A short while later, Beck made his way over to Celeste. "Mr. Yoder, Ms. Rodriguez."
Celeste and Matthias both nodded. "Mr. Harper."
Beck turned to Celeste. "I watched the live stream of the award ceremony last week. Congratulations."
He hadn't merely watched it. He had actually wanted to attend in person—to witness her moment of triumph and congratulate her face-to-face.
Unfortunately, he had been tied up with work and simply couldn't get away.
"Thank you," Celeste replied.
Beck had already sent her a congratulatory message on the day she received the award. So, Celeste assumed he was simply looking for something to talk about with her and Matthias after hearing him congratulate her again.
Beck wanted to continue the conversation with her. But at that moment, Kieran arrived.
He noticed Beck, yet he acted as though he hadn't seen him at all. Instead, he only greeted Celeste and Matthias. "Cel, Mr. Yoder."
Kieran had always addressed Celeste as "Ms. Rodriguez" in the office. However, somewhere along the way, he had begun calling her "Cel" whenever they were outside of a formal work setting.
Matthias knew Kieran was younger than Celeste. Beck had also looked into Kieran before, so he knew this as well.
Despite being younger, Kieran had called her by the nickname. Yet somehow, it didn't sound out of place coming from someone with his striking looks and deep, pleasant voice.
Instead, there was a curious blend of youthful sincerity, quiet confidence, and unmistakable tenderness. It was actually surprisingly pleasant to the ear.
Matthias smiled, disguising it with a light cough.
Beck, however, pressed his lips together. He felt that Kieran had crossed a line.
Kieran didn't call her by the nickname very often. So, Celeste still wasn't used to it.
Still, he had always conducted himself appropriately in every other respect. He worked hard, remained professional, and had never overstepped in any obvious way. So, there wasn't really anything she could criticize him for.
Yet when she met the unmistakable warmth in his eyes, she quietly looked away.
Wynn and Narcissa naturally noticed that both Beck and Kieran had gathered around Celeste.



His gaze shifted to Caleb. "Are you done with work?"
Caleb nodded. "I'm on vacation for the next few days."
Wynn snapped out of her thoughts. She was a little surprised to see Caleb. It had been some time since they'd last met.
At that moment, Caleb's eyes happened to meet Narcissa's. He greeted her evenly, remaining perfectly composed. "Ms. Lackspur."
Narcissa smiled in return. "It's been a while."
Jorge looked between them. "You two know each other?"
Caleb didn't answer.
However, Narcissa smiled openly. "We had the pleasure of going on a blind date some time ago."
Jorge raised an eyebrow and looked at Caleb. "So Ms. Lackspur is the lady you went on that blind date with?"

Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Breaking Point of Love (Celeste and Trevor)
I feel like the only thing to calm the issue is Zachary showing up and explaining she has been his student for the past 7 years. But doubt that will happen...
This is exhausting! Even with the truth spilled why are we so focused on the nonessential characters assumptions and opinions. This is spending not enough time on the MC. The ping pong of revelations and denial with corrections. Same exhausting pattern 😭😡...
I still feel we are too far from the closure..Author is just playing with us by updating the chapters excruciatingly slow and then with every chapter - revolving around the bush. People are still finding reasons to defend Wynn. I am afraid, the author will again leave the readers hanging, letting the rest of the story unfold after probably 1000 more chapters...
One chapter?! After 4 days of no updates 🤯...
This is Sisa, I want to put her underground... What kind of talk is this, man? She's taking advantage of Jordyn being here....
Y no updates... Frustrated...
The one-page updates have stopped again. It’s been 4 days since the last one-page update. There never was a promised 5 chapter update in the history of this story. It has been dribbled out, line-by-line for a very, very long time. Please end our torture and finish this story....
No update in four days… The cliffhangers are dreadful...
Please update...
I hope this isn’t another story where the husband lets all this happen just to say he was in love with her all along and was doing this to humiliate and get back the people who wronged her and her family. That just doesn’t make sense and if it is I hope the writer doesn’t have Celeste take him back and hope Caleb is her guy because Beck knew the full truth and decided to come to terms with who Celeste was after years of bullying her too....