Chapter 45 Celeste’s True Identity Revealed
“What are you looking all Mason noticed Celesir’s face had turned red.
Celesse quickly avened her gare. “Nothing!”
She swiftly left the scene.
Chce inside Mason’s car. Celeste held out her hand. “Let me borrow your phone.”
Without hesitation, Mason handed it over. Celeste called Jessica, who had been worried sick since the couldn’t reach her.
in fine.” Celeste reassured. “My phone got waterlogged, so I stayed at a hotel overnight. I’m heading back to the city now.”
Jessica asked. “Whose phone are you using right now? For a second, I thought you and your ex hubby had a romantic night together. He may not be much, but at least he’s good–looking enough to fool around with as a gigolo.”
“Keep your voice down!” Celeste hissed, covering the phone speaker.
In the silence of the car, she wasn’t sure if Mason had heard Jessica’s teasing comment or not.
Jessica continued, “Oh, is ex–hubby sitting right next to you?”
*1 just called to let you know I’m okay. Let’s talk when I’m back.”
Celeste quickly ended the call and tossed the phone back to Mason
Mason, with a smirk, remarked. “Fooling around Me, as a gigolo!
Celeste.”
“Why are you eavesdropping on my conversation”
“You twn were loud enough. I didn’t need to eavesdrop.”
Realizing there was no point in arguing, Celeste shrugged.
“Don’t worry. Even if I were to look for a gigolo, Ed make sure he listens to me–unlike you.”
Mason’s jaw clenched. “You’re not allowed tol”
He wasn’t even dead yet, and Celeste was already talking about other men.
Celeste shot him a mischievous smile. “You can’t control met
Mason silently fuined.
The car reached the city quickly, and Mason dropped Celeste off at the X Studio before heading back to his office.
At the office, John approached Mason. “Mr. Carter, we’ve brought Tom in.”
Tom, still bruised from his encounter with Celeste, was nervous as he waited in the meeting room, unsure of why the powerful Mason wanted to see
him
He couldn’t recall having crossed paths with him before.
When Mason entered the room. Tom was stunned. “It’s you!”
He recognized Mason from that day with Celeste
His eyes widened as he connected the dots. “Wait you’re Mr. Carler!”
“What’s your connection with Celeste? And why did you ambush her last time?” Mason got straight to the point.
Tom hesitated, clearly afraid. “We don’t have a personal connection. I didn’t actually do anything to her.”
Even now, knowing how strong Celeste was, he wouldn’t dare.
“Not talking” Fine. If you don’t want to speak, Ill make sure you never do. I can have your vocal cords cut,”
Tom knew that Mason was a man who always followed through on his threats. He was not someone you could afford to provoke.
“Til talki 10 talk! But first, what’s your relationship with Celeste?”
“You don’t need to know. And don’t try to lie or make up a story. I can verify everything you say. If you lie, you won’t live to see another day.” Mason warned coldly
“Thave no real gridge against her. She fired me from my job, and I was upset, so I wanted to teach her a lesson.”
Mason was uken aback. “Celeste fired your
“Yeah, she’s the owner of SG. I’ve been running the company for her all these years. Without me, 56 wouldn’t be as successful as it is now, suddenly came back and kicked me out.”
Mason’s mind reeled. “Celeste is the owner of SC
It felt like a lightning bolt had struck him. He had never ev
even considered this possibility.
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SG, the company he’d been dealing with, was owned by Celeste?
“I’m telling the truth. Just a few days ago, she returned and started restructuring the company. And Mr. Carter, the project SC took from you? That was her doing, not mine.”
Tom assumed Mason had summoned him over the stolen land deal.
Mason didn’t say much more, only warning Tom. “Don’t ever case trouble for Celeste again,” before returning to his office.
Celeste was SG’s owner. The company must have been established before they got married. She had hidden it w
But why was she working at X Studio if she had her own company!
Mason now understood why Celeste had appeared at that negotiation–the one where he had been too blinded by anger to connect the d
What else had she been hiding from him!
John had overheard the conversation and asked, “Mr. Carter, should we still proceed with the SG acquisition?”
Who would have thought that, after all the twists and turns, Celeste was the owner!
“Yes”
dots.
Not only would he continue with the acquisition, but he’d also dismantle SG, Celeste’s current confidence likely stemmed from her position at SG. He would make sure she had no choice but to come back to him:
Though Mason now knew her identity, he wanted to set a trap and have Celeste reveal it herself.
Soon, he had a plan.
Upstairs at X Studio, Amy greeted Celeste. “Boss, you’ve been coming here more often lately.”
It’s all Mason’s fault, Celeste thought. Ever since he assumed she worked here, he kept dropping her off at the studio.
“Must’ve been the driver’s mistake. Next time, I’ll fire him.”
Jessica soon arrived at the studio, eyeing Celeste up and down,
“What are you looking at?” Celeste asked.
“Just checking if our precious flower has been sullied. You have no idea how worried everyone was when you didn’t come back. Even Anthony was frantic and wanted to go looking for you, but the rain kept him from doing so.”
“Oh,” Celeste responded nonchalantly,
Jessica teased, “Anthony likes you. Surely you’ve noticed!”
Celeste had felt Anthony’s affection but responded, “I’ll keep my distance.”
“Enough about that,” Jessica waved it off. “Zero wanted to meet you and thank you for saving his life. Are you going to see him?”
“How is he?” Celeste asked
Though she had saved Zero, she hadn’t kept in touch.
“Why not go see for yourself?”
Celeste shrugged. “I can’t. I’m too busy.”
Jessica sighed. “You know, with all the amazing men around you–guys who are prime catches–how on earth did you end up falling for Mason!”
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