Chapter 120
Chapter 120
More than ten years had passed , yet Celeste still remembered everything clearly .
She recalled that day – how she had gone to the restroom , heartbroken , and when she returned , she saw Erin holding two ice creams , one for her and one for Wynn .
One of them had been slightly scraped when a waiter carrying a dirty tray accidentally brushed against it , leaving a bit of grease on it .
Wynn immediately picked the untouched one .
Erin had merely ruffled her hair with a smile . She didn’t bother to replace the dirty one with a new one .
When she returned , Erin handed her the damaged ice cream without saying a word about why a chunk was missing .
At that time , given the Locket family’s financial status , buying not just one but a thousand , even ten thousand ice creams , would have been no issue at all .
Yet , she simply didn’t replace it .
It was at that moment that she became acutely aware – Erin’s feelings for her had long since changed .
She would also never forget the look on young Wynn’s face as she watched her hold that tainted ice cream – so full of malice .
As for Harvey , there were even more incidents like this .
Thinking about it now , she no longer cared about Trevor .
Looking at the ever – kindly Erin and the self – righteous Lilian , who spoke as if they truly had her best interests at heart , she chuckled and responded to them through the matter of Trevor and Wynn .
“ You both claim you genuinely care about me . I really want to believe that . But if your idea of caring is helping Wynn interfere in my marriage , then what does that say ? ”
Upon hearing this , neither Erin nor Lilian showed the slightest hint of embarrassment . They must have expected her to say this .
Erin sighed , “ Cel , you know the situation between you and Trevor . Why force someone who doesn’t love you to stay by your side ? Getting a divorce allows you to start over . Grandma is- ”
“ You want to say you’re doing this for my own good , don’t you ? ” Celeste cut her off .
She looked at them both and said , “ You’ve repeated this so many times – don’t you ever get tired of it ? Even when you’re trying to brush me off , couldn’t you at least come up with something new ?
“ How do you expect me to believe you if you don’t even put in that much effort ? Maybe next time , try coming up with something new ? ”
Before they could respond , Celeste continued , “ Not that it would make a difference . After all , words are empty . What really matters is what you’ve actually done, right ? ”
Her retort left Erin and Lilian momentarily speechless .
But Erin remained unfazed . Just as she was about to speak again , Celeste turned to Oscar , who had returned , and said , “ Mr. Fletcher , are you done ? Shall we leave now ? ”
Oscar had already sensed that the atmosphere here was off e let out an awkward chuckle , nodding . “ Sure . ”
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Then he turned to Erin and Lilian . “ Madam Locket , Mrs. Locket , we’ll be taking our leave now . ”
Erin smiled and nodded , but when she looked at Celeste , she let out another sigh .
Ever since Harvey had decided to divorce her mother , every time she didn’t do as they wanted , he and Erin would sigh when speaking to her .
It was as if she was disobedient and troublesome , and as if all the problems were her fault .
It was so much so that after her parents divorced and she moved back to the Rodriguez family with her mother , Celeste developed a conditioned fear of people sighing at her .
For years , up until she was around 12 or 13 , even though everyone in the Rodriguez family treated her well , she had been excessively well – behaved – too afraid to make mistakes , too afraid to be herself .
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