Chapter 718
When Celeste arrived at the restaurant, Betty and Martha were already there.
As soon as Martha saw her, she greeted her warmly and was just about to ask her to have a seat when her phone rang.
Martha’s face quickly darkened soon after she answered the call. A short while later, she frowned and said, “Okay” before hanging up.
“It was Trevor.” Martha turned to Celeste and Betty, looking apologetic.
“He was already on his way here, but something urgent suddenly came up at the company. So, he won’t be able to join us for this meal.” 3
Celeste and Betty said it was fine. And they genuinely meant it.
They had only come because they didn’t want to reject Martha’s kind intentions. Besides, they were sincerely happy for her that Lincoln had finally regained consciousness.
After lunch, once it was about time, Celeste returned to YodaVision to continue work.
Although Lincoln had woken up, Celeste didn’t visit the hospital again.
With Matthias away, Celeste spent the next two days fully focused on her work. Matthias returned on the third day.
At noon that day, the two of them arranged to have lunch together while discussing some upcoming work plans.
But they happened to run into the Lockets and Shaws after arriving at the restaurant and getting out of the car. 7
The expressions on both families‘ faces turned unpleasant the moment they saw them.
Looking at their reactions, Matthias asked, “What’s with them?”
He remembered that the last time the Lockets and Shaws saw Celeste, they had looked rather smug after Wynn gained the Fleming family’s approval.
So, why now…
Celeste paused briefly before replying, “Probably because Trevor and I aren’t divorced yet.” 2
Matthias immediately understood.
“That’s right. No matter how good their relationship is, Wynn is still technically the other woman as long as you two aren’t divorced. So, it makes sense they have this kind of expression whenever they see you.” 1
After that, they stopped talking about them and quickly changed the subject.
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Celeste and Matthias hadn’t been wrong. The Lockets and Shaws really were upset because Celeste and Trevor still hadn’t divorced. 1
At that moment, Wynn also arrived.
Linda asked hurriedly as they were watching Celeste and Matthias’s departing figures, “Wynn, how’s Mr. Fleming doing now?”
Although Lincoln had woken up two days earlier, many of his wounds were deep and prone to complications. In fact, his condition worsened twice over the past two days.
Though both times were resolved in the end, it would likely still take some time before his condition could truly stabilize.
Wynn said, “Trevor said he’s doing much better now.” 2
“Then…”
Linda wanted to ask whether Trevor had mentioned when Wynn would be able to visit Lincoln and Queenie at the hospital.
After all, Wynn still hadn’t gone to see them since the accident.
And it wasn’t that she didn’t want to.
It was just that Martha had been in a terrible mood in the days immediately following the accident. Since she disliked the Lockets and Shaws, it naturally wasn’t an appropriate time for Wynn to show up at the
hospital.
Linda grew annoyed again at the thought of this.
She had heard that there had been much more contact between Celeste and Trevor since the accident. And due to Celeste and Betty having been taking care of Martha the entire time, Trevor had become even more polite toward Celeste than before. 1
Trevor now essentially owed Celeste a favor in this matter. 3
So, even if Lincoln’s condition improved, it probably wouldn’t be appropriate for Trevor to immediately bring up the divorce with Celeste again. 4
