True Fated Marriage (Grace and Heinz)
Chapter 1394

Celeste's heart ached and her face turned pale. She felt her chest tightening in pain.

Gary finally let go of her. His eyes showed no more emotion, only indifference.

Celeste paused for a moment and looked up at him.

He had closed his eyes, trying to hide and bury all his emotions. Almost instantly, he opened them again. The burning anger seething within his eyes disappeared. He did a good job keeping all his emotions in place.

Celeste was not sure what Gary was thinking.

"You may leave now," Gary spoke again. His tone was really flat, and he sounded like all hope he had was gone.

"Are you going to keep your word?" She couldn't help but ask him. The expression on her face looked like she was questioning his decision.

Gary stood straight as his back stiffened.

"Yes," He said coldly, "From now on, we are siblings. The house in Oxford, consider it yours. Consider it my apology."

"I don't want it," Celeste immediately refused and declared, "I won't go back anymore."

Gary looked at her in disdain, with no sign of joy or anger in his eyes.

Unlike his emotions on the surface, his heart did not feel calm at all. All kinds of emotions were tangled up and intertwined at the bottom of his heart, causing him to feel everything all at once.

Celeste's heart was really empty, too. The despair, suffocation and pain she felt were starting to gush out.

They looked at each other, and their eyes met. Even though the room was as so quiet that they could hear a pin drop, waves of different emotions still arose in their hearts.

"It doesn't matter whether you want it or not. I won't go back to that house anymore either," He said, "If you really feel bad about it, you can spend the night with me as compensation. What do you think?" "You...!" Celeste frowned, the anger rising in her immediately turning her face into a shade of red. She gritted her teeth and said, "You can look for your girlfriend for that."

Gary gave her a smile that looked so distant, and his eyes were filled with emotions that she could not understand.

He said, "Well, my problems will have nothing to do with you in the future. Other women will probably be better than you."

After he said that, he turned around and threw her some parting words, "Get out."

Celeste pursed her lips, opened the door and left.

However, she had only taken a few steps when she saw Janice walking towards her from the other side of the corridor.

Janice immediately flashed a bright smile when she saw her, "Wow, what a coincidence, Miss Celeste."

"Hello, Miss Simpson," Celeste kept all her emotions in place and forced a wry smile. She was trying to make herself look less haggard as she replied, "Yes, it's such a coincidence."

"Are you staying in this room?" Janice approached Celeste and asked while pointing to Gary's room.

Celeste paused for a moment and shook her head. She pursed her lips, "No, this is my brother's room."

"Oh, Gary stays here," Janice immediately grinned, "That's perfect, I was going to ask Gary out for dinner. Let's all have dinner together."

"It's okay, I'll go eat with my roommates," Celeste didn't want to be together with Janice and Gary because it would be awkward.

"Your roommate? Are you talking about the girl who was with you earlier?" Janice said, "I saw her go downstairs just now. She might have gone out to eat already."

Celeste was taken aback.

Meanwhile, Janice had already reached out and locked arms with Celeste. She acted naturally like they were really close friends and giggled, "Since we met each other here, let's grab dinner together. It's going to be fun. Don't you want to have dinner with your brother?"

Celeste paused for a moment. She didn't know how to react.

Amidst Celeste's daze, Janice gave a few heavy knocks on the door and shouted, "Gary, let's go down for dinner together with your sister!"

The door opened.

Gary stood inside the room expressionlessly.

His gaze landed on Janice's face, and then on Celeste's. Finally, he noticed Janice's arms which were clinging onto Celeste.

"Gary, let's grab something to eat. All three of us: your sister, you and I! Let's eat together. The food's on me. What do you think?" Janice smiled as she spoke. Her voice was extremely upbeat, and she sounded very excited.

"It's your treat?" Gary raised his eyebrows.

Janice felt embarrassed and immediately rephrased it, "Well, my money is considered your money. I'm sorry, it's your treat then."

That sentence sounded so misleading.

Gary narrowed his eyes and glanced at Celeste.

Celeste froze. Looking at Gary's gaze, she did not hesitate and quickly said, "Well then, thank you, Gary. I'm actually quite hungry."

"I'm also super hungry, Celeste," Janice had already stopped addressing her distantly and instead, started calling her by her name. "Let's go," Gary said indifferently.

Ten minutes later, they were seated in a restaurant downstairs.

The spot that Gary chose was very quiet. It was situated in the corner of the restaurant, and there was a huge pillar blocking off most of the view. It was a pleasant corner full of privacy.

"Celeste, what do you want to eat?" As soon as Janice sat down, she asked Celeste, "Are there any famous and delicious cuisines in Edinburgh? You've been in England for quite a long time, so you should be more familiar with the place than us. Why don't you order some dishes that are famous locally?"

"I'm not familiar with Edinburgh," Celeste explained, "I've been in England for many years, but I've never been here before. This is also my first time in Edinburgh. I don't even know much about this place, let alone local food."

"You've never been here before?" Janice asked in a surprised tone, "How did you spend your time in England then?"

"Most of my time was spent studying in school," Celeste's long eyelashes were lowered slightly, hiding the gloominess in her eyes.

For the past four years, she had been studying hard day and night. Even when Ernest and Maria invited her for a vacation, she would reject them.

Deep down, she knew that the only reason she had the opportunity to study was because of Uncle Heinz and Aunt Grace's kindness. After all, they were willing to act as her guardians.

She knew that they would not mind if she went to have fun, and they had also provided her with enough money.

However, Celeste had never thought about spending too much of their money because she wanted to be a courteous person. She refused to overstep her moral boundaries and leech off the loving couple. She did not want to experience the luxury of a materialistic life.

Instead, she had a desire to experience a life filled with different emotions and experiences.

"Oh my goodness, you are exactly like Lowell," Janice pursed her lips and looked at Gary. She felt sorry for Celeste and commented, "Gary, your sister isn't even having fun! You really failed as a brother." Gary did not say anything. He only turned his head slightly and glanced at Celeste with his dark eyes. His expression was calm, but the wave of emotions hidden underneath the depths of his eyes was still surging.

He glanced at Janice, who was sitting next to Celeste, and suddenly said, "Janice, come and sit next to me."

Janice paused for a moment and retorted, "I'm fine sitting here with Celeste."

"I asked you to come over, didn't you hear me? Gary commanded gruffly.

Janice was taken aback. She pouted, "Alright, Gary, you're so weird. I was doing just fine next to Celeste, so why can't you sit on your own?"

"I don't want to," Gar sounded like he was in a rush, "I want you to sit next to me."

As he spoke, he fixed his eyes on Celeste, but he was talking to Janice.

Celeste lowered her gaze and felt like she was sitting on a sharp surface with pins and needles.

"My sister would never mind," Gary looked at Celeste's drooping lashes and said indifferently, "Am I right, Celeste?"

Celeste's body stiffened. She raised her head and looked at Gary, and her eyes met his.

She could tell that he was doing it on purpose.

With that, she smiled, "I don't mind at all."

"Look, Janice," Gary's tone was still the same, "My sister doesn't mind at all."

"You're so easygoing, Celeste," Janice laughed.

"Not as much as you," Gary opened his mouth to speak again, "Celeste is quite stubborn, unlike you. You'll never get angry no matter what I say."

Janice glared at Gary.

However, Gary didn't take her seriously and continued, "Girls shouldn't be too narrow-minded and petty."

When Celeste heard those words, every single word felt like a knife plunging through her heart.

Her chest ached painfully. A sudden bitterness started surging up, spreading through her whole body.

The pain was unbearable.

She lowered her eyes, but she still lifted the corners of her lips. She continued smiling as she didn't want to look weak and vulnerable.

"What my brother said is right. I'm really quite petty, so petty that sometimes I find myself annoying. I'd better study hard and mind my own business. It's better if we stop meeting so often. I wouldn't want to be an eyesore to my brother."

Gary's sharp eyes narrowed.

Janice immediately retorted, "Gary, you're the one who's being petty right now. How can you say stuff like that to Celeste? You're so annoying!"

"She doesn't mind, so why do you care?" Gary just shunned Janice off.

"I feel bad for Celeste," Janice stuck out her tongue at Gary.

Gary snorted, "It's not like you're capable of feeling bad."

"You always pick on me! You act like this in Boston too," Janice tried to shoot a smile at Celeste and complained, "Celeste, your brother bullies me all the time. He's so annoying."

They probably met each other quite often.

From Celeste's point of view, every single interaction between them looked like they were flirting with each other.

Celeste felt a lump forming in her throat. She looked down and blinked several times, trying hard to hold back her tears.