Once Celeste got into the car, Jordyn immediately leaned into her arms.
Trevor turned his head slightly from the driver's seat. "Do you have any plans later?"
Before Celeste could answer, Jordyn looked up from her lap and said, "Yeah, Mom! If you're free after lunch, can we go have fun somewhere?"
"I—"
Celeste had just opened her mouth when Jordyn cut her off, tugging on her sleeve and whining softly, "Please, Mom, say yes, please?"
Celeste paused for a few seconds. "...Alright."
Half an hour later, they arrived at the restaurant.
As soon as they stepped inside, they unexpectedly ran into Lilian and Erin.
Both women froze the moment they saw the three of them together.
"Trevor," they called out first.
Trevor gave a polite nod in response.
Celeste glanced at them once, then looked away and kept walking without slowing down.
Jordyn didn't recognize either of them. She was used to people greeting her father in public, so she didn't think much of it and simply followed her mother forward.
Lilian and Erin didn't pay Celeste or Jordyn much attention either. They were about to speak again when Jordyn turned around and called out, "Dad, hurry up!"
Trevor smiled faintly. "Alright."
After that, he gave Lilian and Erin another polite nod before turning to leave with his family.
The two women stood there for a moment, caught off guard. Before they could react, the friends they were meeting arrived.
"Sorry to keep you waiting," the newcomers said.
"It's fine, we just got here too. The private room's ready. Shall we go up?"
Lilian and Erin smiled as if nothing had happened, chatting lightly as they followed their guests upstairs.
And yet, the three of them got into the same car together.
And that quiet, familiar gentleness in his movements toward Celeste was nothing like before.
At that realization, both women suddenly remembered something.
The divorce decision period between Trevor and Celeste had already ended. But he hadn't gone through with the paperwork.
They hadn't thought twice about it before.
Now, though—
They also recalled how, lately, Trevor had barely been in contact with them, and even Wynn hadn't had many chances to see him.
They'd assumed he was just busy with work.
But now...
Their friend, noticing their distracted stares, asked curiously, "Do you know them? Who are they?"

Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Breaking Point of Love (Celeste and Trevor)
I know everyone will not agree with me and I also know that Trevor is a trash and all but I want Trevor and Celeste to get back together. They should be the end game and for that to happen Trevor should start working hard for that second chance....
So we're going to go on for another 15 chapter's about jordan's temper tantrum with neither of the parents asking her what's wrong..stop milking it. The only reason i'm still reading is because i cant leave a book unfinished. What I'm pissed about is the book started with promise and turned into a circus....
The story should just come to an end and the writer should give their reader the closure they deserve. There's no point in keeping the story going. It's been the same since the start. Not has changed. The initial story plot was, that Celeste and Trevor are getting devorce and still after 800 + chapter, they are still heading for a devorce....
Don’t Shaws and Lockets reflect ever on themselves? Every difficult situation, they look forward to Wynn to ask for Trevor to help. Initially the focus of the novel was on how Wynn is so accomplished blah blah and now - she is just a useless person, incapable of anything. Irritating storyline...
I'm starting to get bored and I can't predict exactly where the story is headed....
Beck being the only actual adult to ask a child what’s wrong...
Can we get to the point its stagnant and I am unimpressed,I don't care about the company being in trouble nor the inner thoughts of others. Come on now....
Its a good thing both jordan parents are loaded. They going to spend a lot for Jordan therapy. 😂...
Wynn has no shame. And keeping the staff well beyond their work hours is an a-hole move....
I am again fed up with the storyline..it is just exhausting to keep reading only one side of story - where people are living in their own righteous bubble and assumptions....