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 while scrolling

changed. She looked up at

“Yes,” Celeste replied.

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

read: “Happy birthday

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.

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

that Jordyn was close to Wynn, she would undoubtedly be

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photos, it would seem like Trevor and Wynn were a couple. It was clear

had received on her own birthday just weeks earlier,

at

Celeste said, handing the phone

“You… You

“Yes.”

despised Trevor. On the contrary, she used to admire him and even harbored

when she’d just turned 18 after skipping three grades. She had quickly founded a tech company and earned several patents. These

13. He then pursued further studies abroad, during which he founded several companies, all of which became publicly listed. All of these

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entertainment, and tourism. Later, while founding more companies, he took over Fleming Group and elevated it

it wasn’t surprising that Celeste–a genius herself–had fallen for him. However, Trevor was merciless to those

Lottie reflected on how he had misunderstood and disregarded Celeste’s love for him over the years, she had

Trevor and had often advised her to leave him. Yet, Celeste always shook her head without

quite believe that Celeste would take the initiative to divorce

aside, Lottie looked at Celeste with

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