The Breaking Point of Love

The Scent of 269

Chapter 269

When Queenie and the others arrived and didn’t see Celeste, they assumed she had gone to the airport with Trevor to pick Jordyn up.

Now that Trevor and Jordyn had returned home, but Celeste was still nowhere to be seen, they found it odd,

However, since they didn’t really care about Celeste, they couldn’t be bothered to ask.

Trevor simply said, “She’s busy.”

Tucker didn’t question it and continued playing with Jordyn.

Martha, however, understood what was going on but chose to remain silent.

After dinner, Jordyn played by herself for a while, but soon got bored and decided to call Celeste.

Even though it was the holidays, Celeste had no intention of letting herself be idle.

When Jordyn’s call came in, Celeste was in the middle of reviewing some documents sent by Zachary.

Seeing the caller ID and realizing it had been nearly a month since they last saw each other, she casually picked up the phone.

“Hello?”

so

mom pick up out of the

her computer as she responded indifferently,

didn’t notice her detached tone and excitedly said, “Mom, I’m back

So, hearing this, she simply responded with a brief

moment Celeste answered the call, Jordyn had been on cloud nine. She jumped around on the

done with work? Are you coming home tonight? I want you to hold me

to eat your breakfast tomorrow morning. When are

wouldn’t be going back to the Fleming Manor anymore. Instead, she said, “I’m really busy right now. Next month, I’ll

had taken her out. The thought of going on an outing together made jordyn very

was only a few days away, it still felt like a

didn’t complain, though. Instead, she

could feel Jordyn’s eagerness to talk to her and see

see when the time comes. I’ll let

“Okay.”

you taken

“Not yet. But soon.

your bath. I still have work to do.

you’re already hanging up?”

duration and protested, “Mom, It’s only been two minutes! Can’t we talk a