True Fated Marriage novel Chapter 1545

When Gary had been sleeping for over an hour, Celeste glanced at his watch. It was already 9:30 a.m..

She did not move for fear of disturbing Gary.

He seemed very tired. It was probably because he had not slept well for a long while.

Celeste continued gazing at him. Then, there seemed to be sounds coming from outside his door. After a while of constant noise, she discerned that it was the sounds of doors opening and closing.

Soon after, someone knocked on the door of Gary's room. Celeste quickly went to open the door. She was afraid that Gary would wake up from the knocking.

Seeing how soundly he was sleeping, Celeste could not bear to wake him up. She wanted Gary to continue sleeping for a little while longer.

When she opened the door, she saw Earnest standing outside.

Ernest's mouth gaped open in surprise at the sight of Celeste there, "Celeste, is that really you? Did you come here this morning?"

Celeste was also slightly miffed. She put her finger to her lips to shush Ernest.

Then, she exited the room and closed the door behind her gently. Standing by the door, she whispered, "Yes, I just arrived this morning. It seems like Gary hasn't slept well. His eyes are bloodshot. He hasn't been sleeping for long."

"Oh, that's right. He didn't sleep on the plane either. He's been insomniac recently," Ernest said, then added, "He doesn't look like he's doing too well."

A stunned Celeste stared back at Ernest, "You mean he has insomnia?"

"Yeah," Ernest nodded.

Celeste thought for a moment and met Ernest's gaze, "He's asleep right now, but it's not a deep sleep. He will wake up soon at any movement. If we still have time, why don't we let him continue sleeping for a while?"

"Sure, there's still time for him to sleep for a while," Ernest looked Celeste in the eye as he asked, "By the way, do you want to meet my parents? They are both downstairs."

"They've gotten up?" Celeste questioned back.

"They got up very early in the morning. I just went down and found that they already had breakfast.

But because of Old Master Jones' death, the atmosphere is quite somber. Everyone keeps quiet to themselves."

"I see"

That made sense to Celeste. With a recent death in their family, it was impossible for them to be happy. They were still mourning.

"Celeste, are you hungry? Do you want to grab something to eat?" Ernest changed the topic.

"I'm not hungry," Celeste shook her head before continuing, "I'll go downstairs with you to see Uncle Jones and Aunt Smith."

"Alright, let's go," Just like that, Ernest brought Celeste down the stairs. She walked as quietly as she could for fear of waking Gary up.

Seeing her tiptoe, Ernest sighed to himself. He asked, "Aren't you being too considerate of my brother?"

Celeste pouted, but she did not say anything.

Soon, they arrived downstairs, where they saw Grace and Heinz. Celeste greeted them obediently. She even gave her condolences formally, "Aunt, uncle, my condolences for your loss."

Grace was taken aback at the sight of Celeste. She exclaimed, "Celeste!"

Then she got up, walked quickly to Celeste's side and embraced her.

"You silly girl, you actually came back on your own? Why didn't you come with Gary and Ernest? It must have been so hard for you."

In embarrassment, Celeste could only try to smile, "Aunt Smith, I'm sorry. I wasn't in my right mind before. Gary asked me to return with him, but I didn't dare to because I was scared. Soon after, I realized that I really should return for the funeral, so I came back by myself."

Met with Celeste's frankness, Grace smiled warmly. She reached out to pat Celeste's head.

The real reason she did not ask Celeste to come back was because she thought that Celeste would be stressed out over it. She did not want to pressure Celeste in any way, but she hadn't expected her to come back on her own either. Grace was really pleased that she thought of herself as a member of the Jones family.

"How could you say that you weren't in your right mind before? I read too much into things so I didn't ask you to come back myself. You're really a smart and sensible girl," Grace hugged Celeste again and said, "You should blame me for this. I should have invited you. That way, you would have come back with Gary and Ernest."

Heinz was a little surprised to see Celeste return, but he was glad about it nonetheless. He nodded at Celeste and said, "Good girl. At the funeral this afternoon, stand beside Gary."