The Breaking Point of Love

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Just now, Matthias had called her to say that he had arranged for a lawyer, and she would be meeting them tomorrow morning

Celeste needed to finalize the divorce as soon as possible.

Beck knew she had misunderstood, but he didn’t correct her. He simply responded, “Alright.”

At this point, Celeste assumed he was about to hang up. But when he didn’t, she asked in confusion, “Mr. Harper, is there anything else?”

Beck could tell that her voice was calm–there was no trace of the pain, sorrow, or turmoil he had expected.

But… Was that really the case? Or was she just suppressing her emotions?

When he remained silent for two or three seconds, Celeste prompted, “Mr. Harper? Are you still there?”

He snapped back to reality and replied, “Yes.”

Celeste asked again, “Is there anything else?” Then, without hesitation, she added, “I have other matters to handle. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be hanging up.”

had no choice but to

Celeste

to one of her recent research ideas. A few days ago, he had

and, if there were no issues, guide her in submitting it to

this project had seen little progress. Now that she finally had some free time, she wanted to get it done

that thought, she put her phone

called Miles back and asked, “Trevor wants a divorce and full

called him earlier was precisely to discuss

or custody, she didn’t object at all. She just signed the

was equally shocked. This wasn’t something Celeste would

Celeste would so easily give up custody of Jordyn.

think is going on?” Before Beck could answer, Miles continued, “Could it be that she’s using this to gain Trevor’s sympathy?

the possibility–knowing how deeply Celeste felt

of silence, he asked, “What about Trevor? How

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