The Breaking Point of Love

The Scent of 27

Chapter 27

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After Lottie’s fever had completely subsided, Celeste returned home. She hadn’t yet prepared a dress for the upcoming banquet, so in the afternoon, she headed out to shop for one.

At a high–end boutique, the store manager and several attendants were busy with a particular dress. It wasn’t until Celeste approached that they noticed her presence.

“Sorry, miss, how can we help you?

“I’m just looking around.”

“Of c

course.

Though Celeste had become part of an affluent family like the Flemings, she’s attended very few banquets over the years. After all, Trevor and Queenie never took her along to any formal events.

As for Martha, she’d stepped out of the limelight long ago and had no interest in the social scene.

Lottie worked in high–end fashion. Hence, she had developed a basic

many beautiful dresses that it

to be too picky and just wanted

Celeste thought so, the dress the attendants had been busy with earlier caught

adorned with

Celeste walked

store manager

a custom piece for one of our high–end clients, and there’s only

she was a little disappointed

boutique had dresses ranging from several tens of thousands to over a million dollars, and even the most expensive dresses seemed mundane next to

silk gown with floral embroidery. When she was paying and having the dress wrapped

and the dress together are worth over 30 million dollars, That’s like wearing a mansion on

they’ll

hadn’t expected the dress to be that expensive. Even if it weren’t claimed by anyone else, she

her head and

to tell her she would be taking her out for a

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