Chapter 4

Maximus stared at Celeste in disbelief, he also looked at Hannah, and even if he stared at the two women in front of him for hours, he still saw only one face.

“You didn’t tell me that you have a twin, Hannah,” Maximus said, Celeste laughed bitterly. Would their family make it seem like they were twins to cover up the mistake their father made?

Hannah was nervous because Maximus couldn’t know that they weren’t really twins. Hannah was trying to pull Maximus away, but Maximus was too stubborn.

“Let’s just ignore her. Let’s just leave,” Hannah said, but Maximus wanted to hear Hannah’s answer.

“Answer me, Hannah, is she your twin?” Maximus asked again. Celeste crossed her arms over her chest and waited for Hannah’s answer.

“She is, but she was disowned by our family. She left the country a long time ago, but she came back to cause trouble now.” Maximus wasn’t satisfied with Hannah’s answer because what parents would disown a child?

“What is the reason?” Maximus asked concisely, Hannah didn’t know what else to explain while Celeste’s teeth were clenched in anger. How could Hannah lie?

Was Maximus the one behind her, so Celestial Elegance could pay millions just for the designer? Was he also the reason why Celestial Elegance paid their debts to the bank?

Why would Celeste even be surprised when the answer to her questions was right in front of her?

“I don’t know the exact reason, Max, because Dad just kicked Celeste out of our house. I didn’t ask anymore because I was also afraid of being caught in Daddy’s anger. Can we just not talk about her anymore?” Hannah sounded angelic in front of Maximus, so Celeste just smirked because it was as if she was the demon of the two of them.

“Can you just shut us up, Celeste? Why did you come back when you knew Daddy would just kick you out? Let’s go, Max.” Hannah pulled Maximus and breathed a sigh of relief when Maximus didn’t ask any more questions and went with her.

“You’re the one who brought me back here, Hannah, have you forgotten?” Celeste said before they could get away. Hannah stopped walking and looked at Celeste because she never brought Celeste back.

“I didn’t bring you back here because I wouldn’t disobey Dad’s order which you did before you were kicked out. Don’t get your hopes up.” Celeste could feel the annoyance in Hannah’s voice, but she was still trying to calm down and look angelic because Maximus was with her.

“You paid me half a billion, remember?” Celeste said, so Hannah just looked at Maximus. Why did it have to be that Maximus went to their company? She didn’t prepare for Celeste’s return, so she was fumbling about how to explain everything to Maximus.

“You paid her half a billion? For what, Hannah?” Maximus asked. Maximus couldn’t take his eyes off Celeste for no reason he could explain. It was as if there was an aura about Celeste that he felt before that he didn’t feel with Hannah.

Hannah quickly shook her head.

“I wouldn’t pay her that much just to come back. If I paid someone that much, it would be Mia Moda.” Hannah answered but she also stopped when she realized something, then she looked at Celeste.

Celeste smirked at Hannah and nodded to confirm what Hannah was thinking now.

“No way,” Hannah said, shaking her head. “Tell me you’re not Mia Moda.” She said, Hannah got even more nervous when Celeste smiled. It couldn’t be that Celeste and Mia Moda, whom she paid a large sum of money to, were the same person.

She couldn’t accept that she was the reason why Celeste came back to the Philippines.

“Do you really think I would come back to this country without a reason? If I wasn’t offered half a billion just to be a designer, I wouldn’t come back, but I’m sorry, Hannah. I’m not a billionaire to turn down Celestial Elegance’s offer. You’re the one who brought me back to the country, so don’t blame me for being here in front of you now.” Celeste said as if she was teasing, which made Hannah shake her head.

It couldn’t be, that’s all she could say in her mind because she was happy that Celeste was out of their lives, then she would find out that she was the reason why her sister came back to the country?

Maximus furrowed his brows as he looked at Celeste. He didn’t like Celeste’s aura because it seemed arrogant and bad-tempered. It was far from Hannah, who was an angel in his eyes.

“You’re Mia Moda?” Hannah asked incredulously. How could it be that the famous Mia Moda was Celeste? Hannah shook her head again. “It’s impossible for you to be Mia Moda because Mia Moda never introduced herself to the public.”

“Well, you’re right. I never really introduced myself to the public, but do you think if I introduced myself to the public as Celeste, would you pay me a large sum of money just to be your designer? I know you, Hannah, because you’d rather fall than let me come back to the country.”

“The half a billion is yours, Celeste, but I won’t continue the contract.” Hannah said, which made Maximus turn around.

“Is that how easy it is for you to let go of a lot of money just because you don’t want to work with her? You used my money for her, Hannah.” Maximus interrupted, Celeste just raised an eyebrow because she wasn’t wrong. Maximus was the one who gave Hannah the money to pay her.

“It’s not like that, Max, I just don’t want Dad to get worse because he’ll find out that his rebellious and hated daughter is back. I just want to keep Dad away from stress and anger.” She said sweetly, Celeste furrowed her brows.

What illness did her father have? She hadn’t heard from him, so she didn’t know what condition her father was in.

“Both parties have signed the contract, so whether you like it or not, I’ll work at the company. I don’t want you to use this reason against me. I don’t want it to be published in articles that I was paid but I didn’t fulfill the agreement. I’m just being a professional here, Hannah, see you tomorrow.” Celeste turned her back on Hannah and Maximus.

Hannah wanted to stomp her feet and get angry, she wanted to pull Celeste’s hair, but she couldn’t because Maximus was with her. She restrained herself even though she was itching to pull Celeste’s hair.

The smirk on Celeste’s lips disappeared as she walked out of the company. She clenched her fists. She wanted to ruin Hannah’s face, but she couldn’t because she saw her own face in Hannah’s.

She angrily slammed her steering wheel. She had been holding back her anger for a while now. What got into Hannah’s head to have plastic surgery and copy her face?! What was her reason for doing that? Celeste knew that Hannah had a reason why she copied her looks.

Celeste went home. She wanted to go to her father’s house to talk to him, but she didn’t go through with it because anger was building up in her chest. She didn’t want to say hurtful words when she was angry.

“Are you okay?” Sarah asked when she noticed that Celeste didn’t look good. Celeste angrily threw her bag on the sofa. “Hey! That’s a limited edition bag, and you’re just going to throw it?” she said, then picked it up because it fell on the sofa.

Celeste didn’t pay attention to her friend and just drank some water.

“What’s wrong with you? What happened when you went to your company? Did you see your witch of a sister?” Sarah asked one after another.

“That bitch! I can’t believe she did that. Hannah had plastic surgery,” she said angrily. Sarah furrowed her brows and looked at her friend in surprise.

“What’s it to you now if she had plastic surgery? What’s the problem with that? She has the money to do that, and why are you even bothering with that if you’re just here to get back your mom’s company?”

“You don’t understand. I don’t really care if Hannah has plastic surgery, whoever she copies her face from, but she copied my face? Who wouldn’t be angry with what she did?! She made us look like twins!”

“Wait, what?” Sarah processed Celeste’s words in her mind and her jaw dropped when she realized what Celeste was saying. “Hannah had plastic surgery and copied your face?” she confirmed.

Celeste didn’t answer because she was rubbing her temple.

“Oh my God,” Sarah covered her mouth. It was as if she couldn’t believe that Hannah did that. For many years, Celeste didn’t search online about her family. When did Hannah have plastic surgery?

“I want you to find out what happened to Hannah. What was her reason for having plastic surgery and when did she have it?” Celeste ordered, Sarah nodded.

“How did she do that? But why did your dad let it happen? What reason did Hannah give for your dad to agree?” Celeste couldn’t answer right away because she didn’t know her father’s reason for letting Hannah copy her face.

“It’s possible that she wanted to hide her affair, but even if they make it seem like Hannah and I are twins, they still can’t hide the whole truth because our mothers are different, which is registered on our birth certificates.” Sarah nodded because they could never steal Celeste’s whole personality.

“And another thing that’s strange, how did Hannah and Mr. Lim get into a relationship?” she added.

“Mr. Lim, you said? The one who owns an engineering construction company? The famous young president of the company? The number 1 construction company in the Philippines and other countries?” Sarah confirmed. Celeste nodded. “No way, how did Mr. Lim fall for Hannah? Is it possible that Mr. Lim fell in love with Hannah after she had plastic surgery?”

Celeste shook her head because she didn’t know. What they needed to find out now was when Hannah had plastic surgery and when she met Mr. Lim. Celeste didn’t care who Hannah was in a relationship with, but using her face just to attract a rich man was another level of Hannah’s craziness.

Meanwhile, Hannah was stomping her feet in anger when she finished talking to Maximus.

“Why does he still want Celeste to stay at the company?! He’s the one who gave the money to Mia Moda, but I’m still the CEO of the company! Why didn’t I find out Mia Moda’s identity first because if I had known that she and Celeste were the same person, I would have just looked for another designer!” she said angrily inside her office.

She was always helpless whenever Maximus was the one making decisions for her. Hannah was afraid that Maximus would force her to dig up the truth about Celeste. If Maximus continued to see Celeste, it was possible that he would realize the difference between her and the real woman he was with that night.

“It’s so annoying! Why did she even come back?!” Hannah shouted angrily again. They were okay, she was happy, and she was the one that other women envied because she was Maximus’s girlfriend, then Celeste would just ruin it?

She couldn’t accept it, she wouldn’t let Celeste be the reason for her downfall. Maximus would never know that Celeste was the one he was really with that night.