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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