The car slowly drove away from the base.
They chatted along the way. When the car entered the city, Caleb asked, "Do you want to grab a meal together?"
"I can't. I want to go home and have dinner with my family," Celeste refused as firmly as ever.
It was an answer he had expected. Caleb understood where to draw the line and didn't insist.
He got out of the car first. Only then did Celeste take her phone out of her bag and switch it on.
There were quite a lot of missed calls, but most of them were from Jordyn.
She had been in such a rush to the base while handling the tasks Zachary assigned to her that she didn't tell Jordyn she was going on a "business trip".
However, Jordyn would definitely contact the Rodriguez family to ask about her if she couldn't reach her. So, Celeste wasn't worried about that.
However, seeing all the missed calls, she sent Jordyn a message to let her know she was done with work.
The message had just been sent, and when Celeste was about to put her phone down, Jordyn immediately called back.
"Mom, you're finally back!"
Celeste hummed a response.
"Mom, I missed you so much! Have you eaten? Can we go out for dinner?"
But Celeste refused. "I just got back. I want to go home and have dinner with Granny and the family. We'll go out another time."
Jordyn replied, "Then I'll go over to Granny's for dinner too!"
Celeste said, "Alright. Come over then."
When the Rodriguez family heard that she was back, they prepared a few extra dishes. However, upon hearing that Jordyn would also be joining them for dinner, Betty and Adeline paused for a moment.
Jordyn was still a child. They didn't really blame her for being close to Wynn. Instead, they felt the responsibility lay with Trevor.
After all, Jordyn's fondness for Wynn had been influenced by him.
Kieran just nodded.
Matthias had said she had taken leave because she had something to handle.
Kieran didn't know what exactly she had been busy with. But he had wanted to tell her that if she ran into any trouble, she could come to him for help.
But he also knew that if Celeste really encountered something, Matthias would be able to help her. She didn't need him.
Since Matthias hadn't said much and had told him not to disturb her too much, he didn't ask further.
After Celeste returned to her office, Kieran went to the pantry and made a cup of coffee for her. Then he brought it to her.
"Thank you."
When Matthias heard she was back, he came over as well.
Seeing Kieran's attentive, almost doting manner toward Celeste, he stood at the doorway with a raised eyebrow and cleared his throat lightly.

Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Breaking Point of Love (Celeste and Trevor)
Somehow i am relieved today to see no updates than to be disappointed with yet another irritating show of everyone else's POV but the main characters...
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....