When Queenie and the others arrived and didn’t see Celeste, they assumed she had gone to the airport with Trevor to pick Jordyn up.
Now that Trevor and Jordyn had returned home<b>, </b>but Celeste was still nowhere to be seen, they found it odd,
However, since they didn’t really care about Celeste, they couldn’t be bothered to ask.
Trevor simply said, “She’s busy.”
Tucker didn’t question it and continued ying with Jordyn.
Martha, however, understood what was going <b>on </b>but chose to remain silent.
After dinner, Jordyn yed by herself for a while, but soon got bored and decided to call Celeste.
Even though it was the holidays, Celeste had no intention of letting herself be idle.
When Jordyn’s call came in, Celeste was in the middle of reviewing some documents sent by Zachary.
Seeing the caller ID and realizing it had been nearly a month since theyst saw each other, she casually picked up the phone.
“Hello?”
Celeste hadn’t answered her calls for so long that Jordyn had almost lost hope.
Hearing her mom pick up out of the blue, she was overjoyed “Mom!”
Celeste’s attention remained on herputer as she responded indifferently, “Mm.”
Jordyn didn’t notice her detached tone and excitedly said, “<b>Mom</b><b>, </b>I’m back from being abroad!”
Celeste didn’t even know she left the country. So, hearing this, she simply responded with a brief hum as acknowledgement.
From the moment Celeste answered the call, Jordyn had been on cloud nine. She jumped around on the bed excitedly.
“Mom, when will you be done with work? Are youing home tonight? I want you to hold me while I sleep, and I have so many fun things to tell <b>you</b><b>! </b>
“<b>Also</b>, I really want to eat your breakfast tomorrow morning. When are youing back?”
Celeste didn’t tell her that she wouldn’t be going <b>back </b>to the Fleming Manor anymore. Instead, she said, “<b>I’m </b>really busy right now. Next month, I’ll take you out to y.”
It had been a long time since Celeste had taken her out. The thought of going on an outing together made jordyn very happy.
“Next month?” Even though next month was only a few days away, it still felt like a long wait for Jordyn.
She didn’tin, though. Instead, she <b>asked</b>, “When exactly next month?”
Even through the phone<b>, </b>Celeste could feel Jordyn’s eagerness to talk to her and see her.
Her grip on the mouse tightened slightly before she finally said, “We’ll see when the timees. I’ll let you knew <b>once </b>I decide, okay?”
“Okay.”
Celeste asked, “Have you taken a bath yet?”
“Not yet. But soon.
“Then go take your bath. I still <b>have </b>work to do. I’ll hang up now.”
“We just started talking, and you’re already hanging up?” Jordyn was reluctant to end the call.
She nced at the call duration and protested, “Mom, It’s only been two minutes! Can’t we talk a little longer?”
Celeste replied, “Next time, when I have time, if you want to talk, we can talk longer.
Hearing this, Jordyn finally gave in, albeit unwillingly. “Okay. But Mom, you have to keep your promise.”
Celeste said, “I will.”
Only then did Jordyn whisper, “Bye, Mom.”
“Bye.” As soon as she finished speaking, Celeste ended the call.
Jordyn suddenly remembered that she hadn’t told Celeste about the gift she had bought for her. She was just about to mention it when she realized the call had already ended.
Her heart sank with disappointment.
Setting her phone down<b>, </b>she climbed out of bed and went to find Trevor in his study.
Trevor was in the middle of a video conference.
When he saw her walk <b>in</b>, he adjusted the camera angle and muted his microphone before asking, “What’s wrong? Couldn’t get through?”