The Scent of 48

Chapter 48

“No. Mom, come home and then go with me! The hot spring retreat is so far away, and it’ll be so boring to go alone,” Jordyn said.

Celeste hesitated for a moment. Perhaps, she could go with Jordyn. “…Alright.”

YodaVision was currently developing a new app, and after dinner, Matthias called her to discuss some technical issues.

While Trevor and Jordyn were chatting in the living room, Celeste stepped outside to take the call. The conversation lasted half an hour.

Jordyn looked up at her and couldn’t help but say, “Mom, you’ve been getting so many phone calls lately. You talk for so long every night. You weren’t like this before…”

Hearing this, Trevor lifted his gaze toward her.

Peter also realized that.

After all, Celeste had never been someone who made frequent phone calls, let alone ones that lasted this long.

Could it be that she was having an affair? No… that couldn’t be, right?

Considering how deeply she felt for Trevor, that didn’t seem likely.

“It’s just about work,” Celeste said briefly. “I’m going upstairs to take care of something.”

“Okay…”

turned on her computer and began working on the files that Matthias had

was busy, she didn’t disturb her

had never completely

few programs on her own. If Jordyn happened to

around three years old, and she would often fall

as she watched from the side, Celeste didn’t stop her

but she suddenly realized–wasn’t this similar to the kind of work

for a while before heading to

computer until she was done. Looking at the time, she realized it was already past

00 am.

the master bedroom. However, Trevor hadn’t

him was exactly

morning, Celeste didn’t get

when Jordyn woke up and saw her still sleeping beside her

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up, Jordyn got

she

Trevor hummed a response.

“Mom’s still asleep.‘

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