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.

and started eating her breakfast while scrolling through her

up at Celeste. “Is Trevor

“Yes,” Celeste replied.

showed a post from Miles‘ social media feed, featuring several photos

birthday to the

her and Trevor together. In one particularly striking photo, they were cutting the

knife.

was absent from all the photos. This was likely to prevent Trevor’s grandmother, Martha Daniels, from finding out about the gathering. After all, Martha, who was

was close to

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

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

looked at her worriedly.

between them has nothing to do with me anymore,” Celeste said, handing the phone

was flabbergasted. “You… You initiated the

“Yes.”

used to admire him and even harbored a small crush on him. It wasn’t

College when she’d just turned 18 after skipping three grades. She had quickly founded

graduated from college at 13. He then pursued further studies abroad, during which he founded several companies,

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

looks. So, it wasn’t surprising that Celeste–a

love for him over the

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

Lottie couldn’t quite believe that Celeste would

looked at Celeste

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