Chapter 358

Jim looked at her again. A hint of disgust appeared in his eyes as he said, “Do you know that because of what happened today, the Graham family has gone back on their word. The marriage that has been confirmed has just fizzled out.”

Celine trembled fiercely.

She looked at him in disbelief. “Why?”

Jim sneered.

“Hmph, why else would it be? They don’t want a troublemaker to marry into their family. With the way you acted tonight, who among the men in the upper-class circle in the capital would want to marry you?”

Celine was speechless.

She bit her lip. An unspeakable sense of humiliation rose from the bottom of her heart, making her fist clench her.

Jim sighed again.

“Forget it. We’ll talk about the marriage next time. It’s getting late now, so why don’t you go back? Remember to be careful and don’t let them get suspicious.”

Celine nodded and turned before leaving.

Unexpectedly, before she reached the door, Jim called after her.

“Wait.”

After she paused and turned around, she saw Jim frown as he handed her a brown paper bag.

“She gave it to you. Keep it to yourself.”

Startled, Celine’s face suddenly turned pale. It took a few seconds before she reached out with trembling fingers to take it.

Seeing several well-made pastries in the paper bag, her eyes quickly reddened. She looked up at Jim and asked with a trembling voice, “How is she?”

Jim’s expression was cold. “Very well.”

After a pause, he looked at her again and something flashed in his eyes. “As long as you don’t cause me any trouble and behave, she’ll continue to be well. You should know what you have to do, right?”

Celine nodded in succession.

Jim then waved his hand. “You can go.”

At the same time, in another room.

Stephanie Garrett had just finished taking a shower and was lying in bed. She had tossed and turned but she still could not fall asleep.

As soon as she closed her eyes, her mind was filled with the image of the night where she saw Nell change in the room.

The red butterfly birthmark on her back was so lifelike, it seemed to be alive.

She opened a drawer on the bedside table and took a book out.

It was a famous English book, and there was a yellowed photo tucked in between two of the pages.

Stephanie took the photo out and looked at it carefully by the light.

The photo was old and already had cracks on the corners. On the picture was a several-months-old baby with her back to the camera, holding a bead bracelet and laughing happily while she played.

On the baby’s back was a vivid red butterfly mark.

Stephanie reached out and gently touched the butterfly, remembering what her foster mother had said to her so long ago.

“Stephie, this is your little sister. She was misfortunate and was abducted by traffickers when she was just a few months old, which is why we adopted you. But don’t worry, you’re both my darling daughters. Whether or not we’re related by blood or not, mom’s love for you is the same, so if you’re lucky enough to find your sister in the future, you must make sure you take care of each other and help each other out, okay?”

Those words had been spoken a long time ago.

It was so long ago that it sounded like they came from another country. Even the voice was now blurred.

However, Stephanie still remembered.

She remembered the regretful look in her mother’s eyes when she left, and she remembered the gentle smile on her face when she looked at her.

Stephanie was undoubtedly lucky.

She stood out among so many children in the orphanage and was selected by Juliette Garrett to be her child.

Over the years, just as Juliette said, she treated Stephanie as if she was her biological daughter.

She had been several years old when she was adopted and already possessed the basic memory and thinking ability of a normal child.

However, Juliette did not avoid treating her well and told her the entire truth. She had never avoided the fact that she was adopted.

It was Juliette who had taught her that blood relations were not everything in this world.

Even people without blood relations could still be the closest family.

As Stephanie closed her eyes and recalled the death of her adoptive mother, she felt a dull pain in her heart.

When she opened her eyes again, her entire body had become awake.

She looked at the photo and whispered, “Mom, don’t worry! If it’s really her, then I’ll accept it. I’ll do what you taught me to do so she isn’t left outside forever.”

She bowed her head and buried the photo in her chest. A long time passed before she finally put it down.

After putting the photo away, she turned off the lights and went to sleep.

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The next day.

Celine suddenly received an invitation from Stephanie, who said that a new hot spring resort had recently been built in the capital, so she wanted Celine to go together with her.

Although Celine was surprised, she had the time, and after last nights’ storm, the Garretts more or less had some opinions about her.

This was the time she needed to gain favorability with them. Since Stephanie had taken the initiative to throw out an invitation on her own, Celine naturally could not refuse her.

Thus, at noon, after they had finished their lunch, they drove to Hot Spring Villa together.

Hot Spring Villa was built in the suburbs and it had a nice environment, with several kinds of medicine pools that were perfect for this season.

After they had changed out of their clothes, they went down to the hot spring pool.

To be honest, because of their awkward relationship, Celine and Stephanie were not close to each other.

After all, one was an adopted daughter, and the other was the “biological granddaughter’ that was brought back. So there were some conflicts, whether directly or otherwise.

Therefore, even if they met during normal times, they would just greet each other and say nothing more.

Today, out of the blue, they had gone to take a hot spring bath together. At this time, the two sat in the pool, but they were at a loss for words and did not know what to talk about.

However, Celine was a good analyzer. She knew that Stephanie usually did not care about her, so there must be a reason why she had suddenly asked her out to the hot springs.

Thus, she casually found a topic and chatted with Stephanie, trying to get her to slip up and expose her purpose.

Although Celine was very smart, was Stephanie stupid?

Besides, there was no special reason why she called Celine out today. She just wanted to confirm something, so she did not have to worry about saying anything by accident.

Even if Celine wanted to trap her, she could not succeed how meticulous Stephanie was.

Therefore, the two chatted and soaked in the hot spring for a long time without saying a word of truth.

The two gradually felt that it was meaningless, so Celine looked at the time and proposed to get out of the pool to rest and eat something.

Stephanie agreed.

Since they had been wearing bath towels that covered their bodies when they entered, Stephanie deliberately stayed a step behind when they climbed out of the pool.

When Celine stepped out of the pool, Stephanie saw the sexy bikini outlining the symmetrical and slender figure.

She could not help but frown.

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