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.”

Celeste ended the

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

review it and, if there were no issues, guide

little progress. Now that she

she put her

back and asked, “Trevor wants a divorce and full custody of Jo. She

had called him earlier was precisely to discuss this

object at all. She just signed the papers. She was completely calm–I swear,

shocked. This wasn’t something Celeste would

it hard to believe that Celeste would so easily

on?” Before Beck could answer, Miles continued, “Could it be that she’s using this to gain Trevor’s sympathy? Trying to

how deeply Celeste

silence, he asked, “What about Trevor? How did he

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