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"Except for the two elders, everyone went to dinner last night. But... Something doesn't feel right." The voice from the other side of the call reported so.

"What is it?"

"One of them has gone missing, we have been keeping an eye on him since long but for the past two hours, we couldn't find him anywhere."

Suddenly deep silence reigned in the room, the tall man in his wedding suit stood firmly near the window. His lips parted for awhile before he commanded in his husky tone of voice, "Keep searching."

"President." In a rush, two men ran to him, their breathing unstable and their faces full of terror.

Skipping a quick glance at each other, one of them reported in panic, "There's bad news. Mrs. Weston has... has gone missing."

"What?"

"She went to the washroom but didn't come out so our men looked for her but they couldn't find her anywhere."

The moment Rhodes Weston heard his men say so, he put his hands in his pocket. His voice sounded colder than usual but his facial expression remained the same. There was nothing in this world that could affect him, lest a woman he married out of necessity. "Do I need to teach you what to do in this situation?"

"We-we got it, we will find her at any cost."

As he raised his hand a little, those men quickly took their leave. Rhodes touched his ring finger, his calm gazes fixated in the space. Even looking from the side, anyone would fall for his looks but those soulless light brown eyes of his carried a dangerous aura in them, making anyone afraid to approach him.

"Ran away? When she kissed me, it didn't look like she had any intentions of doing such a thing." His fingers brushed over his lips subconsciously as the scene from earlier replayed before him so vividly. "But then again, women desire nothing more than money. A woman like her is nothing new to me, it's all her pathetic act to get my attention."

Heaving a sigh, he put his hands in his pocket and added, "I clearly told her that she must not touch me during the wedding until needed, yet she dared kiss me... And she even ran away after doing such a shameful thing to me!"

His hands tightly clenched into a fist this time and his eyes resembled that of a hateful wolf, "Mishaps keeps happening since I met that perverted woman. I was on my way to the hall when she approached me, since then my luck has been overturned... Tsk! She better not appear before me again or else..."

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"I'm sorry to say this but we don't need you to work here anymore. Since we've already paid you in advance, we owe you nothing."

Remembering what the manager told her when she went to her part-time job, Celeste let out a sigh of cheerlessness. The blood on her lips was still red as she bit her lips so much in tension, the wedding gown she was wearing was a little messy and she had her stilletos in her one hand. The scars on her feet due to walking continuously didn't feel as painful as the pain her heart felt.

To think, she could be thrown to such a situation when she thought she was the happiest... Celeste never thought such a day would come to her life.

"I don't have anymore energy to walk, and no money. I can't go to my mother's house nor to my grandmother's... I thought that I would sleep where I worked but now I've been fired... Oh, almighty. What should I do now?"

Her gazes ran over the couple who walked past her, them holding hands together reminded her of the past when Nathan used to hold her hands and she used to be so happy. "It's ok, no need to worry. I will definitely find a way out, it's not sundown yet so I have a chance to find a place... But where should I start with?"

With random thoughts circling in her head, she continued walking. Unexpectedly coming into sudden contact with someone, she lost her balance. "Ouch, my butt."

"Celeste? Is that you?" A little familiar voice came through and Celeste quickly looked at the man, "Olgas?"

The tall red head guy named Olgas quickly helped her to get up, "I'm so sorry, Celeste. I didn't see you, I didn't mean to do it."

Patting her back, Celeste pulled a genuine smile on her face, "It's ok, no problem."

"It's been so long since we last saw each other, how have you been?"

"Good, how about you?"

Though a few years has passed, she clearly remembered the guy who used to help her all the time, who used to treat her like a sister and who bore no hatred for her.

It was in the middle school when she met Olgas and their bond grew stronger by time but sadly, Olgas transferred to another school when he was in high school. Since then, they never talked again.

"Well, what are you doing here? Did you come for work?" Taking a quick glance at her, he asked.

"I..." Celeste kept looking down, she didn't know what to say but she didn't want to tell him about her sad life story either.

"It's been a long time since we hung out, why don't you go with me to my apartment?"

"Well, I... Huh? No, I..." Hesitantly, she blinked while looking at the ground.

"Are you still mad at me because I left without saying goodbye to you?"

"No, I am not. I..."

"Then?" Peeking at his wristwatch, Olgas added, "I don't usually get a day off on working days, but today is an exception. If you are too busy then you can stay for a while and when you feel like it, you can go."

'He is a senior and he is a good person. I don't have anywhere to go and in this shape, I cannot keep moving around. Olgas... If I go with him...'

"Celeste?"

"Ahh, yes. Then I will stay for a little while since you are insisting."

"That's the spirit, let's go."