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.

her breakfast

later, her expression changed. She looked up at Celeste. “Is Trevor back in

“Yes,” Celeste replied.

phone. It showed a post from Miles‘ social media feed, featuring several photos from their gathering the

read: “Happy birthday to

her and Trevor together. In one particularly striking photo, they were

knife.

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

was close to

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would seem like Trevor and Wynn were a couple. It was clear that the birthday

she had received on her

at

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

was flabbergasted. “You… You

“Yes.”

even harbored a

College when she’d just turned 18 after skipping three grades. She had quickly founded

during which he founded several companies, all of which became

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

social circles, Trevor was universally respected. Moreover, he had exceptional looks. So, it wasn’t surprising that Celeste–a genius herself–had fallen for him. However, Trevor was merciless

love for him over the years, she had completely lost any admiration for

often advised her to

Celeste would take

looked at Celeste with concern.

want a divorce after loving Trevor so steadfastly for so

thought, Celeste replied, “It wasn’t anything major. I think I’m just exhausted after accumulating way too many disappointments over the years. I decided it was time

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