Celine froze as she turned around.
Stephanie quickly laughed to hide her deliberateness.
Celine raised her eyebrows as a trace of realization flashed in her eyes before she explained, “Are you talking about the butterfly birthmark on my back? I did have it when I was a child, but it slowly went away as I grew up.”
She answered casually without any trace of nervousness or guilt as if she was talking about something completely normal.
Stephanie pursed her lips.
“Is that so? I didn’t know birthmarks could disappear.”
Celine smiled. “Me neither, but this kind of thing isn’t unheard of. After all, it’s just pigment on the body. It’s common in medicine too.”
Stephanie nodded at this.
“I see.”
The two stopped talking. After they had finished their food, they did not go back to the pool. Instead, they sat around casually for a while before going home.
When Old Master Garrett heard that they had gone out together in the afternoon, he subconsciously frowned and had a bad feeling about it.
Although he was a man, he knew the feelings between those girls.
Stephanie had been very cold to Celine ever since she came back.
After the scandalous incident last night, it was reasonable that Stephanie would ignore Celine more today, or maybe even mock her.
Not only did she not do that, but she even asked Celine out after lunch?
Old Master Garrett could sense something wrong, so as soon as Celine and Stephanie returned home, he secretly called for the latter.
“Grandpa, you called for me?”
Stephanie walked into the room and asked respectfully.
At this time, Old Master Garrett was sitting in a rocking chair with his eyes closed.
Hearing her voice, he opened his eyes and motioned for her to close the door.
So, Stephanie turned and shut the door before walking over to him.
“Grandpa, is there something you needed?”
Old Master Garrett watched her and asked in a low voice, “Where did you take Celine to earlier?”
Startled, Stephanie pursed her lips.
She lowered her head and said softly, “We didn’t go anywhere. We just went to the new Hot Spring Villa to soak in the hot spring for a while.”
Old Master Garrett stared at her suspiciously. “Really?”
In return, Stephanie gave a mocking smiled.
“If grandpa doesn’t believe me, you can ask Celine instead, or are you still worried that I’ll bully her?”
Old Master Garrett raised his eyebrows.
After a moment, he said, “You don’t have to provoke me with such words. Although she’s back now, the two of you hold equal weight in my heart. I raised you since you were a child and have never treated you as an adopted granddaughter.”
Stephanie stood there in silence.
Old Master Garrett paused for a few seconds before he suddenly asked, “Do you know that the Grahams has rejected Celine marrying into their family last night?”
Stephanie nodded. “I know.”
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