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 long that Jordyn had almost

up out of the blue, she

remained on her computer

her detached tone and excitedly said, “Mom, I’m back from

hearing

call, Jordyn had been on cloud nine.

Are you coming home tonight? I want you to hold me while I sleep,

your breakfast tomorrow morning.

Instead, she said, “I’m really busy right now. Next month,

long time since Celeste had taken her out. The thought of going on an outing together made

Even though next month was only a few days away, it still felt like a long wait for

though. Instead, she asked, “When exactly

phone, Celeste could feel Jordyn’s eagerness to talk to her

before she finally said, “We’ll see when the time comes. I’ll

“Okay.”

you taken a

“Not yet. But soon.

I still have work to do. I’ll

started talking, and you’re already hanging up?” Jordyn

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