Celeste paused for a moment before replying, “Happy New Year.”

She was about to turn off her phone and go to sleep when Matthias sent her another message, asking if she wanted to go with him the next morning to visit Zachary and his wife.

Celeste replied, “Okay.”

Only then did she put down her phone and go to sleep.

The villa area was relatively quiet during the New Year period. Without the usual noise of fireworks, Celeste slept soundly until morning.

When she woke up, Jordyn was already awake.

“Mom, Happy New Year!”

Celeste smiled and handed her the gift box she had prepared before leaving the house the day before.

“Happy New Year.”

Jordyn was delighted to receive the gift box from Celeste.

After washing up, they went downstairs and discovered that Trevor was already awake and was on the phone.

Seeing them come down, he turned his head toward them and said to the person on

the other end of the call, “Alright, Grandma. We’ll head back shortly.”

After hanging up, he handed the gift box he had prepared to Jordyn.

“Happy New Year.”

Jordyn happily accepted it.

“Happy New Year! Thank you, Dad!”

Then she added to Trevor, “Mom gave me a gift box too!”

Trevor smiled and looked toward Celeste.

“Did she?”

After saying that, his gaze lingered on her as he added, “Grandma asked us to go back to the manor.”

It was still early. If they headed over to the manor now for breakfast, Celeste would

still have time to return to the Rodriguez family afterward.

But Celeste said, “Please help me tell Grandma that I won’t be going over.”

Hearing that, Trevor didn’t try to persuade her.

“Alright.”

Jordyn understood that Celeste planned to return to the Rodriguez family home and couldn’t help saying, “Mom, I’ll go with you.”

Trevor ruffled the top of Jordyn’s hair.

“Dad already promised your Nana that we’d go back. If you want to visit your Granny, you can go after breakfast.”

“…Okay then.”

Trevor’s gaze fell on Celeste again.

“Leaving now?”

Celeste nodded.

Without another word, Trevor instructed the housekeeper to prepare a car to take her back.

After Celeste got into the car, it soon drove out of Trevor’s villa compound.

When Celeste returned to the Rodriguez family home, the family members didn’t ask many questions when they saw that she had come back alone.

They had already prepared the ingredients in advance.

After finishing breakfast, Celeste joined Ivan and the others in preparing the meal.

More than two hours later, they finally finished cooking.

After the cooking was done, Celeste

received a call from Jordyn, saying that she would come over to the

Rodriguez family home a little later.

Recently, Isabelle’s condition had been relatively stable. She hadn’t had any episodes lately, and she ever looked a little healthier than

she had at the same time last year.

Seeing that she seemed more energetic than before made Celeste and Betty feel genuinely happy for her.

But when they thought about how she had to spend her days either in the nursing home or the hospital, they still couldn’t help feeling sad.

The Rodriguez family chatted with the nursing home director for a while longer. After watching Isabelle finish the food they had prepared, they finally left the facility.

After leaving the nursing home, Celeste greeted the other members of the Rodriguez family and then headed straight to Zachary’s house.

Zachary and his wife rarely had time to stay home for the New Year.

By the time she arrived, the entrance to Zachary’s villa was already filled with parked cars.

After parking her car, Celeste carried the gifts and entered the house.

The people in the living room all turned to look when they heard the movement.

Before Celeste could clearly see who was inside, Nadine walked toward her with a smile.

“Cece, you’re here.”