Chapter 966 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

Even though Celsie was tempted to share her recent thoughts with him, she decided not to rush it and wait until her mind was completely made up.

“I’m doing great! Everything is going perfectly. We are finding our balance gradually,” Celsie said happily, and Lucas raised a brow when he heard the excitement in her voice.

“I guess everything is good then. That’s nice to know,” Lucas said, feeling genuinely relieved to hear that.

Celsie pulled the phone away from her ear to look at the screen when she got an incoming call notification, and she scowled when she saw that it was an unknown number.

Was Rachel trying to reach her again with another line? She mused as she ignored the call.

“Luke?” She called hesitantly, thinking that she should at least tell Lucas about it.

“Yeah?”

“Rachel called me earlier.”

“I figured she was the one you were referring to when you received the call,” Lucas said in an even tone. I think you should take a look at

“I don’t know why she was calling. I didn’t listen to her. I hung up when I realized she was the one. She called several times but I blocked her line,” Celsie explained but Lucas said nothing.

He thought he was best to remain silence rather than say what was on his mind. He knew that Celsie would be mad at him if he asked her to take Rachel’s call and hear her out.

It annoyed him that as mad as he was at Rachel, he was still concerned about her and felt sorry for her. He had seen the news about her father, and he knew without a doubt that Benne had a hand in it.

“Are you okay? Why are you so quiet?” Celsie asked with a frown.

“I’m fine. How are our newly found cousins and evil aunt?” Lucas asked, changing the subject.

She frowned when she heard the ding of a text notification from the same line and she clicked on on it.

[Hello, Celsie. This is Lawrence Delgado. Please return my call.]

“Uhm, they’re fine. I mean the cousins. I’m sure you saw them in the party photos. As for the evil aunt, I hope she rots in hell. I just received a text from Benne’s grandfather now. I need to give him a call,” Celsie said and Lucas sighed.

“Sure. Let’s talk some other time. Give my regards to Benne. Love you,” Lucas said before hanging up.

Celsie dialed Lawrence’s line immediately, and he received her call on the second ring.

“Hello, sir!” Celsie greeted politely as she rose from her desk to move around the office. It was difficult to sit still while speaking with him.

“Hello, Celsie! How are you doing today?”

“I’m alright, sir. And you?” She asked cautiously, hoping they would be done with the exchange of pleasantries so he would get to the purpose of his call soon.

She knew he probably wanted to apologize for what he had done.

“I’m fine. I called because I know I owe you an apology for what I did,” Lawrence said, and Celsie raised a brow.

“What exactly did you do?” She asked, surprising Lawrence who had not expected the question.

“I beg your pardon?” Lawrence asked and Celsie smirked.

Did he really think she was going to make this easy for him when he had not made it easy for Benne or her? No way.

“I think I should know what you’re apologizing for,” Celsie said, and Lawrence frowned.

“Well, if you don’t know then maybe there’s no need to apologize to you…”

“Sure. I’m sure Evelyn and Desmond would be pleased to know what’s going on,” Celsie said, and Lawrence raised a brow.

“Are you threatening me?”

“It depends on how you interpret it, sir. Benne might be willing to let you off the hook so easily, but I’m not,” Celsie said firmly and Lawrence chuckled.

“So what are you going to do about it then?” He asked, and Celsie narrowed her eyes.

“I should tell the family about it. I’m sure they would all be amused and delighted to know the kind of prank their grandfather played,” Celsie said, and Lawrence frowned.

“For someone that couldn’t meet my gaze the last time we met, you sound quite bold right now,” he muttered.

“I was very cautious and respectful until you crossed the line. You had no right doing what you did,” Celsie said and Lawrence smiled.

“Alright. Fine. I’m sorry. I accept that I shouldn’t have asked Kimberly to lie to Benne about her daughter’s paternity. I was wrong. What now?”

“Why did you do that?” She asked, and Lawrence shook his head.

“It was to prank Benne, and I also wanted to shake your relationship with Benne a bit to see how you would react,” he said, and Celsie nodded.

“I see. Well, you will have to report yourself to Desmond and Evelyn and tell them exactly what you did….”

“What? I can’t possibly do that!” Lawrence protested vehemently and Celsie smiled deciding it was the ideal punishment for him.

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