Chapter 312 Another Fight

Celeste didn't expect Jonathan to continue being so unconcerned even when she'd put herself out there for him. Was it not enough for her to be proactive and show him whatever goodwill she could muster? She was a lady, for goodness sake. She'd grown up with self-respect and self-love at the core of her upbringing. Not once had she stooped to the level of seducing a man so shamelessly just for them to notice her.

But she was desperate now. Celeste was afraid that if she continued to be passive, she would lose Jonathan. The idea of losing him scared her more than she cared to admit, especially when it loomed in front of her now, too tangible to be a mere shadow of her fears. So, she did what she could. She knew she couldn't lose him, and she refused to.

Of course, she wasn't a woman devoid of pride. Jonathan's repeated rejection of her advances unearthed humiliation so deep within her that she wished there was a hole she could crawl into, never to be seen again.

It was probably her first