Chapter 72
With less than a week to go before the engagement ceremony, Celeste was swamped with work in her studio. Kendric remained as busy as ever,
frequently away on business trips.
If it weren’t for that countdown on the calender, Celeste might have even forgotten she had an engagement ceremony approaching. Despite her efforts to appear nonchalant, her nerves were always on edge.
Two days before the engagement. Kendric’s grandfather Caleb returned from Beacon Senior Care. It was a rainy day, and the clouds outside were dark, like chunks of dirty ice thawing slowly.
Kendric’s car was parked downstairs the studio. Luke came up to her office and knocked on the door. Celeste barely looked up, “what’s up?”
“Miss Alinsky, Mr. Caleb Melville is back.”
Celeste slowly raised her head. For a split second she felt like seeing a stray of sunlight through thick fog. She unconsciously gave a smile.
She had finally waited this day.
“He’s arrived?”
“Yes.”
Outside, the rain was pouring down. Raindrops splashed into puddles. Celeste glanced at the flower shop opposite the entrance. She suddenly dashed into the rain.
Kendric watched her silently through the car window. It wasn’t until she disappeared from view that his heart skipped a beat. He instinctively got out of
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the car.
As he approached, he saw Celeste coming out of the flower shop with a
bouquet of white carnations.
Kendric breathed a sigh of relief and walked briskly towards her, reaching
out to touch her shoulder.
The wind was strong, but he held the black umbrella steady. They got in the car. Celeste placed the bouquet on the seat. She caught a glimpse of Kendric whose shirt had been dampened by the rain.
He was in a deep blue shirt, and the place where soaked by the rain. resembled ink blots.
She averted her gaze. “Your shoulders are all wet.”
Luke quickly handed over a towel. “Sir.”
Kendric had tilted the umbrella to Celeste’s side, so she hadn’t gotten too wet despite the heavy rain.
Kendric took the towel and was about to help dry her hair, but Celeste instinctively flinched, and his hand hung in midair.
After a moment, she reached out to take the towel and offered a faint smile. “Thanks.”
Kendric fell silent for a moment, “you seem in a good mood.”
She was indeed in a good mood today. After all, the only person who could manage Kendric had returned.
“Yep.”
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She handed the towel back to him, who casually wiped his shoulder and
tossed it aside.
Celeste sensitively perceived that he didn’t seem pleased to see her joy.
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The car pulled over in the yard. As soon as they stepped inside the villa,
they saw the medical team moving equipment.
Caleb, in his eighties, had poor heart and lung function and suffered from asthma. That’s why they brought an entire medical team with him.
Caleb had been exhausted from a long journey. When they arrived, he had just fallen asleep.
Celeste went upstairs directly to pack her things. As soon as Caleb woke up, she planned to explain clearly to him that she didn’t want to get engaged. After that, she could leave here for good.
Kendric had developed a peculiar interest in studying Celeste’s facial expressions. For instance, now she looked like a lively and cheerful sparrow, fluttering with happiness.
It made he want to gently stroke her, then break her wings….
eyes.
Celeste happily trotted upstairs, unaware of the seething storm in Kendric’s
As she rummaged through her closet for clothes, her gaze fell upon the safe resting on the side.
She opened it, took out all the thing inside and carried them over to Kendric’s study.
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He was having a video conference, so Celeste put the things on the floor,
gestured him and turned to leave.
But right as her hand touched the doorknob, a voice sounded from behind,
“stop. What’s that?”
“The jewelries you once gifted me. I’ve tidied them up, and they’re all
here.”
Sensing the whirlwind of his wrath, she softened her tone, “they are yours. Now, I’m giving them back. We can call it even.”
Kendric clenched his teeth, “even?”
Celeste’s courage bolstered as she thought of Caleb’s presence.
“Well, what else do I still owe you? Speak it out, and I’ll spend the next half of my life paying it back.”
Celeste was referring to money. She thought she could slowly reimburse any expenses incurred.
Kendric muttered under his breath, “you’ll indeed spend the next half of your life paying it back.”
Celeste didn’t want to linger on this topic. They had no way back in her eyes. She patiently asked him, “I genuinely don’t have any feelings for you anymore, and you’ve seen that, haven’t you?”
“Every time we meet, it’s just arguing,” her voice softened, “Kendric, I really don’t want us to become enemies.”
She viewed marriage with Kendric as pure torment. It was like a dagger aimed at Kendric’s heart.
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“Why don’t we just end this relationship cordially?”
Kendric’s expression twisted. All the efforts he had made now seemed like
nothing but jokes.
He had dealt with those who had once mistreated her one by one,
introduced her as his wife to others, and even distanced himself from Bates
family. But after all that, he received nothing more than her suggestion to break
up amicably.
“We won’t end this relationship.”
He stood up and took slow steps toward her. “We’ll only be with each other, through life till death.”
Celeste let out a bitter smile. She wasn’t at all surprised that he would say such words.
Her voice lowered to a near whisper. “It’s not on your depend. Grandpa Caleb won’t let you have your way.
Kendric let out a light chuckle.
“So, is this why you’ve been so cheerful today? You think you can leave now that Grandpa’s back, huh?”
Celeste had a bad feeling.
He slightly bent over, and his smile appeared both charming and wicked. “Celeste, you really think grandpa can stop me? Naive girl.”
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