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.

down and started eating her breakfast while scrolling through

expression changed. She looked up

“Yes,” Celeste replied.

social media feed, featuring several photos from their gathering the night

“Happy birthday to

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

knife.

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

Jordyn was close to Wynn, she would undoubtedly be

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a couple. It was clear that the birthday party had been

treatment she had received on her own birthday just

at her

happens between them has nothing to do with me anymore,” Celeste said, handing the phone back to Lottie. “I’ve already asked

Lottie was flabbergasted. “You… You initiated the

“Yes.”

despised Trevor. On the contrary, she used to admire him and even harbored

skipping three grades. She had quickly founded a tech company and earned several patents. These were achievements

at 13. He then pursued further studies abroad, during which he founded several companies, all of which became publicly listed. All of these were achieved before he even

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

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

how he had misunderstood and disregarded Celeste’s love for him over the years, she had completely lost any admiration for

had always known how deeply Celeste loved Trevor and had often advised her

Celeste would take the

Lottie looked

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

after accumulating way too many disappointments

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