The Scent of 302

Chapter 302

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At the restaurant, once they entered the private room and sat down, Beck poured her a glass of water and asked, ” Did you gain anything from the conference this time?”

“More or less.”

She had joined the conference to spark inspiration, hoping to find new angles to study the materials Zachary had given her and Matthias a while back.

After attending a few sessions, she had more or less found a new direction

As she spoke, Celeste asked, “How’s Shanice doing lately?

“Shanice’s health has improved a lot since the second half of last year. She’s started school again this year and has even made new friends. She’s been pretty happy both at home and at school.” Beck paused, then added as he looked at her, “But she still brings you up often. Next time we get the chance, maybe the three of us could have a meal together?”

Celeste nodded. “Sure.”

After the personal talk, they moved on to work–related toples. Toward the end, Beck even brought up some matters about his collaboration with Ivan. The conversation flowed easily, and the overall atmosphere during the meal turned out to be quite pleasant.

Back when he had used Shanice as an excuse to meet with Celeste, she barely spoke to him–her attention was always on Shanice, and she responded to him half–heartedly at best.

But now, without Shanice around, they could have a proper conversation. Beck could tell that Celeste was letting go of old grudges and slowly beginning to accept him. Though that acceptance wasn’t in the sense of a relationship, and they couldn’t even really be called friends yet, it was already a huge improvement compared to the past.

After dinner, they went their separate ways.

Since moving out to live on her own, Celeste had been so busy with work that she had barely shopped for clothes in the past few months. Now that the seasons were changing, she didn’t have many pieces in her wardrobe that were still suitable.

On Saturday, she went out for a bit. After trying on clothes for more than an hour and picking out a few items for other members of the Rodriguez family, she sat down on a couch to rest and wait to pay.

That was when a voice called from outside the store. “Celeste?”

Celeste turned and saw Janet Linvale standing at the entrance.

Janet was Lennox’s daughter, just a few months younger than her. They used to play together often as kids and were very close.

But ever since Isabelle divorced Harvey, they hadn’t seen much of each other. The last time they met was three or four years ago. At that time, Trevor hadn’t met Wynn yet.

Janet had somehow heard that Harvey’s business had run into serious trouble and was on the verge of bankruptcy. She had made a special trip to Youtopia to see Celeste, secretly giving her hundreds of thousands of dollars of her saved–up allowance money to help her through the crisis.

Celeste smiled. “Long time no see.”

“Yeah, long time.” Janet looked a little emotional. Then, as if suddenly remembering something, she looked at

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Celeste with concern and asked, “Celeste, are you okay?”

She knew about everything between Celeste, Wynn, and Trevor.

She had heard that Celeste had loved Trevor for years, but Trevor never returned those feelings. The moment he met Wynn, he had been instantly captivated by her.

Janet knew all too well how attractive Wynn could be.

Over the years, she had seen countless men fall for her, completely infatuated. Even her own high school crush had only dated her to get closer to Wynn.

But the thing was, Wynn truly was excellent–she had real charmII.

To have the man she loved taken away by someone so outstanding, and to be powerless to take him back,

especially with everything between Lilian and Isabelle on top of it, Celeste’s pain must have been unimaginable.