The Scent of 158

Chapter 158

Celeste found her book after Jordyn had left. With the book in hand, she sat by the large window on the second floor and started reading.

Half an hour later, Martha brought up a bowl of herbal medicine. “Oh, there you are, Cel.”

Celeste put away her book and took the bowl. “You didn’t have to bring it up, Grandma. I would’ve come down if you’d called me.”

“It’s better for you to rest rather than walk around too much.”

Martha sat down on the other couch. Frustrated, she complained, “I wanted to ask Trevor to bring this up for you, but he was busy tapping away on the keyboard in the study. It’s the weekend. What’s keeping him so busy?”

Earlier, Trevor had been walking Wynn through some project work. Hence, Celeste assumed he went to the study since it’d be easier to type on a keyboard.

Remaining silent, she took the bowl and drank it.

The medicine had cooled in the cold air, and Celeste downed it in just a few gulps. Martha wrinkled her brow.” That’s so bitter, Cel. Take it slow.”

Celeste set the bowl aside. “It’s not too bad, really.”

She rinsed her mouth with a sip of water, and Martha handed her a piece of candy.

Celeste didn’t eat it.

Dinner was almost ready. Since Celeste had had her dinner just now, she decided to continue reading.

Martha then went downstairs for dinner.

About half an hour later, Martha and Jordyn came upstairs with grim expressions.

“Trevor is still heading to the office at this hour. He’s going to burn himself out!” Martha said with a stern face. Engrossed in her reading, Celeste hadn’t even noticed the noise of the car outside.

If Trevor was going out at this hour, it must be an issue with Wynn’s project that he had been helping her with. Jordyn flopped onto Celeste’s lap, pouting “Dad refused to bring me along”

Trevor clearly wasn’t going to bring her along.

If he did, everyone at InnovaTech would know he was married–and that he had a daughter this old.

It would be so humiliating for Wynn.

There was no way Trevor would allow Wynn to be criticized

Celeste pushed Jordyn away lightly. “I’m still sick, Jo. Go sit somewhere else.”

“Okay…”

Since Celeste was still feeling a little unwell, she washed up and went to bed at around 10:00 pm.

The next morning, she realized Trevor had stayed out last night.

Thanks to Bill, Celeste recovered quickly.

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Martha had Bill check on Celeste again, and he prescribed two more doses of medicine to help with her recovery. Celeste planned to return to work, and Martha realized she couldn’t talk her out of it. Hence, she insisted that Celeste come back in the evening to take her medicine, saying she wasn’t able to brew it herself.

Seeing the determined look on Martha’s face, Celeste had no choice but to agree.

Jordyn asked Celeste to send her to school, and the latter rejected. “Next time, Jo. I didn’t drive here.”

She shrugged. “You can drive Dad’s car, Mom! I’ll give Dad a call now. I’m pretty sure he’ll say yes to this.” Without a reply from Celeste, Jordyn called Trevor,

It didn’t take long before the call connected.

Upon hearing the voice, Jordyn almost called out the person’s name. However, when she noticed Celeste was staring at her, she swallowed her words.

With a “forget it“, Jordyn ended the call.

Jordyn assumed she had hidden it well, but Celeste caught how she had almost blurted out Wynn’s name when the call connected.

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