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?”

her calls for so long that Jordyn had

of the

remained on her computer as she

notice her detached tone and excitedly said, “Mom,

she left the country. So, hearing this, she simply responded with a

had been

Are you coming home tonight? I want you to hold

breakfast tomorrow morning.

the Fleming Manor anymore. Instead, she said, “I’m really busy right now. Next month, I’ll

Celeste had taken her out. The thought

a few days away, it still felt like a

didn’t complain, though. Instead, she asked, “When

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

mouse tightened slightly before she finally said, “We’ll see when the time comes. I’ll let you knew once

“Okay.”

“Have you taken

“Not yet. But soon.

take your bath. I still have work to do.

started talking, and you’re already hanging up?” Jordyn was reluctant to end

protested, “Mom, It’s only been two