For a split second, Wynn thought her eyes were ying tricks on her.


    But the image in front of her was far too vivid


    Celeste was <b>walking </b>hand in hand with Shanice, and Berk was ncing at her with that unmistakable smile


    This wasn’t a mistake. It wasn’t a dream.


    Celeste was there with them.


    Judging by how naturally the three of them moved together–how it was Celeste, not Beck, holding Shanice’s hand


    -this clearly wasn’t their first dinner as a trio,


    A sudden thought hit Wynn like lightning.


    Could Celeste be the woman Shanice kept mentioning?


    No. No <b>way</b>. That didn’t make sense.


    Then, her mind unhelpfully supplied the memory fromst year. When Beck came to InnovaTech for a meeting that time, he had approached Celeste to speak with her.


    And at recent banquets, whenever Celeste and Matthias were there, Beck <b>would </b>always linger after saying hello.


    He didn’t just greet them and move on. He stayed.


    Wynn used to think it was because he didn’t want to offend Matthias,


    But now… She wasn’t so sure anymore.


    Could it be that Beck actually liked Celeste?


    No.


    No way.


    Wynn stood still, refusing to believe what her brain was telling her.


    Beck had known Celeste for years. If she were his type, he would’ve noticed her long ago. Why would it take him so long?


    Besides, what was so special about Celeste anyway?


    Perhaps she was reading too much into things.


    Even if Celeste was the woman Shanice kept talking about, that didn’t mean Beck had feelings for her. Right?


    <b>Harvey</b>, seeing Wynn freeze in ce, walked over to her. “Are you okay, <b>Wynn</b>?”


    Wynn snapped back to her senses. She shook her head and answered, “I’m fine.”


    “Let’s head inside.”


    “Alright.”


    The next day at around 8:00 am, Beck received a call from Celeste.


    When he arrived at the <b>address </b>she had sent, Celeste was already waiting by the entrance with a cake in one hand and a stuffed animal in the other.


    As soon as she saw him, she handed them over.


    Beck epted them and nced at the <b>cake</b>. “You must’ve been up early–cakes like this take time.”


    She had been up before dawn, actually,


    But all Celeste said was, “I <b>went </b>to bed earlyst night. I didn’t mind getting up early.”


    “Thank you. Shanice is going to love it.” Beck said sincerely He <b>could </b>tell that she had clearly put a lot of thought


    into it.


    He nced at the modest apartmentplex behind her.” this where you’re living now?”


    He <b>knew </b>she had moved out of Trevor’s ce, but he hadn’t known where she had gone <b>until </b>now.


    “Yeah,” Celeste replied. “I’m in a rush, though. I’ll get going now.”


    Beck nodded in reply. “Alright.”


    Celeste turned and walked back toward her building.


    Beck didn’t look away until her figure disappeared from view. Then, finally, he got into his car.


    Since Jordyn wanted to celebrate Shanice’s birthday for her Trevor had booked a private lounge at a restaurant. That afternoon, when Shanice got home from school and saw the cake Celeste had made herself, along with the bunny plush that was nearly her height, her face lit up.


    She was so thrilled she refused to leave it behind–clutching the oversized toy all the way out the door.


    When Beck and Shanice arrived, Trevor, Wynn, and Jordyn were already there.


    As Beck opened the door to the private lounge, Wynn’s eyesnded on the bunny plush Shanice was holding. She <b>instantly </b>recognized it as the same one she had seen Celeste carrying at the mall just two days earlier.


    So, the mysterious woman Shanice kept mentioning had really been Celeste all along?


    Shanice was glowing with joy. She barely <b>made </b>it through the door before rushing over to jordyn, holding the plush out like a prized treasure.


    “Look what I got for my birthday, Jo! Isn’t it cute?”