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…”

promise to take you to school tomorrow morning?

cheered up a little.

Trevor went to 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

room, he realized that

something was going on with

calmly entered the

woke up early because she had to take

the car entered the familiar neighborhood, Celeste experienced

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

had changed. Yet, Celeste already felt

out to greet her.

of address but ultimately didn’t correct

nodded and

should still be

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she’d miss breakfast. But Celeste didn’t pla upstairs herself. Instead, she had Hannah go upstairs to

have you had breakfast? It’s ready, would you

smiled faintly and shook her head. “No need, I’ve

“I see, okay then”

that moment, Trevor

and merely gave him a brief nod

to go

steps, but before he could say anything, Jordyn came running down the stairs and threw herself into Celeste’s

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