True Fated Marriage (Grace and Heinz) novel Chapter 1405

Early the next morning.

It was still relatively early when Celeste woke up. Judging by the color of the sky, dawn just broke.

She stared at the ceiling in a daze. She recalled staying up late last night and not being able to sleep. In the end, she was forcefully put to bed by Gary.

He hugged her and threatened her that if she didn't sleep, he would keep hugging her.

She thought that she would have insomnia, but after being held by him for a while, she fell asleep until dawn.

Celeste was a little annoyed. She didn't know when Gary fell asleep, but she assumed that Gary must have hugged her for the whole night.

At that moment, when she turned her head, she realized that Gary was not by her side. He wasn't in the room either.

She got up and washed up. Feeling under the weather, she took some medicine and changed into an outfit from her suitcase.

She checked the time on her phone and calculated the time difference. Then, she chose to make a call to Maria while Gary wasn't around.

The call was quickly connected.

Maria's voice was heard, but no joy could be heard from the tone of her voice. It was even a little hoarse as she greeted, "Hey Celeste."

"Are you okay?" Celeste was shocked. Usually, Maria was always energetic. However, she sounded a little spiritless now. Celeste couldn't help but worry.

"I'm fine. What about you? Are you and Gary doing well?" Maria asked.

Intuition told Celeste that Maria seemed to be hiding something from her.

Celeste didn't want to vent to Maria for fear that it would affect her and said, "We're doing well, but why do you sound so weak?"

Maria was stunned. After a few seconds, she asked, "You can tell that I'm unhappy?"

"How long have we known each other?" Celeste smiled, "I wouldn't be your friend if I couldn't tell your emotions from your voice, would I?"

"You don't seem to be very happy, either. We are friends, best friends, as a matter of fact," Maria sighed.

Celeste was stunned. The two of them chuckled at each other through the phone, "Yes, you can tell if I'm not happy too."

"I'll go first then," Maria said, "I met Liam."

"You saw each other so soon?" Celeste was a little surprised. She recalled what Maria had said about Liam's attitude. Due to the matter involving her aunt four years ago where he had chosen to take her aunt's side, Maria was furious towards Liam. This affected the way she had treated him after that.

Over the past four years, Maria went to London University to study because Liam was there.

Although she didn't admit it, Celeste was no longer as naive as she was at 16. She understood matters revolving around relationships and how girls reacted to them.

For a girl, it was not easy to forget a person.

She knew that Maria's feelings for Liam had never changed, but the feelings were hidden deep in her heart.

"Maria, if you like him, just face him bravely. Don't hold yourself back and don't blame him for supporting my aunt four years ago. Those things have long passed. If you are worried that I will blame you for being loyal to him, I'll feel guilty. I hope you will be happy."

Maria's eyes were red- rimmed when she heard

Celeste's words.

She was touched.

Perhaps she was depressed because her parents were not at home and her relatives were not by her side. Hence, she was feeling moody and emotional.

She opened up and admitted, "Yes, I do like him. My feelings for him have never changed. I've always liked him. In fact, I feel upset when I don't see him. However, I feel even more upset when I meet him."

Celeste, of course, understood what that feeling was.

She was experiencing the same feeling.

When she couldn't see Gary, she was so worried. However, they could still video call each other, which was still a source of comfort for her.

However, now that they were physically together, her heart was still filled with sadness and jealousy because he cared about other women. His actions were a disappointment to her.

That was especially true for the day before when he said that he was with Janice. When she heard about it, her heart shattered to pieces.