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Kietan frowned. “Not a single lead?”

“Yeah,” his friend replied. “I heard she got married pretty young, it apparently her relationship with her husband wasn’t great.

“The Rodriguez family’s neighbors say they’ve never even seen the guy. It seems like her family doesn’t like him either. They

won’t even mention him.”

After a short pause, he added, “Also, they already have a child.”

Kieran abruptly looked up, thinking he must have misheard. “What did you say?”

“It’s true. I was just as shocked when I found out. You’d never guess, just looking at her.”

Indeed.

He had worked with Celeste at YodaVision for so long and had never once heard her mention a child. Nothing about her gave that impression either.

Seeing how stunned he was, his friend asked, “Want me to keep going?”

The implication was clear—Celeste had been married and had a child. Would Kieran still like her? If not, then there was no point in continuing to dig into her past.

Kieran stood there silently.

He had everything going for him, yet his love life had always been a mess.

The first woman he liked ended up falling for someone else while he was still pursuing her.

And now, just as he had finally started to develop feelings for someone new, he found out she had not only been married, but she also had a child.

Who could accept that?

him on the shoulder. When he was just about to leave, he heard Celeste’s voice,

conversation with Tanner.

toward her and couldn’t look

his gaze steadied. “Tell me

looking to flirt elsewhere, was

meant and stared at him in shock. “Seriously? Are

at him but said

about to say more when

over and started chatting with

Seeing her, Kieran hesitated.

friend recognized Wynn

awkwardly raised his hand and greeted her with

nodded and looked

before turning

say much more to Wynn and continued, “So, should I keep going? Honestly, there’s not much

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me to dig a bit

Kieran replied, “No need.”

about who Celeste’s ex–husband was, but not so much that

were already divorced. Digging too deep into

only reason he had asked someone to look into her was to get general sense of her background—not to

friend shrugged. “Alright

Kieran’s response, also looked

Kieran had immediately looked in

proof he was paying attention to Wynn. She couldn’t help but teasingly say, “Wynn, that Mr. Gibson seems

Wynn didn’t respond.

capable, her thoughts had quickly

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