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Chapter Three Hundred and Thirty-Two

Penulis: Anney GW
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-12-10 17:26:33

Celeste’s POV

I buried myself in work.

It wasn’t intentional at first. It was just easier to stare at sketches, fabric swatches, gemstone charts, and endless emails than to think about Nicholas Grant, or my mother going silent for days, or the strange hollow in my chest every time I remembered her voice trembling.

Work had logic. Emotions didn’t.

So I arrived early, stayed late, and ignored the way Rachel kept glancing at me like she was waiting for me to fall apart.

“Another late night?” she asked when I pushed open the office door. She didn’t say it with judgment, just quiet worry.

“Just tying up loose ends,” I said, slipping past her even though the only thing I was tying was myself into knots. “Any updates on the Beaumont collaboration?”

Her eyes flicked toward Ryan’s desk. “We’ll talk when he joins.”

Right. Because Ryan had made it his full-time mission to intercept anything that looked remotely stressful and steal it off my plate.

So far, I had pretended not to notice. If I admi
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