The Breaking Point of Love

Chapter 27

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After Lottie’s fever had completely subsided, Celeste returned home. She hadn’t yet prepared a dress for the upcoming banquet, so in the afternoon, she headed out to shop for one.

At a high–end boutique, the store manager and several attendants were busy with a particular dress. It wasn’t until Celeste approached that they noticed her presence.

“Sorry, miss, how can we help you?

“I’m just looking around.”

“Of c

course.

Though Celeste had become part of an affluent family like the Flemings, she’s attended very few banquets over the years. After all, Trevor and Queenie never took her along to any formal events.

As for Martha, she’d stepped out of the limelight long ago and had no interest in the social scene.

high–end

so many beautiful dresses that it was

too picky and just wanted

thought so, the dress the attendants had been busy with earlier caught her

semi–sheer chiffon gown with a waist–cinching design, adorned with intricate floral details. The model’s

thinking, Celeste

fabric, the store manager suddenly grabbed her hand forcefully,

This dress is a custom piece for one of our high–end clients, and there’s only one in the world. It’s quite expensive, and if anything happens

though she was a little disappointed that the dress was

tens of thousands to over a million dollars, and even the most expensive dresses seemed mundane

she was paying and having the dress wrapped up, she overheard two attendants talking

say the necklace and the dress together are worth over 30 million dollars, That’s

they’ll

hadn’t expected the dress to be that expensive. Even if it weren’t claimed by anyone else, she certainly

head and