The Scent of 8

Chapter 8

One of Miles‘ companions asked, “What’s wrong?”

“I think I saw someone I know,” Miles replied.

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He and the others had grown up with Trevor and knew about Celeste’s affection for him.

To be frank, Celeste was beautiful in her own right. But her reserved nature made her unremarkable. Hence, she was just not Trevor’s type.

Because Trevor kept his distance from her, they too looked down on her. They hadn’t seen Celeste many times, and even when they did, they rarely greeted her.

In truth, Miles couldn’t quite remember what Celeste looked like. He wasn’t even sure if he had indeed seen her. But even if it had been her, it didn’t matter to him.

He said nothing more and returned to the private room.

Celeste didn’t notice Miles,

After leaving the restaurant, she took Lottie home and stayed over to take care of her.

When Lottie woke up and saw Celeste, she hugged her gratefully. “Thanks for last night. I owe you dinner!” Celeste had already prepared breakfast. She patted Lottie’s head and said, “Go wash up before the food gets cold.” Lottle clung to her, burying her face in Celeste’s waist. “Cel you’re so soft and smell so nice. Hugging you feels amazing!”

Celeste was at a loss for words.

After freshening up, Lottie came to the table and saw the delicious breakfast Celeste had made. She felt incredibly lucky, thinking that whoever married Celeste would have hit the jackpot.

But upon remembering Celeste’s marriage to Trevor, she worried about hurting her feelings and kept her thoughts to herself.

sat down and started eating her breakfast while scrolling through

later, her expression changed. She looked up

“Yes,” Celeste replied.

social

“Happy birthday to the beautiful

four or five of the nine pictures featured her and Trevor together. In one particularly striking photo, they were cutting the cake together, both

knife.

prevent Trevor’s grandmother, Martha Daniels, from finding out about the gathering. After all, Martha, who was close to Betty, had never approved of Wynn because of what happened between Isabelle and Wyn’s

discovered that Jordyn was close to

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couple. It was clear that the birthday party had been

on her own

at her worriedly.

nothing to do with me anymore,” Celeste said, handing the phone back to Lottie.

flabbergasted. “You… You initiated

“Yes.”

never despised Trevor. On the contrary, she used to admire him and even harbored a small crush on him. It wasn’t surprising, as Trevor

she’d just turned 18 after skipping three grades. She had quickly founded a tech company and earned several patents.

studies abroad, during which he founded several companies, all of which

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like technology, medicine, entertainment, and tourism. Later, while founding more companies, he took over Fleming Group and elevated it to even greater heights with

surprising that Celeste–a genius

had misunderstood and disregarded Celeste’s love for

her to leave him. Yet,

that Celeste

Lottie looked at Celeste

after loving Trevor so steadfastly for so many years, something significant must have

moment of thought, Celeste replied, “It wasn’t anything major. I think I’m just exhausted after accumulating way too

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