Jordyn didn’t notice the indifference in Celeste’s tone. She breathed out a sigh of relief upon hearing what Celeste had just said.
Ivan handed his gift to Betty, and Celeste followed afterward.
The first gift she gave Betty was an embroidery painting. “Grandma had Trevor help prepare this painting for you.
Betty took the painting, unfolded it, and examined it for a while. It was exactly what she wanted. Smiling with satisfaction, she said, “How considerate of her.”
. Next, Celeste handed the emerald jewelry set to Betty. “This is from Trevor.”
The jewelry set was of exceptional quality.
Betty liked it a lot.
– However, since it was a gift from Trevor, she closed the box and put it away right after she took a glance at it. She
remarked in a neutral tone, “It looks lovely. Pass along my thanks to him for me.”
She never asked whether Trevor would come to celebrate her birthday.
She didn’t care enough to ask, nor did she want to.
Celeste knew Betty wasn’t fond of Trevor. She’d have definitely defended Trevor in the
But now, she no longer spoke up for him. She took out the gift she had
past.
ed for Betty and handed it to her.
It was just as Celeste had expected–among all the gifts Betty received, she loved the set of exquisite scholar’s writing set from Celeste the most.
Betty had it in her hand, admiring it nonstop. Immediately, she went to the study and wrote a piece of calligraphy.
were given, they
filled with warmth
all
And yet…
a fleeting loneliness could
Ivan, and the rest understood that today was,
on an important day like this, there was one noticeable
her
atmosphere light, no one mentioned
with closer ties to the Rodriguez family started
they had reserved
was then that the
Ivan’s son, Hector Rodriguez, noticed Jordyn sitting aside, looking bored. Hence, he tenderly rubbed her cheeks and asked, “What are you doing, Jo? You seem lost in
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that, Celeste knew Jordyn was
stayed in the Rodriguez residence
mind
to Wynn in a row today. However, Wynn seeined to be busy too because she barely texted her
they all went
guests were slowly arriving at
“Apologies, Mr. Rodriguez. I
and didn’t insist, knowing
they thought it was just
gifts and then left. On top of that, several guests opted to have their secretaries bring the gifts instead of
the current situation, it seemed that the majority of the reserved
disappointing to see this. After all, it was such a joyous occasion with a
understand if the guest had decided to leave
his expression would certainly be far
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