Celeste O'connor Parents Novels & Stories

's chairman wasn't Tristan at all. "Ad Astra Inc.? The Keaton family?" I asked curiously on purpose, cocking an eyebrow. "I think I've heard of them before. They're a very formidable family. But I didn't know they had a daughter called Ophelia Keaton." Ophelia hadn't expected me to behave so calmly. In her experience, anyone who heard of Centuria's Keaton family and Ad Astra Inc. usually reacted in awe or jealousy. They were never suspicious like I was.

“Mrs. Allen, can I help you with anything?” “Of course, you can.” Celeste sneered. She took out a check from her pocket and slammed it on Luna’s office desk. “You seduced Theo and got together with him just for the Allen family’s money, didn’t you? Five million is written on this; it’s enough for a broke designer like you to last a few years. Let my son go and break up with him!” Luna lowered her eyes and looked at the five-million-dollar check. She chuckled. No matter what, Celeste was Theo’s biological mother. Why would such a kind-hearted, gentleman like Theo have such a dull-witted mother?

Celeste’s POV Auntie Eleanor didn’t speak for a long moment after I said it — that it was time to talk about the past. The crochet hook sat idle in her lap. Her eyes were fixed on the window, but I could tell she wasn’t seeing the garden anymore. She was somewhere far away. When she finally began, her voice was steady but low. “I never stopped searching for your parents, Celeste,” she said. “Even after you left the orphanage, I always felt… there was something missing in your story. You were left with us under strange circumstances. Just that little blanket with your initials embroidered on the corner.”