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 through her

her expression changed. She looked up

“Yes,” Celeste replied.

her the phone. It showed a post from Miles‘ social

caption read: “Happy birthday

five of the nine pictures featured her and

knife.

Daniels, from finding out about the gathering. After all, Martha, who was close to Betty, had never approved of Wynn because

Martha discovered that Jordyn was close to

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viewing the photos, it would seem like Trevor and Wynn were a couple. It was clear that the birthday party had been meticulously

her own birthday just weeks earlier,

at

me anymore,” Celeste said, handing the phone back to Lottie. “I’ve already asked Trevor for

was flabbergasted. “You…

“Yes.”

him and even harbored

grades. She had quickly founded a tech company

then pursued further studies abroad, during which he founded several companies, all

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

had exceptional looks. So, it wasn’t surprising that Celeste–a genius herself–had fallen

for him over the years, she had completely lost

had often advised her to leave him. Yet, Celeste always shook her

Celeste would take the

looked

divorce after loving Trevor so steadfastly for so many years,

exhausted after accumulating way too many disappointments over the years. I decided it was time

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