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.

started eating her breakfast while scrolling

up at Celeste. “Is Trevor back in the

“Yes,” Celeste replied.

showed a post from Miles‘ social media feed, featuring several photos

“Happy birthday

or five of the nine pictures featured her and Trevor together. In one

knife.

likely to prevent Trevor’s grandmother, Martha Daniels, from finding out about the gathering. After all, Martha, who was close to Betty, had

that Jordyn was close to Wynn, she would undoubtedly be

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the photos, it would seem like Trevor and Wynn were a couple. It was

she had received on her own birthday just weeks earlier, Celeste averted her

looked at her worriedly.

What happens between them has nothing to do with me anymore,” Celeste said, handing the

was flabbergasted. “You… You initiated the

“Yes.”

had never despised Trevor. On the contrary, she used to admire him and even harbored a small

quickly founded a tech company and earned several patents. These were achievements that

which he founded several companies,

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tourism. Later, while founding more companies, he took over Fleming Group and elevated it

respected. Moreover, he had exceptional looks. So, it wasn’t surprising that

disregarded Celeste’s love for

often advised her to leave him. Yet, Celeste

couldn’t quite believe that Celeste would take the initiative to

looked at Celeste with concern.

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

I think I’m just exhausted after accumulating way too many disappointments

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