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…”

must be busy. Didn’t she promise to take you to school tomorrow morning? Go to bed early, and you’ll see her

Jordyn cheered up a

that, 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

got back to their room,

seemed like something was going on

this, Trevor calmly entered

Celeste woke up early because she had to take Jordyn to school. She had

entered the familiar neighborhood, Celeste experienced a brief moment of

20 days since she left, it felt as if she

neighborhood had changed. Yet, Celeste already

and quickly came out to

form of address but ultimately didn’t

nodded and

should still be

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breakfast. But Celeste

have you had

shook her head.

“I see, okay then”

moment,

him and merely gave him

to go

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

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