Chapter 0823

Peter’s P.OV]

For a few seconds, I just stared at Celeste.

She was just a girl–well, compared to me, she was.

She was thin, her curly hair as messy as always, and she wore glasses that made her look even younger. There was an innocence in her eyes, a brightness untouched by the weight of life.

I smiled and walked toward her.

“Who are you?” I asked, even though I already knew the answer.

“Hello, sir! My name is Celeste Mason,” she replied respectfully.

“Celeste Mason… Why haven’t I seen you before?”

“Oh! I

I’m just visiting. I don’t actually live in Galea–I’m from Willowcombe. It’s a small town, very-

-Very beautiful,” I finished for her.

She beamed. “Yes! You know it?”

“I think I might’ve been there once.”

“Really? I can’t imagine that. It’s still such a small town… It’s lovely, but it still has a long way to go in terms of development.‘

that’s where you

do you

familiar, but I can’t figure out where I’ve

worked. I worked there three years ago, but only for a short

she set out plates and poured coffee, moving effortlessly around the kitchen. She glanced at me and gave

feel it too? That strange sense

about this made sense.

even though I already knew the answer. Ljust needed to hear

finally got in.” She paused, then added, “I had to take a year off, but

are you

my mother and father were both painters and art curators, so I guess it runs

of a contact at the Royce Ceramic and Redmond Print Museum. I’m sure they’d appreciate a talented artist

You don’t even know

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Chapter 0823

parents were artists, right? That means you

voice barely above a

that, I remembered.

had lost her parents when she was very young. She never talked about it, but

could say anything else, a

you’ve met

soon as I heard her voice, I turned around and saw

Mary.

brought back the memory of what was supposed to happen.

would play out exactly the same, but if I was here, then I had a lot to do–and very time to

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