The Breaking Point of Love (Celeste and Trevor) novel Chapter 443

The Rodriguez family had already heard about Velotra's situation.

Now that Celeste had achieved great success in her career, both Ivan and Betty were genuinely happy for her.

To celebrate, they arranged to have lunch together with her on Saturday afternoon.

As Ivan's car approached the restaurant and was about to enter the parking lot, it nearly collided with another vehicle coming from the opposite direction.

The other driver had failed to control their speed, so technically it was their fault. However, Ivan decided not to fuss about it.

Since his car was in front, he should have had the right of way, but the other car tried to cut in. Frowning, Ivan rolled down his window to reason with the driver.

Coincidentally, the other driver rolled down their window too—clearly believing they were in the right.

But the moment Ivan saw who was inside, his face turned cold.

Harvey didn't expect the other party to be Ivan and Betty. Whatever words he'd intended to say immediately stuck in his throat.

In the passenger seat was Lilian, and in the back were Erin and Patricia. All of them saw Ivan.

None of them had expected such a coincidence.

Ivan looked away and, before Harvey could react, drove straight into the parking lot.

They had been in high spirits earlier, looking forward to the celebratory meal. But upon encountering the Locket family, Betty's face turned cold almost instantly.

Celeste held onto her arm and gently patted her hand to soothe her.

Thinking of how her daughter's health had improved and how Celeste was now doing better than ever, Betty felt comforted.

She realized she truly should look forward and not let past people or events disturb her peace. Her mood gradually improved.

After parking, Celeste and the rest of the family were the first to enter the restaurant.

Thanks to Betty's change of heart, their group's mood remained largely unaffected.

But the Locket family and the Shaw family were another story.

Watching the Rodriguez family walk away, everyone—Erin, Patricia, and even Wynn—had unpleasant expressions.

They had all heard about Velotra.

Hearing this, Wynn looked up and realized the speaker was none other than Matthias's mother.

But Melissa didn't notice them as she entered the elevator.

Lilian and Patricia had met her before, and upon hearing her words, Patricia seemed to understand something and gave a faint smile.

Wynn paused, then suddenly understood what her grandmother was smiling about.

If all the technological breakthroughs announced at the Velotra press conference had truly come from Celeste, then yes, her current worth could very well be in the hundreds of billions.

Not only that—if she had that kind of talent, she likely had a lot more potential ahead of her.

There was every possibility she would develop new technologies in the future. In other words, if Celeste really was this capable, she was a walking goldmine.

With that level of skill and value, even the most elite of families probably wouldn't care that she'd been divorced.

In that case, how could Melissa possibly not acknowledge the relationship between Celeste and Matthias, and instead still be asking people to introduce other women to him?

The answer was clear—the so-called "technology" Celeste claimed probably wasn't all hers to begin with. There had to be a lot of exaggeration.