Chapter 404

“He’s never shown up?” Kieran asked.

“Yeah.” Another colleague chimed in, “That’s why a lot of us think Ms. Rodriguez is probably already divorced. I mean, it’s been more than half a year, and she hasn’t even mentioned him once.”

“Exactly.”

That actually made sense.

If Celeste weren’t divorced, would Caleb dare to pursue her so publicly?

Still, Kieran couldn’t calm down. It had never crossed his mind that Celeste had already been married.

As he sat there in a daze, Celeste walked over and asked, “What’s wrong?”

He wanted to ask, “Is it true that you’re married?”

But this was the workplace, and asking personal questions like that–especially of a superior–wasn’t appropriate. It might be alright once in a while, but any more would be crossing a line.

Snapping back to reality, he just said, “It’s nothing.”

That afternoon, Celeste received a phone call.

After hanging up, before the end of the workday, she told Matthias. “I might only come in tomorrow afternoon. Can you attend the morning meeting in my place?”

asked,

for some health checks.

with her.”

Isabelle’s worsening condition. He thought it was just a routine

and

company.

day, Celeste, Betty, and Adeline all

they had to keep a distance, afraid

Isabelle would become inexplicably agitated struggling wildly like a madwoman. It

tests in total. Once they were done, Isabelle left the hospital with the

behind with the doctor from the nursing home to wait for the

reports wouldn’t be ready until the afternoon. Some could only be out the next day. But the few that

explained, Celeste

thanked the doctor and prepared to leave the hospital. But just as she stepped into the hospital’s

tightened around the strap of

bag.

heard it and leave

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her around the waist.

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