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?”

answered her calls for so long that

pick up out of the blue,

remained on her computer as she responded indifferently,

and excitedly said, “Mom, I’m back

So, hearing

the call, Jordyn had been on cloud

you be done with work? Are you coming home tonight? I want you to hold me while I sleep,

really want to eat your breakfast tomorrow morning. When are you

Instead, she said, “I’m really busy

since Celeste had taken her out. The thought of going on

month was only a few days away, it

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

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 I decide,

“Okay.”

asked, “Have you taken

“Not yet. But soon.

have work to do.

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

“Mom, It’s only been