Maria was excited when she saw Celeste calling her.
She greeted Celeste as soon as she answered the call, "Hi Celeste. Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas." Celeste greeted her with a smile on the other end. It seemed like she was in a good mood. Their trip to Boston must have been successful.
"Look at you. You seem to be happy. It looks like you are having a good time there," Maria smiled, "Does Gary know how to cherish you and take care of you now?"
"He has always known how to." Celeste was a little embarrassed. She was even blushing through the phone.
Maria smiled. "Oh, you're so protective of Gary. When has he ever needed your protection? Are you trying to protect him by saying good things about him?"
"I'm not protecting him, I'm just telling you the truth," Celeste became serious. "Gary is doing very well recently. He is also quite busy."
"What about you? Have you gotten used to life in Boston?" Maria looked at her concernedly.
Celeste nodded. She was wearing a white top, which made her looked even more beautiful.
"Not too bad. I enrolled after I got here, and it's Christmas break now. We're resting today. He went out to settle some stuff, and I got up late," Celeste smiled. "Uncle Lowell is here too. He's taking good care of us."
"Lowell?" Maria immediately laughed, "Celeste, you're being too honest. You're the only one who calls him Uncle Lowell. All of us call him by his name."
"That doesn't sound right," Celeste felt very embarrassed. "Lowell is Aunt Smith's and Uncle Jones' younger brother. Even though our age gap isn't that big, he's still an elder."
"Okay, call him that if you want," Maria didn't want to argue with her over it. "By the way, a very important friend came over. Do you want to guess who it is?"
Celeste was surprised as she looked at Maria's excitement. She kept looking back as she spoke. It was as if she was looking at something.
On the other side, Leah stuck out her tongue and made faces at Maria.
Maria turned her phone over to Leah's direction.
Coincidentally, Celeste saw Leah making funny faces.
She was pulling her eyes and sticking out her tongue. She looked cute and a little scary.
"Ah!" Celeste was startled. She let out a shriek.
Leah immediately put her hands down and looked serious. She looked at the video and quickly apologized, "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."
Celeste heaved a sigh of relief when she heard the unfamiliar voice. She looked at her carefully and greeted her sheepishly. "Hi, nice to meet you."
"Hello, Celeste." Leah greeted her politely.
Celeste was surprised to see such a beautiful girl.
Maria turned the camera away and faced it back at herself. She told Celeste, "Did you see that? She's a real beauty."
"I saw." Celeste could tell, but because they hadn't been formally introduced, she dared not be too straightforward. "She is really beautiful."
"Guess who she is," Maria said. She stared at Celeste and continued to ask, "Guess?"
Celeste thought for a while and said, "It's impolite to guess like this. It's embarrassing to guess in front of her." "It doesn't matter. She won't get angry so easily,"
Maria answered.
"If I'm not mistaken, she must be in a relationship with Ernest, right?"
"Amazing." Maria gave Celeste a thumbs- up. "You're really amazing, Celeste. You even guessed who she is."
"Is it really Leah?" Celeste guessed.
"Yes. She's Leah."
Maria came and sat next to Leah. The two of them looked at Celeste.
"Hello Leah, I'm Celeste. Nice to meet you," Celeste greeted politely.
Leah also greeted her happily. The two girls had finally met each other.
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