Chapter 353
Kayson was speechless, while Queenie quickly said, “Riley, it's not a good ttoday. I'll buy you a meal some
other time.”
Riley glanced at Kayson in disdain before she caught Queenie’s hand. “Queenie, it's pathetic for a pretty girl like
you to be sitting outside.
“I'm eating with a few friends in the room upstairs. Cwith us. Oh yeah, Celeste’s here too!”
“When did she cback?” Queenie asked, surprised by the information. Riley grinned. “Just yesterday. You
didn’t know?” “She didn’t tell me...” Queenie furrowed her brows.
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Kayson spoke up. “Go have a look if you want to.”
He could see that Queenie seemed to be close to Celeste, as there was a flash of delight in her eyes when Riley
mentioned Celeste.
Queenie glanced at Kayson in slight embarrassment. However, she was quite puzzled and she did want to check
the situation out.
Riley was a little disgruntled upon seeing that Queenie wanted to take Kayson along, but she said nothing. She
only threw the guy a dirty look On the way there, Queenie told Kayson softly, “Celeste sat within high
school, and we were very close. We weren't in the suniversity, but we kept in touch. “She went abroad after
that, and we didn’t lose contact then either. If she’s back, she should've told me.”
Kayson nodded. Riley led the two of them to the room upstairs, where there were three guys and a girl. The girl
was wearing a white dress and she looked all fresh and pretty as she sat quietly with a lowered head. However,
she seemed down and worn out, and her gaze looked a little empty. The quietness that she exuded felt more like
silent despair, as if she had completely given up the fight. “Celeste, it's really you!” The girl looked up in surprise
at the greeting, but she was obviously Queenie’s high school classmate.
What was unexpected was that Celeste did not show any delight upon meeting Queenie. Instead, she looked
fearful, nervous, and anxious. She asked in distress, “Queenie, w-why are you here?
“1 heard Riley say that you're here, so | cover.” There was a hint of rage in her eyes when Celeste looked at
Riley. Then, she told Queenie,” Queenie, let's meet sother time. It’s not a good ttoday.” The guy sitting
next to Celeste grinned. “Nonsense. Since you're Celeste’s friend, you're our
friend too!”
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Riley beamed as well. “Yeah. Why are you chasing her off when Desmond hasn't said a thing?”
Queenie and Celeste were truly close, so Queenie understood that something must be wrong right after Celeste
spoke. “Celeste’s right. | only cto have a look Since it’s not a good time, we’ll meet sother day.”
Riley glared at Celeste immediately before she turned to Queenie with a smile. “Queenie, don’t be a stranger.
We're all friends. It’s not like it takes a lot of effort to sit down and have a meal together. Desmond is no
Scrooge.”
Bam!
The guy named Desmond, Desmond Studt, slammed the table suddenly and sneered, “What's the matter? Is this
so hard to do?” “No...” Queenie answered quickly in shock Kayson suddenly smiled. “Queenie, since Desmond's
already said so, we'll just stay. Let’s not upset him.” Desmond grinned at once. “Bro, you're the man. What's
your name?”