Chapter 424
Three days after Jordyn started staying at the Rodriguez residence her phone rang in the evening just as Celeste was in her room drying her hair.
Seeing the caller ID, Jordyn happily turned to Celeste and said, “Mom, it’s Dad calling!”
Celeste gave a soft hum, and Jordyn answered the call, putting it on speakerphone. “Dad!”
Trevor asked, “Have you had dinner?”
“I have!”
After some small talk, he got to the point of his call. someone to pick you up soon.”
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Even though Celeste had been busy with work and hadn’t spent a lot of time with her, these past few days had still been very happy ones for Jordyn.
She wasn’t quite ready to leave. So, her first instinct was to say, “Dad, I don’t want to-”
But she suddenly paused, as if something came to mind, and changed her mind. She lowered her voice and said, “Okay, but Dad, you have to come pick me up yourself.” 2
Trevor, indulgent as ever when she acted spoiled, chuckled. “Alright, I will come get you myself.”
After hanging up, Jordyn walked over and hugged Celeste’s arm tightly. “Mom, I don’t want to leave you…”
When Trevor had mentioned sending someone to pick her up, she’d instinctively wanted to refuse.
If Celeste had to guess, she suspected the reason Jordyn changed her mind was because she didn’t want to disappoint Wynn.
She wasn’t ready to leave Celeste, but that didn’t stop her from choosing not to let Wynn down.
Thinking that, Celeste gently patted her head and reminded her, “Go pack your things now. Your dad will be here soon.”
But Jordyn wasn’t happy to hear that.
She clung to Celeste’s arm and said, “Mom, I already told you I brought so many things this time because I didn’t want to pack again when I come over for summer break. It hasn’t even been that many days, but you’ve already forgotten?”
Celeste hadn’t forgotten.
It was just that, when Jordyn had mentioned it a couple of days ago Celeste didn’t agree to it.
After all, by the time summer arrived, she and Trevor would likely be officially divorced. From then on, all their interactions would follow the terms of the agreement strictly.
But she didn’t explain any of that to Jordyn. She simply said, “I remember.”
Then she urged her to pack up her homework.
Not long after Jordyn finished packing her things, Trevor’s car arrived.
Though the Rodriguez family didn’t like Trevor much, Betty and Ivan both doted on Jordyn. So when she was about to leave, they still went out with Celeste to see her off.
Trevor got out of the car. When he saw the elders, he greeted them politely, “Madam Klein, Mr. Rodriguez,”
It had been quite some time since either of them had seen him.
Hearing his greeting, they didn’t respond verbally–only nodded briefly.
Trevor then looked at Celeste, who only lowered her head and said to Jordyn, “Get in the car.”
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“Okay.” Jordyn said goodbye to each of the Rodriguez family members and got in the car with her father.
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As they turned back toward the house, Betty held Celeste’s hand and said, “It’s not long before you two officially file for divorce, right?”
Celeste nodded. “Mm.”
Betty sighed and gave a small smile. “That’s probably for the best. 1
After chatting with her for a bit, Celeste suddenly remembered something and took the initiative to send Trevor a message.
“You should find a time to talk to Jordyn about our divorce.”
If it were any other child, the news of their parents divorcing might be hard to accept.
But Jordyn was different. Telling her would be fine.
A while later, Trevor replied, “Alright. I’ll find the right time to tell her.” 2
Just as Celeste put her phone down and was about to get back to her work, he sent another message.
“If you have anything you’d like to add to our divorce agreement, feel free to have your lawyer contact mine. If it’s reasonable, I’ll agree to it.” 15
