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That afternoon, Trevor called Jordyn after she had finished her competition. “Are you done with the match? How did it go?”
Holding her water bottle and drinking from it, Jordyn happily replied, “First place! I’ve advanced!” 1
“Good.”
Trevor smiled, then added, “Your grandpa is already home now. Come back to Nana’s place for dinner tonight.”
“Okay.”
They didn’t chat for long and hung up soon.
Jordyn turned to Celeste after the call and said, “Mom, Dad asked us to go back to Nana’s place for dinner tonight. Let’s go back now.”
Jordyn had put the call on speaker just now, so Celeste had heard everything.
Trevor had only told Jordyn to go back to the manor. He hadn’t mentioned Celeste at all.
If he had intended to invite her too, he would have said something like, “Tell your mom to come with you
tonight.”
But he hadn’t.
So, Celeste calmly said, “I already have plans tonight, so I won’t be going.”
Celeste often had her own things to deal with. So, Jordyn didn’t dwell on it, although she looked a little disappointed.
“Should I ask Dad to come pick me up?” Jordyn asked.
Celeste nodded. “Okay.”
Jordyn immediately called Trevor again.
After listening to Jordyn, Trevor simply said, “Alright, I got it.”
Although he said that, he didn’t personally come to pick Jordyn up. He had sent a driver. 2
Since Jordyn had advanced to the next round, she still had another match the next day.
Celeste had assumed that Trevor would accompany her. But that evening, Jordyn came back to the Rodriguez residence again.
“Dad’s busy tomorrow too. Can you come with me to the match tomorrow, Mom?” 1
Celeste had originally planned to meet a client with Matthias the next morning. But hearing Jordyn’s words, she could only agree and immediately called Matthias. 1
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“Senior, Jo has advanced to the next round in her fencing competition and still has another match tomorrow. I need to accompany her in the morning, so I can’t go meet the client with you.”
Matthias didn’t particularly adore Jordyn, but since Celeste was simply fulfilling her responsibilities as a mother, he naturally had no objection.
“It’s fine. I can handle it on my own. Go spend time with your daughter.”
Then he added, “But why have you been the one to accompany her lately? Where’s Trevor?”
Celeste replied, “Apparently, he has something on tomorrow.”
Matthias pursed his lips but didn’t continue the topic. After exchanging a few more words with Celeste, he hung up.
The next morning, just as Jordyn was preparing to start her match, Matthias sent Celeste a message.
It was a photo. Trevor, Wynn, and several other people Celeste didn’t recognize were in it.
Judging from what they were wearing and the background, Trevor and Wynn were currently at a golf
course.
Soon after, Matthias sent another message.
“I chatted briefly with the people who came with Trevor. They said InnovaTech recently made some breakthroughs and is currently developing a new tech module. Trevor brought them here today to help secure investment for InnovaTech.” 2
So, the “something important” Trevor had mentioned was, in the end, for Wynn. 2
Celeste naturally understood what Matthias was implying. After reading the messages, she calmly replied, “Okay.”
Matthias was genuinely irritated. He shoved his phone back into his pocket after seeing Celeste’s
response.
Just then, Trevor seemed like he was about to walk over and greet Matthias and his group.
Matthias immediately turned cold and pretended not to notice him at all. Then he said to the others around him, “Let’s go. We’ll play over there instead.”
Everyone else could tell that Matthias was deliberately ignoring Trevor and felt a little awkward, unsure how to react.
But Trevor simply smiled and stopped approaching. Instead, he said to the people discussing business with Matthias, “Go ahead and enjoy yourselves. Let’s talk another time.”
Hearing that, the men visibly relaxed. They quickly followed Matthias after nodding politely to Trevor. 6
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