"You don't trust me!" Gary suddenly laughed, but it was one filled with bitterness.
"Yeah, I don't trust you," Celeste replied as if she was trying to convince herself as well as Gary.
Celeste repeated it again, ever so serious.
Her words were enough to push Gary to the brink.
Gary smiled. Suddenly, he stopped and his eyes were filled with sorrow and despair. This time, as if he had made up his mind, he said, "If that's the case, I'll see you off back to Boston."
Celeste was shocked and she looked at Gary, flustered. "If I leave like this, Aunt Grace will know!"
"She won't." Gary interrupted Celeste's words resolutely. "To her, it doesn't matter who her daughter in law is as long as her son is happy."
Celeste was astonished.
Right.
Gary was right.
However, why did he suddenly say that?
Things were changing again.
"But we agreed to go back to Boston together after the break." Celeste wasn't sure what he meant, so she wanted to confirm with him.
It was ironic that she wasn't sure why she was confirming it.
Perhaps she was reluctant to part with him.
"That's right." Gary said, "But now I feel that it's very exhausting to be in the same room as you, pretending as if everything is fine."
Celeste frowned deeply, confusion filling her eyes. Gary was getting rid of her.
"You're chasing me away?"
Gary seemed very calm as he smirked. He looked as if he did not care about her at all.
"Since we're going to part anyway, why not do it now?" His voice was steady, but it made Celeste panic.
Celeste sank her pearly white teeth into her bottom lip as she chewed hard on it.
She didn't know what had happened that made Gary so anxious to send her away.
Reason told her that she shouldn't leave.
However, Celeste knew that Gary's self- esteem had taken a huge hit after what she said.
She nodded. "Okay, when will I be leaving."
"Tomorrow," he said.
"How about Aunt Grace?" She wanted to ask about how she would explain it to Grace.
Gary interrupted her and said, "You don't have to explain anything. I'll see you off right away after you visit Cindy tomorrow."
Celeste was speechless.
Go back to Boston, huh?
She didn't have a place of her own there as she'd been living with Gary the entire time. Now that he was asking her to go back, where would she live?
He'd already exiled her from his side, so how could she keep relying on him?
Fine then.
Since they had to eventually part ways, might as well do it earlier,
Celeste cast her gaze downwards and pursed her lips. "Fine, as you wish."
Gary stood up and said to her, "Let's go back to the main house."
His tall figure walked past Celeste, not giving her another glance.
Celeste's heart withered away slowly. He was so cold.
Hurt filled every cell of her body.
However, she knew that everything was settled.
There was no need for her to struggle.
They were still acting while they were on their walk, but they dropped it when they returned home.
Both of them entered the house separately.
Gary walked ahead without saying a word.
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