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However, Gideon didn’t bother talking to Trevor.
Celeste, too, remained silent.
No one paid him any mind, yet Trevor wasn’t bothered by at all. He noticed that Celeste’s tea was almost finished; he picked up the teapot and refilled both hers and Gideon’s cups.
Whether it was tea time or lunch, Celeste mostly chatted with Gideon and Jordyn.
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It wasn’t clear if it was because Trevor sensed she didn’t want to talk to him or if Trevor simply didn’t feel like talking to her.
When they were getting ready to leave the Yuvenhart manor in the afternoon, Celeste realized that she and Trevor hadn’t spoken a word to each other even after being in the same room for nearly four hours.
Gideon noticed it as well.
But Trevor didn’t seem interested in addressing it, and Celeste had let go of him.
Gideon hadn’t invited them here today to play the matchmaker. Since the two had nothing left to talk about, he figured there was really no reason for him to say anything either.
Jordyn looked up at Celeste and asked, “Are you going back home today, Mom?”
She went on, “It’s been a long time since you’ve been home”
Upon hearing that, Gideon let out a soft sigh.
Trevor, on the other hand, remained silent.
Celeste caressed Jordyn’s face gently. “I have something else to take care of, Jo. I won’t be going back home.”
“Oh…” Jordyn mumbled, feeling disappointed. “Are you heading back to Granny’s, or are you going on another business trip, Mom? I tried calling you before, and when the call couldn’t get through, I went to Granny’s place, but you weren’t there, either. She said you were away on a business trip.”
Celeste hadn’t realized Jordyn had gone to the Rodriguez residence last week.
She was indeed planning to head there later to have a meal with Betty and the others.
When she thought about how Jordyn couldn’t reach her and ended up going to the Rodriguez residence just because she missed her, Celeste hesitated.
“I’m heading to Granny’s later. Do you want to join me?” she asked.
“Yes!”
Celeste’s words finally put a smile back on Jordyn’s face–she had thought her mother was about to rush off to work again.
Celeste looked over at Trevor, who picked up on her cue and asked Jordyn, “So, you’re staying at your granny’s tonight too?”
“Yup!”
“Alright,” Trevor said with a smile. “I’ll have someone pick you up from school tomorrow.”
“I don’t want to!” Jordyn responded quickly. “I want to go back to Granny’s after school tomorrow too.”
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Trevor chuckled, glanced at Celeste, and remarked, “Well, that’s something you have to ask your mom about—I don’t get to decide that.”
Jordyn hugged Celeste’s leg and looked up at her. “Are you going to leave Granny’s again tomorrow?”
“Yeah.”
“Okay then…”
After sorting things out, they chatted with Gideon for a bit longer, then went their separate ways.
The next day, after sending Jordyn to school, Celeste went to work.
As she stepped into the elevator, she once again found herself riding up with Trevor and his assistant, Jacob. The three of them stood in silence, keeping up the pretense of being complete strangers.
Around 11:00 am, Trevor left the building. After he was gone, Matthias came by to catch up with Celeste, having heard she was back.
As they wrapped up their discussion, Celeste thought of the morning elevator run–in and asked, “Is the deal with Fleming Group still not finalized?”
“It is,” Matthias replied. “But there were a few complications in the division of responsibilities. He came by to negotiate a couple of terms.”
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