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

A few days ago, he had messaged her, asking her

if there were no issues,

project had seen little progress. Now that she finally had some free time, she wanted to get it done as soon as

that thought, she put her phone aside and

asked, “Trevor wants a divorce and full custody of Jo. She must have disagreed, right? Are they preparing for

him earlier was precisely to

“No! She agreed! Whether it was the divorce or custody, she didn’t object at all. She just signed the

this, Beck was equally shocked. This wasn’t something Celeste would

hard to believe that Celeste would so easily give

Beck could answer, Miles continued, “Could it be that she’s using this to gain Trevor’s sympathy? Trying to make him feel

no answer. He couldn’t deny the possibility–knowing how deeply Celeste felt for Trevor,

of silence, he asked, “What about Trevor? How did he react?“.

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