The Breaking Point of Love

The Scent of 24

Chapter 24

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The others exchanged glances.

For years, there had been rumors that Trevor had been married for some time, but no one knew who his wife was Some even said he was never married at all.

The truth remained unclear, and they dared not ask too many questions. Now that Trevor had casually mentioned having a daughter, many were surprised, But most didn’t dare to probe

After dinner, Jordyn continued waiting for Celeste to return home.

By 9:00 pm, after taking a shower, Jordyn was still anxiously awaiting. She kept listening for any sounds outside. When she heard a car approaching around 10:00 pm, she rushed downstairs excitedly.

“Mom-”

Her cheerful voice halted when she saw Trevor walking in instead.

“Dad?”

Trevor handed his coat to Peter and noticed the disappointment on Jordyn’s face. “What’s wrong?”

“I thought Mom was back…”

Trevor wasn’t bothered by the typical “kids only care about their mom” sentiment. He paused for a moment and said, “She’s not back yet?”

“Yeah…”

Didn’t she promise to take you to school tomorrow morning? Go to bed early, and you’ll

cheered up

the study to take care of some work. By the time he was finished, it was already close to midnight. He had assumed that Celeste had returned while he was

to their room, he realized that

was going on with the Rodriguez

this, Trevor calmly

next day, Celeste woke up early because she had to take Jordyn to school. She had a

familiar neighborhood,

seven years, and although it had only been about 20 days since she left, it felt as if she hadn’t been back

had changed. Yet, Celeste already felt

her and quickly came out to greet her.

of

nodded and

still

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Celeste didn’t pla upstairs

you had breakfast? It’s ready,

her head. “No need,

“I see, okay then”

that moment,

glanced at him and merely gave him a brief nod as a

to go

in his steps, but before he could say anything, Jordyn came running down