That afternoon, when Celeste got home, Jordyn had just returned from school.
The moment Celeste stepped through the door, she heard her daughter talking on the phone. Seeing her, Jordyn's face lit up. "Mom!" she called out happily.
Then, whatever the person on the other end said made Jordyn's eyes brighten even more. She ran over with the phone in hand. "Mom, Dad wants to talk to you."
Celeste was stunned for a moment. Then, she took the phone, pressed it to her ear, and said, "Hello."
"Happy birthday."
Celeste didn't answer immediately. There was a brief silence before she finally replied, "Thank you."
By right, this was the moment she should've mentioned the gift he'd sent that morning, maybe said something polite in return. But holding the phone, she said nothing. Not a word.
Trevor didn't bring it up either. It was as if that extravagantly expensive gift hadn't come from him at all.
"I've got a lot going on over here," he said calmly. "I probably won't be back for a while."
Celeste understood immediately what he meant. She pressed her lips together, silent.
When she didn't respond, Trevor asked, "Are you mad?"
She didn't answer that either—her voice stayed flat as she said, "Anything else?"
"No."
The moment the words left his mouth, she hung up—clean, decisive. But just before the line went dead, she thought she'd heard him laugh.
Her hand froze around the phone. Her brow furrowed slightly.
Trevor had already told Jordyn he wouldn't be back anytime soon. So, for the next few days, the little girl naturally stayed at the Rodriguez residence.
In the next few days, he called home almost every day.
Harvey looked tempted too, but he spoke honestly, "Those projects he's in—normal folks can't just jump in. If something goes wrong, Trevor's the one who has to answer for it.
"Besides, these aren't small ventures. The capital requirement alone already shuts most people out."
They simply didn't have that kind of money.
Luther snorted. "If Trevor really wanted to help, there'd always be a way."
Wynn stayed quiet. But she knew her uncle wasn't wrong.
If Trevor truly wanted to give her family a boost, he absolutely could.
If this had been a month or two ago, she would've been certain—certain that he'd have gone out of his way to help her.
But now—

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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....