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.

worked in high–end fashion. Hence, she had developed a basic sense of

filled with so many beautiful

wasn’t looking to be too picky

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

gown with a waist–cinching design, adorned with intricate floral details. The

thinking, Celeste

about to reach out and feel the fabric, the store manager suddenly grabbed her hand forcefully, causing her to wince

and explained, “I’m so sorry, miss, I didn’t mean to hurt you. 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 to it, we can’t

fine,” Celeste said, though she was a little disappointed that the dress was

million dollars, and even

end, Celeste chose a delicate Ivory silk gown with floral embroidery. When she was paying and having the dress wrapped up, she overheard two attendants talking

dress together are worth over 30 million dollars, That’s like wearing a

it. Plus, they’ll probably

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

head and turned to