Chapter 269

When Queenie and the others arrived and didn’t see Celeste, they assumed she had gone to the airport with Trevor to pick Jordyn up.

Now that Trevor and Jordyn had returned home, but Celeste was still nowhere to be seen, they found it odd,

However, since they didn’t really care about Celeste, they couldn’t be bothered to ask.

Trevor simply said, “She’s busy.”

Tucker didn’t question it and continued playing with Jordyn.

Martha, however, understood what was going on but chose to remain silent.

After dinner, Jordyn played by herself for a while, but soon got bored and decided to call Celeste.

Even though it was the holidays, Celeste had no intention of letting herself be idle.

When Jordyn’s call came in, Celeste was in the middle of reviewing some documents sent by Zachary.

Seeing the caller ID and realizing it had been nearly a month since they last saw each other, she casually picked up the phone.

“Hello?”

answered her calls for so long that

mom pick up out of the blue, she

attention remained on her computer as

and excitedly said, “Mom,

she left the country. So, hearing this,

been on cloud

with work? Are you coming home tonight? I want you to hold me while I

to eat your breakfast

going back to the Fleming Manor anymore. Instead, she said, “I’m really busy right now. Next

time since Celeste had taken her out. The thought of going on

only a few days away, it still felt like a

she asked, “When exactly

could feel Jordyn’s

see when

“Okay.”

you

“Not yet. But soon.

have work to

started talking, and you’re already hanging up?” Jordyn was reluctant to end the

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