The Scent of 211

Chapter 211

“You’re back, Beck,” Linda called out sweetly when she saw Beck return.

Beck gave her a cold nod.

Lilian noticed Trevor was looking for Wynn. “Wynn’s outside. She’s on the phone,” she said.

Trevor replied, “Okay, thanks.”

Just as he finished his words, a commotion arose in the distance.

It was Harry making his way to the crowd.

Harold, Caleb, and the rest of the Jennings were there as well.

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With a packed house, Harry patiently waited for the chatter to die down before thanking everyone else for coming

Celeste and Matthias stood further at the back, but Harold still saw them.

Matthias attended with a gift on behalf of his grandfather, Alvin. Caleb had already informed Harold and Harry

about it.

Yet Harold didn’t know Celeste came as well.

Seeing her, Harold greeted her with a warm nod and a smile

Celeste had never known there was a connection between Harold and Harry.

She returned Harold’s greeting with a polite smile.

The Lockets and Shaws noticed that Harold seemed to be greeting someone, but they weren’t sure who exactly he was greeting.

As Harry finished his speech, the audience burst into enthusiastic applause.

Soon, the guests began approaching him, eager to discuss his artwork.

A lot of them were exchanging greetings with Harold as well.

After mingling for a while, Beck and Trevor finally had the chance to approach Harry.

Harry accepted their gifts and remarked, “That’s very thoughtful of you.”

He scanned around the group–Trevor, Beck, and Jorge–before grinning. “It’s into fine young men. Impressive.”

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While Harry was engaged in conversation with Trevor and the others, Harold made his way toward Celeste’s group as he continued greeting the other guests.

As he approached, Matthias was the first to offer him a greeting

Harold exchanged pleasantries with Matthias, Then, he turned to Celeste. “Fancy seeing you again, Cel.”

“Yes, it’s always a pleasure, Mr. Jennings,” Celeste replied,

Harold smiled and offered a polite handshake after learning who Betty was.

When Harold was told that Betty liked his father’s painting a lot, he grinned. “Madam Klein, if you wouldn’t

mind, I’d love for you to join us inside later. There may be many guests today, but true admirers of my father’s paintings are rare. He would be thrilled to know he has a kindred spirit in you.”

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The real reason Harold came over was to talk to Celeste.

However, to the rest of the quests, it seemed like he was just making his way through the crowd and naturally ended up near Matthias.

They thought Harold was engaging with Celeste out of courtesy to the Yoders.

After chatting with Harry for a while, Trevor’s phone rang He gave a polite apology before slipping away to answer the call.

A short while after he had gone, Wynn finally returned from her call.

Wynn’s elegant demeanor drew attention. The moment she moved past the crowd and stood beside Jorge and Beck, Harry’s eyes were on her.

Harry noted

her composed presence and casually assumed she was dating either Jorge or Beck.

Just as he was about to speak, Jorge chimed in, after seeing Beck didn’t have the intention to introduce Wynn an behalf of Trevor, “Mr. Jennings Sentor, this is Wynn Locker, Trevor’s girlfriend.”

“Ah, so she’s with Trevor,” said Harry, smiling knowingly. A fine match.”

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