Celeste left the courthouse and returned to YodaVision. She even made it in time for the morning meeting.As soon as she sat down, Matthias leaned over and whispered, "All done? That fast?"Celeste nodded.There had never been much conflict between her and Trevor. Both of them had a surprisingly positive attitude toward the divorce, so the paperwork naturally went through quickly.Matthias added, "If it weren't for the mandatory waiting period, you two would already be officially divorced today. But now you'll still have to wait 30 days."Once this mandatory waiting period ends, you'd better go get the certificate right away. Don't delay it again. Otherwise, just like last time, you'll end up stuck in base duty again, miss the decision window, and have to start all over."It's such a hassle.""I know."The last time the mandatory waiting period ended, she and Trevor had actually agreed to go for the divorce certificate the very next day. But then things came up for both of them
On Sunday afternoon, Jordyn called to say she wanted to come over. Remembering the promise she had made to Jordyn before, Celeste agreed.She was brought over by a driver.As soon as she got out of the car, Jordyn happily threw herself into Celeste's arms.After acting spoiled with Celeste and Betty for a while, she excitedly told them that she had won first place in her fencing competition.She had even stuffed the trophy into her little backpack and happily shoved it into Celeste's hands.Betty looked on, smiling so wide her mouth could hardly close, endlessly praising Jordyn for being excellent and capable.When it came to fencing, Celeste knew she hadn't done much for Jordyn. And in the future, what she could do for her might not be much either.After a moment's thought, she said, "How about I take you to buy a frame later so we can mount your trophy?"Jordyn replied, "No need, Dad already had someone custom-make a frame for me before the competition. It's super pretty."S
On Saturday evening, Celeste accompanied Betty to watch an opera.As they arrived at the ticket checkpoint, someone not far away—already attracting quite a bit of attention—spotted them, broke into a smile, and quickly walked over."Celeste."Hearing her name, Celeste turned her head. She immediately saw Kieran making his way toward her through the crowd.Celeste smiled lightly. "What a coincidence. You came to see the maestro's performance too?"But of course, it wasn't a coincidence. Kieran had planned it.At the company, he always addressed her as "Ms. Rodriguez". This was the first time—aside from the day of her interview—that he had ever called her by her given name.Seeing that Celeste didn't seem to mind, his smile deepened slightly. When Celeste introduced him to Betty, Kieran gave her a polite nod. "Good evening, madam."Betty returned the smile with a nod. "Hello."Nowadays, it was rare for young people to enjoy opera. And more than that, when Kieran spoke to Celeste
On Thursday, Celeste didn't accompany Jordyn to the competition in another city.However, Jordyn wasn't upset. She just acted coquettishly and made her promise to take her out to have fun after she finished the competition and related events.Unable to resist her pleading, Celeste agreed.For the past two to three days, Celeste had been swamped with work and hadn't gone to the hospital to visit Martha.On Friday morning, she finally made another trip to the hospital.Downstairs, she caught sight of Wynn, who had a bandage on her head and was out for a walk.Wynn was on the phone. "I'm doing much better. Jo, just focus on your competition there, don't worry too much about me."As she finished speaking, she looked up and, spotting Celeste, quickly averted her gaze with indifference.Wynn then continued, "You'll call me the moment the results are out? Haha, of course, I'll be glued to my phone at that time, I won't miss your call for the world. It's almost time for your team to ga
When she heard this, Celeste finally understood that Trevor had hurried off yesterday because of Wynn.She had long known and grown used to how much Trevor cared about Wynn.She also knew that Linda's words were deliberately meant for her to hear.Expressionless, she walked past Linda and the others, entering the elevator first.It was only when they saw the floor Celeste pressed that Linda, Patricia, and the rest realized she was here to visit Martha.They were aware of Martha's illness. Although they hadn't had the chance to personally visit her in the hospital, they knew she was also staying here.They knew, yes—but they didn't know exactly which ward she was in. In fact, they had secretly asked around about it the night before.So, when they saw which floor Celeste was going to, they immediately understood that she was here to see Martha.The Lockets and the Shaws had actually never met Martha before.Although they had managed to find out her exact room number, they were c
Without the slightest hesitation, Trevor said, "Get in touch with them and tell them we'll go over tomorrow instead."Zeke wanted to say something, but when he saw Trevor's gaze already returning to Wynn, the words that had been on the tip of his tongue stayed unspoken.He simply nodded.As he was about to step out of the ward to make the call, Trevor seemed to remember something and turned his head to add, "Have Jacob handle those urgent documents. I'll contact him later about the details.""Alright."Zeke went outside and, following Trevor's instructions, first called Jacob."Alright, got it," Jacob replied. But instead of hanging up right away, he couldn't help saying, "Lately, the boss has been paying more and more attention to Celeste. Today he even... Well, I thought Mr. Fleming..."Zeke understood exactly what he meant. In fact, he had the same thought as Jacob. But now, seeing how nervous Trevor was over Wynn, he realized he had been overthinking it.Maybe Trevor's atti