True Fated Marriage novel Chapter 1313

Celeste shook her head subconsciously.

She was very uneasy at that moment.

She was just pretending that she was fine.

However, she had no other choice. She didn't want to put herself down. There were some things that she had to face.

If she kept telling herself that, she would fall for the lie she created soon enough.

She wanted to make herself look fine. Time after time, she ignored her feelings and told herself that everything was alright.

After a long time, she believed it.

Indeed, her life was alright.

Meanwhile, Grace thought that the two children were acting really weird. She thought that maybe they were embarrassed speaking to each other while an adult like her was in the room.

Being a sensible person, she immediately said to Gary, "Celeste, Gary, you two can talk first, I'll come back in five minutes. I just remembered that Uncle Jones asked me to help him with something. I'll come back in a moment."

Five minutes, Grace reminded them.

She gave them five minutes to talk without anyone judging them nor interrupting them.

After that, Grace left.

The sound of the door slamming shut could also be heard from Gary's end of the call.

Celeste held onto the phone and felt even more awkward. The atmosphere between them was very weird and strange.

She and Gary were the only people left in the conversation. She bit her lips and her gaze drifted away from the screen from time to time. However, she would always return to look at the screen.

However, when she turned to look at Gary again, she found that Gary was staring straight into her., as if he was going to devour her alive.

Celeste found it hard to breathe.

"We still have another four and a half minutes," Gary suddenly brought up. The coldness in his tone had dropped a few degrees, as if he was reminding her of something.

Celeste panicked and replied softly, "Gary, I'm sorry."

Gary let out a cold scoff but didn't say anything.

"I know you're mad, and I am aware that what I said that day hurt you, but I really didn't know what to do," Celeste mustered up her courage and continued, "You should prioritize your health first, alright?"

She felt guilty and worried after seeing his ashen expression and how he kept coughing.

Grace had been caring for her and even helped her with her difficulties, but she actually caused Gary's health to deteriorate.

She felt even more remorseful about it.

"Are you caring about me?" Gary's tone was still cold and indifferent.

Celeste was taken aback by his question. She stared at him and nodded some time later, "Yes, I care about you."

"Who do you think you are?" Gary's tone was louder and more aggressive.

Celeste was once again left dumbfounded. She was exasperated as she sputtered, "Gary, you're so childish, aren't you? You're in a terrible shape right now. You can't even recover from a simple cough, but here you are, questioning who I am to care about you. Who do you think I should be to be concerned about you?"

Gary was slightly stupefied. He probably didn't expect Celeste to refute him in such a way. It seemed that she had quite a bad temper as well.

At the same time, her gloomy face looked livelier than before.

However, Maria's words were still lingering in his ear.

Celeste was not joking about what she told Maria.

Hence, Gary was still annoyed.

"So you admit that you care about me."

"I do care about you. Your mother also cares about you. Don't let her worry about you so much, okay?" Celeste changed her approach.

"You're not my mother," Gary retorted.

Celeste frowned and shot back, "I am your classmate."

"Say that again," Gary's tone grew deeper.

Celeste felt her heart skip a beat. She could tell that he was upset again. Very, very upset.

She always had a hunch that if she continued to chide him, this young, arrogant man would spite her even more.

After holding back for a while, Celeste stared at him and said, flustered, "I'm a classmate that you kissed. Are you satisfied now?"

This time Gary was really taken aback.

His gaze was fixated on Celeste, a hint of warmth emerging from his gaze.

"Another two minutes," Gary glanced at his watch.

Celeste understood what he meant. He was reminding her that Grace would be back in a moment.

Celeste had plucked up her courage and said those words very shamelessly. She had never thought that she would ever say such things out loud in her life.

Seeing how calm and composed Celeste was, Gary was about to throw his phone away.

"Do you have nothing else to say?"

"Take good care of yourself," Celeste added, "Have a speedy recovery."