Chapter 158

Chapter 158
Celeste found her book after Jordyn had left. With the book in hand , she sat by the large window on the second floor and started reading .
Half an hour later , Martha brought up a bowl of herbal medicine . “ Oh , there you are , Cel . ”
Celeste put away her book and took the bowl . “ You didn’t have to bring it up , Grandma . I would’ve come down if you’d called me . ”
“ It’s better for you to rest rather than walk around too much. ”
Martha sat down on the other couch . Frustrated , she complained , “ I wanted to ask Trevor to bring this up for you , but he was busy tapping away on the keyboard in the study . It’s the weekend . What’s keeping him so busy ? ”
Earlier , Trevor had been walking Wynn through some project work . Hence , Celeste assumed he went to the study since it’d be easier to type on a keyboard .
Remaining silent , she took the bowl and drank it .
The medicine had cooled in the cold air , and Celeste downed it in just a few gulps . Martha wrinkled her brow . ” That’s so bitter , Cel . Take it slow . ”
Celeste set the bowl aside . “ It’s not too bad , really . ”
She rinsed her mouth with a sip of water , and Martha handed her a piece of candy .
Celeste didn’t eat it .
Dinner was almost ready . Since Celeste had had her dinner just now , she decided to continue reading .
Martha then went downstairs for dinner .
About half an hour later , Martha and Jordyn came upstairs with grim expressions .
“ Trevor is still heading to the office at this hour . He’s going to burn himself out ! ” Martha said with a stern face . Engrossed in her reading , Celeste hadn’t even noticed the noise of the car outside .
If Trevor was going out at this hour , it must be an issue with Wynn’s project that he had been helping her with . Jordyn flopped onto Celeste’s lap , pouting “ Dad refused to bring me along ”
Trevor clearly wasn’t going to bring her along .
If he did , everyone at InnovaTech would know he was married – and that he had a daughter this old .
It would be so humiliating for Wynn .
There was no way Trevor would allow Wynn to be criticized
Celeste pushed Jordyn away lightly . “ I’m still sick , Jo . Go sit somewhere else . ”
“ Okay … ”
Since Celeste was still feeling a little unwell , she washed up and went to bed at around 10:00 pm .
The next morning , she realized Trevor had stayed out last night .
Thanks to Bill , Celeste recovered quickly .
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Martha had Bill check on Celeste again , and he prescribed two more doses of medicine to help with her recovery . Celeste planned to return to work , and Martha realized she couldn’t talk her out of it . Hence , she insisted that Celeste come back in the evening to take her medicine , saying she wasn’t able to brew it herself .
Seeing the determined look on Martha’s face , Celeste had no choice but to agree .
Jordyn asked Celeste to send her to school , and the latter rejected . “ Next time , Jo . I didn’t drive here . ”
She shrugged . “ You can drive Dad’s car , Mom ! I’ll give Dad a call now . I’m pretty sure he’ll say yes to this . ” Without a reply from Celeste , Jordyn called Trevor ,
It didn’t take long before the call connected .
Upon hearing the voice , Jordyn almost called out the person’s name . However , when she noticed Celeste was staring at her , she swallowed her words .
With a “ forget it “ , Jordyn ended the call .
Jordyn assumed she had hidden it well , but Celeste caught how she had almost blurted out Wynn’s name when the call connected .
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