True Fated Marriage (Grace and Heinz) novel Chapter 2052

Celeste shot him a look and wanted to tell him Florina left because of him, but she stopped herself.

"Something came up, so she had to leave earlier." Celeste immediately got into the car after she finished speaking.

Gary was shocked to hear that, and he got back into the car as well.

He never expected Florina to find an excuse to leave.

Gary felt that Celeste seemed to be a little disappointed. After all, it was rare for Celeste to meet up with her classmates like this.

It was rare for Celeste to be able to hold a conversation with Florina too. He realized that he was the one who interrupted her gathering.

Gary turned to look at Celeste and asked, "Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? I'll take you there."

"I'm not hungry," said Celeste.

Silence blanketed the car after she said that.

Awkwardness settled over them, and Celeste knew that she killed all chances of a conversation between them.

She pursed her lips and said, "Are you hungry?"

Since Gary was hungry, it meant he probably hadn't eaten breakfast yet.

"A little." Gary felt much better when he realized that Celeste still cared about him.

With a pleading voice, he asked, "Let's find somewhere to eat, hmm?"

Celeste nodded and said, "Okay, if you are hungry, we will go eat."

Well, it seemed that Celeste still cared about him.

Gary felt a whisper of life return to his dying soul.

He immediately took Celeste to a quiet place for a meal.

Celeste was calm and placid towards him, without any trace of intimacy nor detest.

The two of them got along quite peacefully, and the atmosphere during their meal was pleasant.

Celeste was very quiet. She would only answer if Gary took the initiative to ask her something.

Celeste did not initiate any conversation like how she did before.

"I had no idea you were on such good terms with Florina. Have you been in touch all these years?"

Celeste nodded and said, "Yeah, we have. We aren't the closest, but we kept in touch. She's our classmate, and she left her contact information in the yearbook."

"You two seemed chatty earlier. What did you talk about?" Gary asked.

Celeste paused, thinking of what Florina told her. It was Florina's private affairs, so it wasn't her place to tell Gary about it.

She shook her head and said, "Just a little bit of everything. We had a lot of catching up to do."

The answer was vague, piquing Gary's curiosity.

"Can't you tell me what you two were talking about?" Gary was direct.

Celeste glanced at him and said, "We talked about her stuff, and no, I can't tell you."

"Was it about Florina?" Gary frowned. "Is she treating you like a trash dump for her feelings?"

Celeste was caught off guard by his words, and she shook her head. "Stop asking, if I could tell you, I already would have."

Gary understood that some things couldn't be revealed after Celeste's lecture.

He averted his gaze and asked, "Did you talk about us?"

Suddenly, a slight blush revealed itself on Celeste's face and stained her cheeks red. The blush crept from the tips of her ears to her neck.

Gary immediately understood that Celeste had indeed talked about them.

"Looks like you did. You can tell me about that, right?" Gary said, seemingly becoming more excited.

Celeste replied, "I didn't tell her much, really. Florina wishes us well."

"What did you say then?" Gary asked, his tone anxious.

Celeste felt a little embarrassed.

"Can we ever get back together?" Gary asked, nervously waiting for the answer. He hadn't been more nervous in his entire life.

He acted as if he were a prisoner waiting for his sentence even though the judge had already read it out.

Alas, Gary still carried some hope in his chest.

Perhaps he would have a different result this time around?

Celeste shifted her gaze away from him.

"Gary, let's not talk about this, okay?" She finally spoke in an imploring tone.

She struggled a lot internally.

Honestly, she did not know what to do.

Gary's eyes, which were initially filled with a glint of hope, dimmed.

He knew that he shouldn't hold on to his delusion, much less force it upon Celeste.

Gary nodded with a self-deprecating smile. "That's right, I shouldn't have brought this up again. It's my fault."

Words left their shared space as the two had nothing else to say to one another.

Gary could not find a topic to break the tense silence.

Silence was the easier route compared to making small talk.

Celeste remained silent as the movie kept playing. Then, Gary's phone rang. He picked it up in an

instant.

"Master Gary, everything is in place and we await your orders," the voice on the other end said.

"Alright, wait for my signal," Gary replied.

He had placed several of his men to intercept Janice at the airport.

Gary didn't say much else as he hung up the phone because Celeste was right next to him.

Since Celeste wasn't able to hear the entirety of the call, she had no idea that Janice was back in Northern City.

She watched the movie silently. Frankly, it didn't interest her all that much.

Alas, it was much too quiet, and Celeste was in a dour mood. Hence, she decided to watch the movie to distract herself, but she unwittingly became absorbed in it.

She was enraptured by the male lead's odd experience, and she sympathized with him.

The male lead was a mutant, so his body would occasionally radiate high levels of energy.

That was why he was kept under close surveillance.

The scientists in the show were hell- bent on capturing him for research.

Meanwhile, the female lead tried her best to protect him, but her efforts were in vain.

The two found love in a hopeless place.

It seemed they did not stand a chance.

In the end, the male lead was caught and the female lead was tricked by her mother when she went to save him. It turned out that the female lead's mother was the villain, and she had given the male lead some sort of drug that had caused him to mutate.

The movie ended with the male lead getting captured and the female lead seriously injured.

At the end of it all, the two did not end up together.

Celeste couldn't help but cry as she watched the movie scenes play out.

Gary didn't pay much attention to the movie at all. He could guess the ending from the start because he had watched plenty of these movies in the past.

Furthermore, he was a smart man, and he was very familiar with films like this.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw the tears trickling down Celeste's face. Shocked, he asked, "Celeste, are you okay?"

Meanwhile, Celeste shed even more tears as she was upset that the two lovers could not be together.

It was just too emotional for her.

She shook her head before she turned her face away and said, "I'm fine."

Gary reached out and turned Celeste back to face him. His heart ached when he saw Celeste crying even harder.