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"Are you still upset?" asked Bryan as he glanced at the girl sitting casually beside him. The choice of clothes that he thought so reflected how Celine looked like, made Bryan not satisfied just looking at her for a while. But what else could he do, he couldn't drive in a distracted state.

He might crash into a divider and end up in the news.

"A little," Celine says with a long sigh. "Karen does go too far sometimes."

"I guess she does worry about you."

Celine just shrugged in response. "Is it far enough away? We've been through this hilly area for almost half an hour."

"Just a little more."

Celine frowned. "I'm not a Matilda you can lie to."

Bryan laughed at that remark. "Speaking of Matilda, next week is her first performance on the school stage. I hope she's not too busy with meetings."

"You should come, Bryan. A child's main support is their parents. No matter how busy you are, if you can spare the time, Matilda will never forget it in her life."

Bryan listened carefully to Celine