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

her expression changed. She looked up at Celeste. “Is Trevor back in the

“Yes,” Celeste replied.

from Miles‘ social media feed, featuring several photos from their gathering the night

read: “Happy birthday to the

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

knife.

finding out about the gathering. After all, Martha, who was close to Betty, had never approved of Wynn because of what happened between Isabelle and

that Jordyn was close to Wynn, she would undoubtedly

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like Trevor and Wynn were a couple. It was

she had received on her own birthday just

looked at her

anymore,” Celeste said, handing the

flabbergasted. “You… You

“Yes.”

never despised Trevor. On the contrary, she used to admire him and even harbored a small

grades. She had quickly founded a tech company and

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

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

universally respected. Moreover, he had exceptional looks. So, it wasn’t surprising that Celeste–a genius herself–had fallen for him. However, Trevor

for him over the years,

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

that Celeste would take the

breakfast aside, Lottie looked

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