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“Grandma,” Celeste interrupted Martha. Then, she continued calmly, “It’s okay. I’ll go back with Jo if Trevor’s busy.”

Celeste didn’t want to force Trevor into anything because she no longer cared about it.

However, Martha misunderstood Celeste. She thought Celeste said that because the latter didn’t want to put Trevor in a tough spot.

Seeing how considerate Celeste still was toward Trevor, Martha felt a pang of sympathy and frustration. And so it was decided.

After they finished their breakfast, Celeste chatted with Martha for a while and got ready to leave. Martha prepared a bunch of gifts for her good friend, Betty, and asked Celeste to deliver them to her. Celeste couldn’t refuse them, and she ended up bringing them all.

Trevor hadn’t gone out yet, so he and Martha went to send Celeste and Jordyn off.

Jordyn went up to Trevor and hugged his leg. “Will you come home tonight, Dad?”

Trevor gently ruffled her hair. “Yes, I will.”

There was zero communication between Celeste and Trevor

After Jordyn hopped into the car, Celeste waved at Martha and drove away.

She could see Trevor and Martha through the rearview mirror. They were standing there, watching her leave.

Celeste parked her car in the front yard when ther to greet them.

arrived at the Rodriguez residence. Betty and Adeline came out

Noticing how the car’s trunk was stuffed with presents, Bey furrowed her brows. “Why did you bring so much stuff over?”

“Grandma wanted me to bring you these.”

Ever since Celeste married Trevor, Betty and Martha hadn’t been as close as they once were.

Upon hearing Celeste’s words, Betty scoffed and stayed quiet.

Celestnoticed that the villa across the street was being renovated. Thus, she decided to change the topic. “Is someone moving into the villa across the street?”

“I think so, yes. It went under construction last week. According to the workers, the owner of the villa wanted to move in quickly. Thus, the renovation of this huge villa was nearly done. It won’t be long before someone moves

They were living in an old villa neighborhood. The people here had been living together for decades, and they all

knew each other well.

With the new neighbor moving in across their house, Adelige couldn’t help but comment as she helped with the bags, “Let’s hope they’re the friendly ones.”

If they were arrogant, it would be hard for them to get along well.

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After they entered the villa, Adeline brought out a bowl of bone broth, made just for Celeste. “I cooked this for your because I heard you’ve been quite exhausted lately. I cooked extra as well, you can bring some back home later.” Celeste grabbed the bowl. “Okay, thank you, Aunt Adeline.”

Ivan only returned home by dinner time as he was busy with work.

Celeste remembered how Matthias rejected Wynn’s application to work in YodaVision Co. for her, and it led to Trevor’s revenge. Ivan had lost a project because of it too. Hence, Celeste felt guilty for it.

“Uncle Ivan, sorry for what happened last time.”

“It’s fine. It’s all in the past now.” Ivan shrugged. “I told you before, right? Without the Locket family, Rodriguez Corporation still wouldn’t have been able to take on the project in the current situation. You don’t have to blame yourself.”

They couldn’t let Betty know about this. She would be very furious if she found out Trevor was going against the Rodriguez family for Wynn.

Thus, Ivan nudged Celeste lightly, signaling her to stop talking about it when he saw Betty walking over.

Celeste then changed the topic.

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