When they reached the Bishop residence, Nick and his family had already arrived. When Serena saw Celeste, her smile instantly disappeared. Celeste was also reminded of what had happened the last time, so she had resentment toward Serena as well. Celeste smirked without even greeting her. "Celeste, I want a hug!" The one that was the happiest to see Celeste was Kayden. The moment she reached the house, he leaped out of his mother's arms. Stretching his chubby arms out, he asked Celeste for a hug. After a few months of not seeing him, he'd grown a lot chubbier. "Long time no see, Kayden." Celeste reached out to carry him. She pinched his fat cheeks, and her gloomy mood became much better. Speaking of which, it was all thanks to Kayden who'd acted as her witness and spoke up for her when she got slandered by Leah. Looking at how adorable and chubby Kayden was, Celeste wondered if Damon had looked like this when he was younger too. Celeste liked seeing him so much. "It's
Carly clearly wanted to embarrass Celeste when she mentioned how Shannon was a daughter of a parvenu before asking Celeste about her own family.If a daughter of a parvenu was considered too lowly to marry into the Bishop family, what about Celeste? "Carly!" Damon's face turned cold. Meanwhile, Celeste was focused on her food. Noticing that Damon was about to get angry, she stuffed some food into his mouth and gave him a reassuring look. Touched by Celeste's gesture, Damon also stopped talking and started eating instead. "My parents passed away, and I have a younger brother at home. I'm not from a rich family, so it's only natural that you've never heard of me," Celeste said.Kayden ogled at Celeste when she fed Damon food, so Celeste forked some food and fed Kayden as well, all while calmly answering Carly's question. "You're quite a confident woman then. You're from such a family background, yet you dared to go after Damon." "Be quiet, Carly!" Sensing the situation, B
"I'm not going to eat anymore!" Hearing how her own parents weren't siding with her, Carly threw the cutleries down and left angrily. "Celeste, she's just too spoiled. I'll punish her when we get back home. Don't take her words to heart …" For a moment, the atmosphere at the dining table was ice-cold. When Becky saw her daughter throwing a fit as she left, she felt nothing but embarrassment and hurriedly apologized to Celeste. "I'll ask her to visit you and apologize," Nick also said with an awkward look. "It's okay. What she thinks of me isn't important," Celeste replied.She was stating the truth. To her, Carly was just a stranger that had crossed paths with her in life. No matter how Carly judged her, it wouldn't be worth her effort to get hung up. "You should watch your behavior if you don't want other people to talk bad about you." Serena snorted. "I wouldn't be able to stop anyone from slandering me no matter how well-behaved I am anyway."Recalling the upsettin
Celeste smirked. There was mockery in her eyes, but she didn't say a word. Damon's heart was hurt when he saw that. "What should I do?" He sighed, wanting to kiss her teary eyes. But under his coat, Celeste quietly dodged him, clearly repelled. What Carly had said and done to Celeste was utterly unnecessary during dinner. And although Celeste hadn't let Carly get her way by winning all the arguments, Celeste didn't deserve to be treated that way.Serena's words had upset her too. After being verbally attacked by both of them, it would only be natural for her to talk back to Serena. Damon gave it some thought.Celeste had always been a forthcoming person. But not only did he not stand up for her, he'd even told her not to be on edge. His response was indeed a little overboard. Celeste should be angry. Damon was ready to coax her once they reached home, but Celeste gave him no chance to do so at all. If she'd lash out at him, he could still coax her with words, ge
Of course it looked familiar to Damon. It wasn't just any emerald pendant. It formed one half of the Celestial Bonds, which was a pair of matching pendants. Damon didn't say a word. Instead, he walked further into the study and opened the drawer beside Celeste. Then, he fished out another box that was almost the same size as hers. When he opened the box, Celeste saw the other half of the matching pendant. Celeste's pendant was shaped like a moon whilst Damon's one was a sun. "That's what Henry gave you that day." Damon wasn't asking a question. "Yeah. To be exact, he was just returning the pendant to its rightful owner." Celeste took Damon's pendant as well and played with both pendants. She spoke with a low and hoarse voice. "Want to hear a story?" "You can sit down and tell me," Damon replied.It was rare for such a tight-lipped person like Celeste to talk. Damon sat on the only chair in the study and carried Celeste up to sit on his lap. He only felt at ease whe
Celeste passed the pair of pendants over to him. Damon's heart clenched, and he couldn't help but hug Celeste tighter. He became anxious and quickly denied, "Celeste, you should know that things wouldn't go back to how they would be from the moment you approached me." Damon was very scared that if Celeste was a weak-minded woman and allowed the York family to control her, the one that he married could be Shannon. Meanwhile, Celeste might feel disheartened since she'd lost her mother and might simply just marry anyone. Apart from destiny, it was all thanks to Celeste's determination that the two got to meet each other. Damon was 26 years old. There had been many women who wanted to sleep with him, so Celeste wasn't the first that dared to take her clothes off in front of him. But for some reason, he fell for her because of how enticing she was. As Damon thought of their first time, he got a hard on. Celeste started, "You might not listen when other people say it once or
Since Damon wanted to feed her, Celeste would let him do it. She took her sweet time eating the omelet, and she'd chew it slowly before swallowing. Then, she gave him a look saying that she wanted to have some soup. Damon then scooped some soup. He brought the spoon to his lips and blew it before feeding her. It took nearly five minutes for her to finish a spoonful of soup. "I want more food," Celeste said, as if she didn't notice anything strange down there. Damon thought that she was actually hungry. He was very desperate, but he remained patient as he fed her. Celeste's lipstick was gone after they'd made out just now. So, at that moment, her lips were pale and pinkish. When she bit the omelet, they looked soft and alluring. As he watched Celeste eat the food he fed her, Damon felt aroused. He seemed calm on the outside, but he was fighting hard to suppress his desire on the inside. There were 12 omelets on the plate. They were intended as two servings for Celeste
It was 7 am when Damon brought the pair of pendants with him to visit the Bishop residence. Serena had just woken up not too long ago and was having breakfast with the assistance of her maids. She was confused to see her son here. Why wasn't he with his wife now? "Mom, I have something to tell you." Damon sat by Serena's side. He then pulled out the boxes that contained the Celestial Bonds. Damon told Serena the whole story of how James had given Sylvia the engagement agreement and pendant. He concluded, "So, Celeste has always been destined to be the daughter-in-law of the family from the start. I hope you'll respect her from now on." Serena merely listened to him in silence. After a while, she said slowly, "Is that true?" "I told Liam to look into Grandpa's medical history back then. It's true." Serena was utterly shocked. James only mentioned that he'd set up an amazing engagement for Damon back then. But he never told her the reason. Now that she thought about