Thorns Grow After Betrayal (Celeste and Chester) novel Chapter 331

“I wouldn’t call it guidance,” Celestine said, shaking her head.

Thinking of Crystal, who had just left, Celestine ultimately compromised.

She had another desk added next to her own.

Yolande’s attitude also did a complete one-eighty from their first meeting, and she warmed up to Celestine considerably.

“Celly, these are some paints I brought back from France. There isn’t much, but the color looks beautiful in the sunlight. Don’t you think they’re pretty?”

Celestine was sorting through her emails. She glanced at the paints Yolande was showing off and replied, “They’re pretty.”

Yolande’s eyes crinkled with a smile. “If you like them, I’ll give them to you.”

Celestine was very protective of her personal space with people she didn’t know well.

An approach like Yolande’s just made her uncomfortable.

“No, thank you. I don’t have a need for those paints in my current work. Did you receive the email I sent you? I need the review results by five o’clock.”

Celestine smoothly rejected the offer and steered the conversation back to work.

“Oh!” Yolande exclaimed, quickly opening her computer.

The way she fumbled with the office software made Celestine wonder what exactly her job responsibilities had been when she was Bagehot’s assistant.

Because of Yolande’s arrival, Flossie, who had been right next to Celestine, was now separated by a desk.

She pretended to work, but she was secretly keeping an eye on the two of them.

Hearing Yolande’s deliberately saccharine, baby-like voice sent shivers down her spine.

She desperately wanted to say something to Celestine but couldn’t find the words.

Two more days passed, and the final restock shipment for Velvet Noir was sent from the studio to the store.

Celestine went to the site to check on it.

The cut of the products was good, but the material warranted a closer look.

She asked the owner of the garment studio for the latest quality inspection reports.

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