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.”

conversation, Celeste

to one of her recent research ideas. A few days

if there were no issues, guide

progress. Now that she finally

that thought, she put her phone aside and

called Miles back and asked, “Trevor wants a divorce and full custody of Jo. She must have disagreed, right?

earlier was precisely to discuss this

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

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

hard to believe that Celeste would so easily give up custody of Jordyn.

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how deeply Celeste felt for Trevor, it wasn’t out of

of silence, he asked, “What

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