The Breaking Point of Love

Just now, Matthias had called her to say that he had arranged for a lawyer, and she would be meeting them tomorrow morning

Celeste needed to finalize the divorce as soon as possible.

Beck knew she had misunderstood, but he didn’t correct her. He simply responded, “Alright.”

At this point, Celeste assumed he was about to hang up. But when he didn’t, she asked in confusion, “Mr. Harper, is there anything else?”

Beck could tell that her voice was calm–there was no trace of the pain, sorrow, or turmoil he had expected.

But… Was that really the case? Or was she just suppressing her emotions?

When he remained silent for two or three seconds, Celeste prompted, “Mr. Harper? Are you still there?”

He snapped back to reality and replied, “Yes.”

Celeste asked again, “Is there anything else?” Then, without hesitation, she added, “I have other matters to handle. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be hanging up.”

Beck had no choice but to say, “Alright.”

further conversation, Celeste ended the

of her recent research ideas. A few days ago, he had messaged her, asking

there were no issues, guide her in submitting it

very busy with InnovaTech and YodaVision recently, so this project had seen little progress. Now that she finally had some

she put her phone aside and opened her

wants a divorce and full custody of Jo. She must have

reason Miles had called him earlier was precisely to

agreed! Whether it was the divorce or custody, she didn’t object at all. She just

Beck was equally shocked. This wasn’t something Celeste

it hard to believe that Celeste would so easily give up custody

Before Beck could answer, Miles continued, “Could it be that she’s

couldn’t deny the possibility–knowing how deeply Celeste felt

of silence, he asked, “What

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