to Wynn, she would

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the photos, it would seem like Trevor and Wynn were a couple. It was clear that the birthday party had

the cold treatment she had received on her own birthday just weeks earlier, Celeste averted

looked at her

anymore,” Celeste said,

“You…

“Yes.”

the contrary, she used to admire him and even harbored a small crush on him. It wasn’t surprising, as Trevor

just turned 18 after skipping three grades. She had quickly founded a tech company and earned several

abroad, during which he founded several companies, all of which became publicly listed. All of these were achieved before

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companies spanned industries like technology, medicine, entertainment, and tourism. Later, while founding more companies, he took over

Moreover, he had exceptional looks. So, it wasn’t surprising that

how he had misunderstood and disregarded Celeste’s love for him over

had always known how deeply Celeste loved Trevor and had often advised her to leave him. Yet, Celeste always shook her

quite believe that Celeste would

Lottie looked at Celeste with

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