Chapter 45

After walking some distance, Lottie looked at Celeste with concern. “Cel…”

Celeste shook her head and said lightly, “I’m fine.”

From the moment Harvey had divorced her mother, he had stopped being her father. (1

What pained her was how her presence had added to her uncle’s burdens.

As for Trevor’s favoritism.

Thinking about how Trevor only cared about Wynn, how ruthless he was toward Matthias and Ivan for Wynn’s sake, and how he had never considered her feelings, it felt like a knife was stabbing into her heart.

The pain was unbearable.

“Cel…” Lottie hugged her, feeling her own heart break for her dear friend.

Celeste forced a smile but didn’t say anything.

It was fine. She had already decided to move on. She just needed a little time. She could do it.

“Want to grab a drink?” Lottie thought Celeste needed to relax.

But, Celeste shook her head. “No.”

drinking, she preferred going home to work on her data. That was when she could truly calm down, relax, and regain her

this, Lottie

before getting into the car, Celeste’s phone rang. It

faded. She paused for two or three seconds before picking

the other end, Jordyn whined, “Mom,

and

Mom, can you come back and keep

wasn’t home and Wynn had things

chat with her and listen gently as she talked about

Celeste, hoping

“I have things to do. Maybe

mother, so she had a responsibility to fulfill her child’s needs as much as possible. But she also had

good mood and needed some time to

little

Call me

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Jordyn felt

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moment, Trevor came back home. Seeing her looking dejected, he asked, “What’s

just called Mom and asked her to come home and keep me

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