Chapter 847

Celeste had finally finished dealing with everything on her schedule.

She rubbed her slightly sore shoulders and rested for a while. Then, as if she suddenly remembered something, she paused and picked up the phone beside her.

She called Jordyn, who answered quickly. “Mom.”

Celeste hummed before asking gently, “Are you out of school?”

“Yeah.”

Since the day of Jordyn’s first day at her new school, the two of them had only been in touch once, and that had been because Celeste had called her. Celeste hadn’t contacted Jordyn these past few days, and Jordyn hadn’t reached out to her either. Celeste wasn’t surprised by that, nor did she think much of it. No matter what, Jordyn was her daughter. She still felt she should check in on her from time to time.

She took the initiative to start a conversation. “Have you made any plans for the next two days? Anywhere you want to go?”

Jordyn’s voice was calm. “No. Dad went on a business trip. He’s not home.”

Celeste never went out of her way to keep track of Trevor’s schedule, so she had no idea he’d left on a business trip. “Oh…”

She was silent for two seconds before continuing. “My company is having a team- building trip this weekend. We’re leaving in a little while. Do you want to come with me?

“But it’ll just be my coworkers, so there won’t be any other kids. And I will probably have to take care of some work on Saturday and Sunday too, so I won’t be able to stay with you the whole time…”

Jordyn hadn’t sounded particularly excited when she first called Celeste, but at those words, she finally perked up. “That’s okay. I want to go.”

“Okay. Then have someone pack your things. I’ll come pick you up later.”

“Okay!”

More than half an hour later, Celeste arrived at the residence where Trevor and Jordyn lived.

Jordyn was already waiting at the entrance. The moment she saw Celeste arrive, she grabbed her backpack and ran toward her. “Mom!”

Celeste bent down and gave her a brief hug. “Mm.”

Hannah was standing nearby. “Dinner’s already prepared, Mrs. Fleming. Why don’t you have dinner before you leave?”

Celeste didn’t want to go inside. “No, thanks. The company has a dinner planned tonight. I’ll eat at the hotel.”

“Alright.” Hannah didn’t try to persuade her again.

Celeste and Jordyn got into the car, and they drove away soon.

Once they were in the car, Celeste picked up Jordyn’s backpack, which she’d placed

beside her. “Did you bring your homework?”

“I already finished it.”

“Good.”

Even so, Celeste opened Jordyn’s backpack and discovered that she’d brought some books along anyway She took out one of the books. Jordyn had brought and flipped through it, getting a sense of what she was currently learning.

Over the past two years, Celeste had rarely taken the time to pay attention to Jordyn.

After looking through it for a while,

she put it back and glanced at

Jorayne

was sitting beside her

ng a manga. “Are you getting used to your new school?”

“Yeah. The teachers and classmates are all pretty nice.”

“Have you joined any extracurricular activities you like?” “Yeah.”

“That’s good.”

Celeste was about to ask her something else when her phone rang.

It was Kieran.

After Celeste answered, Kieran asked before she could say anything, “You’re not going to the team-building trip?”

“I’m going. What’s wrong?”

“Nothing. It’s just… I didn’t see you, so I thought you weren’t coming.”

If she wasn’t going, he didn’t want to go either. He’d been looking forward to this team-building trip for several days After all, aside from being at the office he rarely had any opportunities to spend time with Celeste.

“I am going. I just had something to take care of, so I left the office first.”

Kieran let out a breath. “Alright then.”