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.

her breakfast while

up at Celeste. “Is

“Yes,” Celeste replied.

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

birthday

of the nine pictures featured her and Trevor together. In one particularly striking photo, they were

knife.

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, she would

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

her own birthday

looked at

with me anymore,” Celeste said, handing the phone back to Lottie. “I’ve already asked Trevor

flabbergasted. “You… You initiated the

“Yes.”

she used to admire him and even harbored a small

had quickly founded

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

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entertainment, and tourism. Later, while founding more companies,

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

reflected on how he had misunderstood and disregarded Celeste’s love for him over the years, she had completely lost any admiration

and had often advised her to leave him. Yet,

Lottie couldn’t quite believe that Celeste would take

her breakfast aside, Lottie looked at

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