The Breaking Point of Love

Chapter 26

Zeke didn’t expect her to agree so decisively. “You…”

Celeste stretched out her hand as she said, “Thank you for taking care of me over the years.”

Zeke hadn’t yet recovered from his surprise but still reached out to shake her hand. “It was nothing.”

Then, Celeste packed her things and left.

Zeke was still in disbelief as Celeste walked away.

“Why are you zoning out?” Jacob patted him on the shoulder.

“Celeste left the company,”

Jacob paused for a moment. “Really?”

He couldn’t believe it.

He then said with a snort, “She might be leaving now, but that doesn’t mean she won’t find a way to come back. I bet not long from now, she’ll be back with help from Mrs. Heming Senior.”

Zeke didn’t say anything. Though it seemed unbelievable, he was starting to think Celeste might actually be serious about leaving after the way she had been acting recently.

After leaving Fleming Group, Celeste went straight home. She didn’t receive any calls from Jordyn in the next two days as the latter was probably occupied with Wynn.

Late into the night the following day, Lottie developed a fever.

hurriedly closed the book she was reading, grabbed the car keys, and

and the rain showed no signs of letting up

lived in the old town area, and there were hardly any people or cars on

As she was getting into the car, she suddenly heard the passenger side door open, and a tall figure got

skipped a beat. As she turned her head, a

Don’t move.”

his hat was pulled low to obscure his face, though she could see his

hands slightly and

“I won’t harm you. You

react, he ordered coldly,

was completely deserted and the pharmacy

Celeste assessed the situation, she noticed a strong, pungent smell of blood in the car. She paused,

I’ll tell you the

the way,” Celeste responded

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of the ride, Celeste focused on

was about half an hour away, and Celeste drove with steady precision. The man kept his gun up, and the

But Celeste didn’t notice.

while, he spoke again. “Stop

“Okay.”

gun was still aimed at her. As he got out of the car, she retrieved her bag and calmly started to go through