The Breaking Point of Love

Chapter 8

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.

and started eating her breakfast while scrolling through

looked up at Celeste. “Is Trevor

“Yes,” Celeste replied.

Miles‘ social media feed, featuring several photos from their

birthday

Wynn’s birthday celebration, four or five of the nine pictures featured her and Trevor together. In one particularly striking photo, they were cutting the cake together,

knife.

absent from all the photos. This was likely to 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

that Jordyn was close to Wynn, she would

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were a couple. It was

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

looked at her worriedly.

do with me anymore,” Celeste said, handing the phone back to Lottie. “I’ve already

Lottie was flabbergasted. “You… You initiated

“Yes.”

him and even harbored a

just turned 18 after skipping three grades. She had quickly founded a tech company and earned several patents. These were achievements that seemed almost

further studies abroad, during which he founded several companies, all of which became publicly listed. All of these

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industries like technology, medicine, entertainment, and tourism. Later, while founding more companies, he took over Fleming Group and

looks. So, it wasn’t surprising that Celeste–a genius herself–had fallen for him. However, Trevor was merciless to

on how he had misunderstood and disregarded Celeste’s love for

always known how deeply Celeste loved Trevor and had often advised her to leave him. Yet, Celeste always shook her head without

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

breakfast aside, Lottie looked at Celeste with concern.

to want a divorce after loving Trevor so steadfastly for so many years, something significant must have

I think I’m just exhausted after accumulating way too many disappointments over the years. I decided it was

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