The Scent of 152

Chapter 152

The sky was now completely dark, and the mountain air had turned even colder.

After hanging up the call, Beck turned around and walked back to their tent. He saw Celeste and Shanice huddled together, sharing food and conversation. Hence, he went into the tent and returned with two warm coats–one big, one small.

He passed the big coat to Celeste.

She said, “It’s fine, I’m not cold…”

“Just drape it over your shoulder.”

Beck unfolded the coat and casually wrapped it around her, then made sure Shanice was bundled up in the small

one.

Celeste hadn’t really felt cold, but with the coat blocking most of the mountain wind, it was undeniably warmer, so she chose not to refuse.

They went to the bonfire party after dinner,

As they approached, someone blurted out, “Oh my, this little family is almost too good–looking to be real!”

Celeste paused for a brief moment and explained, “We’re not a family.”

The group of people chuckled among themselves. They joked that even though the three weren’t a family yet, it was only a matter of time until they became one.

Then, Shanice wandered off to play with kids her age.

with their close friends and family, sitting in groups chatting,

they went quiet after Shanice ran off to play with the

there wasn’t much to talk about,

family that touched on Trevor and Wynn was a sore spot

might stir up memories of what

Beck asked, “Settled in at

the conversation dull, but she had no intention of getting too involved

the quiet between them was just the way she

Beck asked that question, she was toying with

answered in a flat

looking out quite a lot

“Yeah.”

studied Al in

gave a quiet

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Celeste remained silent.

could tell that Celeste wasn’t keen on chatting with him. She had

with him.

the reason, so he let it

everything, he answered a few calls

he got back, it

Shanice loved them so much

smile froze upon seeing

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