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.”

work on her data. That was when she could truly calm down, relax, and regain her

Lottie didn’t

to the parking lot. Just before getting into the car,

Celeste’s face quickly faded. She paused for two or three seconds before

end, Jordyn whined, “Mom,

answer and instead

home alone. Mom, can you come back and

home and Wynn had things to do. The

her and listen gently as she talked about her

hoping she would

have things to

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

wasn’t in a good mood and needed

a little

me if you need

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up sullenly, Jordyn felt even

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moment, Trevor came back home. Seeing her looking

called Mom and asked her to come home and keep me company, but she said

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