Chapter 456
By the time she finished her work and snapped out of it , Celeste suddenly realized that Caleb had already left his seat without her noticing .
Afterward , Celeste worked day and night for several more days before everything was finally resolved .
She slept for a full 24 hours before she started to feel significantly better . However , compared to before she entered the base , she still looked noticeably paler .
That day , she had mostly just slept and hadn’t eaten much at all .
By evening , she started feeling hungry , and as she headed to the cafeteria to get some food , she ran into Caleb coming from the other dormitory wing .
Caleb was slightly surprised to see her . “ I thought you had already left the base . ”
This mission had been a major one , so he could roughly guess when she had arrived . Now that the situation was successfully wrapped up , he assumed she’d left yesterday , having completed her task .
Celeste shook her head . “ There’s still something I need to handle , so I have to stay a few more days . ”
She was indeed supposed to leave yesterday , but Zachary still had some matters that required her help to handle personally , so …
Caleb gave her a warm smile and nodded , indicating he understood .
Seeing how drowsy she still looked , he figured she’d probably just woken up after a day – long sleep .
He smiled slightly but didn’t ask much . Instead , he asked , “ On your way to eat ? ”
“ … Mm . ”
“ Want to go together ? ”
Given the situation , Celeste couldn’t really refuse , so she nodded , “ Okay … ”
After getting their food , they sat down across from each other .
Caleb watched her .
During his last break , though there hadn’t been any progress between him and Celeste , he had managed to get Matthias’s contact through someone and learned from him that Celeste still hadn’t officially divorced .
However , according to Matthias , it seemed the man had urgent matters and had gone abroad on business , with no clear return date .
Which meant there was a good chance Celeste still wasn’t divorced .
Since she wasn’t divorced yet , and since she had no romantic feelings for him at this point , Caleb didn’t want to press too hard .
So during the meal , he didn’t ask – as he had before – whether she was officially divorced , nor did he pry into personal matters like whether her child was a boy or girl , how old they were , or what kind of personality they had .
Instead , he chatted with her about the things that had happened during this mission at the base .
When it came to work , Celeste always had plenty to talk about with Caleb .
But things changed quickly at the base . Before they could talk for long , Celeste received an urgent message from
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Seeing the notification , she quickly wiped the corner of her mouth and stood up , saying to Caleb , “ I’ve got something urgent to handle . You go ahead and finish your meal-
Caleb looked at her and said softly , “ Alright . ”
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Celeste was about to leave , but just as she was turning away her gaze briefly met his , which made her pause .
She saw the reluctance in his eyes . 2
She hesitated and lowered her gaze before looking away . After a moment’s pause , Celeste softly said “ Goodbye ” before quickly walking off .
Caleb truly was reluctant to see her go .
Because in the next few days , he would be leaving the base for another assignment elsewhere and wouldn’t be back for a while .
By then , Celeste would likely have already left . 2
Their next meeting probably wouldn’t be for another month … 11
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