Celestial Queen: Revenge Is Sweet When You’re A Zillionaire Heiress

Chapter 1696:

“Not bad.”

Patrick’s face grew more bewildered. Had he missed some dramatic changes in the villa during his overtime stretch? It all felt so unfamiliar. Aldrich remained unruffled, quietly perusing the day’s newspaper.

After a moment, Patrick said, “Is there something going on between you two?” Before anyone could respond, Patrick waved off his own question, slapping his forehead.

“I must be delirious from the overtime. There’s nothing going on, right?”

Patrick slumped onto the sofa, his attention turning back to Rhys in the kitchen.

“Doesn’t Rhys seem odd today? I mean, Harlee wouldn’t have just forgiven him so quickly, right?”

Patrick was visibly shaken. Upon learning that Harlee had relegated Rhys to the sofa, Patrick had limited his stay in the villa to less than half an hour at a time. Right now, he was stunned to discover that Harlee and Rhys had reconciled. It seemed he was the one left out of the loop.

Alina finished her stretches, glanced at Patrick, and offered a friendly warning.

“Better not to gossip about Harlee and Rhys. Otherwise, next time, it won’t just be three all-nighters.”

absorbed in his newspaper, nodded in

side that was

his weary body toward his room for some much-needed

ｍ𝚘𝚛ｅ ｕ𝚙ｄ𝚊ｔｅｓ 𝚒ｎ ɢ𝚊ｌ𝚗𝚘ｖ𝚎ｌ𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖

she passed by Patrick, she paused to advise him, “Take one of

might not wake up

know,” Patrick murmured, too tired to say more. He trudged back up to

from the

“Breakfast’s ready.”

turned to Aldrich and said, “Let’s grab breakfast out. This ‘breakfast of love’ clearly isn’t meant for

immediately, and

slightly in amusement, before following Rhys into the dining

her usual spot, Harlee slowly savored a bite of peanut butter toast, her lips curling into a

before officially entering a relationship is

coffee in hand, paused, gave her

more interesting,” he said

Harlee mused aloud, “When do you think Aldrich and

a bet?” Rhys asked,