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.

eating her breakfast while scrolling

later, her expression changed. She looked up at Celeste. “Is Trevor

“Yes,” Celeste replied.

a post from Miles‘ social media feed, featuring several

caption read: “Happy birthday

the nine pictures featured her and Trevor together. In one

knife.

was 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 of Wynn because of what happened between Isabelle

Martha discovered that Jordyn was close to Wynn,

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seem like Trevor and Wynn were a couple. It was clear that the birthday party had been meticulously arranged by Trevor

received on her own

looked at her

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

“You… You

“Yes.”

even harbored a small crush on him. It

skipping three grades. She had quickly founded a tech company and earned several patents. These

had reportedly graduated from college at 13. He then pursued further studies abroad, during which he founded several companies, all of which became publicly listed.

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

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

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

loved Trevor and had often advised her to

believe that Celeste would take the initiative

her breakfast aside, Lottie looked at Celeste with

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