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Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Two

Author: Anney GW
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-03 10:54:52
Celeste’s POV

Ryan wore a barely suppressed scowl as he scribbled in his notebook through the entire morning meeting. I acted nonchalant, my gaze sliding over him as if he weren’t there.

But ignoring and pretending could only last so long.

After the meeting, Grace walked with us to the design room.

“Rachel is swamped with crafting samples from your designs for the new line, so you’ll have to share with Ryan until your new workbench and design table arrive.” She said frigidly.

I opened my mouth to protest, but she walked away without giving me a chance to respond.

Sharing a workspace with Ryan was the last thing I wanted to do after we left things with screaming and banging doors yesterday.

“You take the workbench—I’ll go over the designs for the new line.” I said, pulling out the chair to his design table.

“We’ve got a backlog of orders to get through, but sure, the clients can wait longer because you’re not over the fact that I tried to do something nice for you.”

I glared up at him
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