Being Pursued By Ex-husband novel Chapter 656

Chapter 656 She Is Not A Good Person

Chermond's words caused Celine to have dreams all night.

When her alarm clock went off the following day, she jolted awake and stared at the ceiling, unable to distinguish between dream and reality for a moment.

The alarm clock continued ringing insistently. Snapping back to reality, she quickly turned it off, patted her burning cheeks, then got up and headed to the bathroom to freshen up.

She had woken up early that day, having made plans with Harper to get to school early and discuss the previous day's math homework.

Needless to say, no matter how many discussions they had, nothing would come of them with how poor they were at math. Hence, their early return to school was to look for Allan.

Celine was having such an early start to the day that Katherine was still not up when she went downstairs. As for Joshua, he had just returned with breakfast. Seeing her, he nodded in greeting. “Up so early?”

“I want to go back to school early to ask my classmates for help with some math problems,” she explained as she took the food he was holding.

Then, with a hint of embarrassment, she admitted, “I'm not very good at math.”

At that moment, Rowen happened to come downstairs while yawning. Joshua glanced at him before saying, “Rowie is good at math. You can ask him if there's anything you don't understand.”

She murmured an acknowledgment but did ask Rowen what he thought about that. I can tell he detests it when others bother him with such matters.

Unexpectedly, Rowen walked over and said, “You can ask me when we get back to school.”

She looked at him, momentarily taken aback, and it took her a while to respond. “Oh. Ah, okay.”

He glanced at her, thinking she was very slow-witted.

“Uncle Joshua, I'm off to school now!”

“Be careful.”

Before leaving, Rowen looked at Celine again. Suddenly, he recalled the question he had casually solved for her the previous afternoon. Could it be that she didn't understand it? Tsk! How can she be so stupid?

It was ten minutes past six when Celine finished her breakfast.

Lewinn did not come home last night as he had stayed at the school dormitory. Katherine was still asleep, Joshua had gone upstairs, and Rowen had already left for school. Hence, she was the only one at the dining table.

She had arranged to meet Harper at twenty past six, so she quickly bagged the trash, picked it up, then got up and headed out.

She practically ran all the way, and by the time she reached Harper's house, her cheeks were flushed, and her breathing was ragged.

Harper had not come out yet, and Celine was hesitating whether or not to ring the doorbell when a beautiful woman walked out. “You're Celine, right? Harpy told me she's not up yet. Come on in. I'll drive you both back to school after she wakes up.”

“Good morning, Mrs. Granger.”

“Good morning. You're such a good girl.”

It was Celine's first visit to Harper's house, and she was very reserved.

However, Harper's mother—Irene Hooper—was very friendly, preparing milk and snacks for her.

With her eyes still heavy with sleep, Harper finally descended the stairs, her backpack slung over her shoulder. All feelings of sleepiness instantly vanished when she saw Celine sitting on the couch in her living room. “Hang on. I'll be ready in five minutes!”

Irene shot her an annoyed glare. “Have you forgotten how to behave like a lady? You didn't want to get up when I went to wake you, and now you're panicking? Eat slowly. I'll send you and Celine to school later.”

Harper paused mid-chew at those words, then immediately rushed to give her mother a hug. “Wow! Mom, I love you so much!”

Catching the bus to school would take them about thirty-five minutes, including the waiting time. If Harper's mother were to drop them off, the journey would only take twenty minutes.

Celine could not help feeling a twinge of envy as she watched the interaction between the mother and daughter.

Harper took a sip of milk, then turned to Celine. “Have you figured out how to solve yesterday's math problems?”

“I can't solve the last question,” Celine replied, somewhat embarrassed.

“You're better than me, then. I couldn't solve the last two questions,” came Harper's reply.

At first glance, Harper did not seem like a good student. In reality, however, it was math that was dragging her down.

Her Ustranasion was exceptional, and she aced nearly every test. Back in junior high school, she had participated in an Ustranasion poetry recitation competition alongside Allan and even ranked higher than him.