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?”

so

her mom pick up out of the blue, she

computer as she responded

detached tone and excitedly said, “Mom, I’m back from

didn’t even know she left the country. So, hearing this,

call, Jordyn had been on cloud nine. She jumped around on the bed

Are you coming home tonight? I want you to hold me while I sleep, and

your breakfast tomorrow morning. When

the Fleming Manor anymore. Instead, she said, “I’m really busy

her out. The thought of going on an outing together made

month?” Even though next month was only a few days

didn’t complain, though. Instead, she asked, “When

the phone, Celeste could feel Jordyn’s eagerness to talk

slightly before she finally said, “We’ll see when

“Okay.”

you taken a

“Not yet. But soon.

go take your bath. I still have work to do. I’ll hang

already hanging up?” Jordyn was reluctant to end

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