Chapter 250
Chapter 250
The next day, just before noon, Celeste went out.
It had been a long while since she had met Shanice, and Shanice missed her a lot.
Celeste stepped into the restaurant and made her way to the private lounge. The moment Shanice spotted her, she ran over. “Ms. Celeste!”
Smiling, Celeste gave her a hug. “It’s been a while, Shanice.
It was Celeste’s first time dining at that restaurant.
As she sampled the food, she found every dish surprisingly good–exactly to her taste.
After lunch, they went straight to the cinema to pick up the tickets that Beck had booked for the early afternoon.
Before heading to the theatre, Shanice asked for popcorn. Beck, about to buy it, asked, “Large or small?”
“Large! I’ll share it with you and Ms. Celeste.”
Beck replied with a smile. “Alright.”
Inside, Shanice sat in the middle.
Settling in, she placed the popcorn bucket on her lap, took a piece, and munched on it before nudging Celeste to have some too.
Celeste obliged, reaching for a piece and eating it.
Then, Shanice turned to Beck, urging him to have some popcorn as well.
Beck chose a newly released animated movie, thinking to pick something Shanice would enjoy.
Despite being a kids‘ movie, the story was engaging and filled with humorous and heartwarming moments. Even Celeste found herself absorbed in it.
The three of them sat together, enjoying popcorn as they watched the movie.
At some point, as Celeste reached for another piece of popcorn, Beck reached in at the same time. His hand brushed against hers, his fingers unconsciously closing over hers.
Celeste stilled.
Beck, too, froze for a moment.
However, to Celeste, it was just a fleeting touch–nothing worth overthinking.
As the thought crossed her mind, Beck retracted his hand and murmured, “Sorry.”
“It’s fine.”
Shanice, completely immersed in the movie, remained oblivious to their brief interaction.
Seeing that only a few pieces of popcorn were left in Shanice’s bucket, Celeste let it be.
Beck noticed it, but he thought she was intentionally keeping her distance.
He lowered his gaze and chose not to take any more popcorn either.
A little while later, Shanice drank too much soda and needed a trip to the restroom. Hence, Celeste got up to take
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her.
There were some things Beck
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“Appreciate it,” he said.
“No problem.”
As Celeste and Shanice stepped out of the restroom, a young boy walked out from the men’s side.
He saw Celeste and Shani
They soon disappeared into the crowd and headed back to the theatre to continue the movie. They soon disappeared into the crowd and he
“Mom.”
Just then, the young boy walked to Teagan. “I’m done, Mom. Let’s go.”
Teagan hummed a reply.
The young boy was none other than Teagan’s son, Maurice.
He didn’t like Celeste, so he pretended not to see her when they passed by.
Teagan, however, was on a call just now. Hence, she didn’t notice Celeste either.
After a while, feeling a little bored, Maurice finally brought up Celeste. “Mom, I saw Aunt Celeste just now.”
Teagan barely reacted. “Oh, did you?”
“Yeah, she had a kid with her, but it wasn’t Jo.”
Teagan still didn’t seem interested. “Oh, really?”
Her reaction showed that she didn’t really care much about Celeste.
When her son mentioned it, she assumed it was just a kid from the Rodriguez family’s side.and didn’t think much
of it.
They left the cinema and went to the Fleming Manor.
As they arrived, Lincoln was already there, hosting the guests with Trevor.
Maurice, still intimidated by Trevor, greeted them politely
Jordyn was playing with a puzzle.
After greeting the elders, Teagan asked Maurice to go join Jordyn.
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