Chapter 965 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“I don’t know how you both know each other, but Sir Alex is a good man and all I want is for him to not hurt anymore and to be fine. And I want little Maribel to be happy. I’m sorry,” Susan said again, and Andy sighed.

She already felt a lot of anger and hatred for Cassidy, but what she did not expect to feel was pity.

She needed to organize her thoughts and put the all the pieces she had together to get a clear picture of who he was.

After her chat with Kimberly, Celsie returned to Benne’s office to have lunch with him and to find out how he was doing now and if he had spoken with his grandfather and Kimberly.

“You’re letting him off the hook just like that?” Celsie asked incredulously after Benne had told her about his conversation with his grandfather and Kimberly.

She could understand him not wanting to do anything to Kimberly since Kimberly was not exactly family and had only done his grandfather’s bidding, but she couldn’t quite understand why he would leave it just at scolding his grandfather and keep the truth away from his parents.

“What do you suggest I do to him? I can’t possibly tell my parents about it. Dad would be furious. Things are bad enough between them, and this might only widen the gap between them,” Benne said, and Celsie took a deep breath.

“And your mom? Shouldn’t she know the result of her meddling? Shouldn’t she know that this whole thing happened because of her?” Celsie asked, and even though Benne wanted to defend his mother, he knew that Celsie was right.

If his mother had stayed put and not asked his grandfather for help, his grandfather would most likely have not had a reason for this.

“I just think you’re making this too easy for him. What is to stop him from doing something else next time when he knows that all he has to say is that he is sorry and all will be forgiven?” Celsie asked calmly.

“But you easily forgave Kimberly,” Benne said, and Celsie raised a brow.

“Kimberly doesn’t mean anything to me. Or to you. As annoying as what she did is, she is a stranger to us. It is your grandfather who needs to be handled,” Celsie said, and Benne sighed.

“You know what? I’m just going to ask him to apologize to you. When he calls, feel free to do or say whatever to him. Handle it as you would have wanted me to,” Benne said, and Celsie shrugged.

“Just don’t regret it later,” she warned.

“I will try not to. Let’s talk about something else. This conversation is getting me worked up,” Benne said and Celsie nodded.

“So, how about we spend the night at your place? Maybe we can spend the rest of the week at your place and go back to mine at weekend? That way I can spend time with Sonia to plan for their wedding,” Celsie said, and Benne shrugged.

“That’s fine by me,” he said as he glanced at his wristwatch.

“That’s my cue to leave. I suppose you are expecting someone,” Celsie said as packed up the dishes into the lunch bag and Benne nodded.

“Yeah,” he said as they both rose.

Once Celsie returned to her office, she settled down to focus on her tasks for the day.

Although, she was still very excited that things had been resolved and she didn’t have to worry about someone else having Benne’s child, she did her best to focus on what she had to do.

She worked without distraction for a while and raised her head when her phone started ringing.

She arched a brow when she saw it was from an unknown caller and she received the call thinking it was Benne’s grandfather, “Hello! This is Celestia Miller…”

“Celsie, it’s Rachel. Please don’t hang up,” Rachel pleaded desperately, and immediately Celsie scowled as she hung up the call.

Her phone rang three more times but she ignored it and blocked Rachel’s line from reaching instead.

The last thing she wanted was to hear from Rachel or to speak to her. Not after all she had put her and Lucas through.

She wouldn’t have taken the call had she known it was Rachel. She wondered why Rachel had used a different line to reach her, and then recalled that Rachel’s old phone which Lucas had seized was still in their custody.

Just as she returned her attention to the documents in front of her, her phone started ringing again and she glared at it, thinking it was Rachel.

Her brows pulled together when she saw it was Lucas and she received the call immediately, “Don’t tell me she tried calling you too?” Celsie asked, and Celsie frowned.

“Who tried calling me?” Lucas asked in confusion.

“If no one tried calling you, then you shouldn’t mind me,” Celsie said, not wanting to discuss Rachel with Lucas.

The last thing she wanted was for him to be upset. “How are you doing? Were you missing me?” She asked before Lucas could press her to tell him who she had been referring to.

“Yeah. I just got off the phone with mom and dad and wanted to check on you. I saw the news of Sonia’s engagement. I called to congratulate her earlier. I still can’t believe she is getting married,” Lucas said and Celsie laughed softly.

“She has changed a lot. If you were here, it would be easier for you to believe it. It was so beautiful last night,” Celsie said softly.

“I could see that from the clips,” Lucas said, and they were both silent for some time.

“A lot has changed in such a short time, hasn’t it?” Celsie asked when she heard Lucas’ sigh and could guess he was thinking about his canceled wedding with Rachel.

“Yeah. I called off my engagement, you got a boyfriend, and Sonia is getting married. Who would have guessed that any of these would happen?” Lucas asked thoughtfully.

“It all happened for the best, don’t you think? I mean, they’re good changes if you think about it. It could have been worse. Can you imagine finding out everything about her after your wedding and then being a divorcee?” Celsie said and he nodded.

“Sure. I know that,” Lucas said and Celsie heaved a deep sigh.

“How are you doing? Are you really okay?” She asked with concern.

Lucas smiled, “I’m fine. I didn’t call for you to worry about me. I wanted to know how you’re doing now that Benne is back,” Lucas said and Celsie smiled.

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