As soon as Celine cto a stop in front of us, she directed her mournful stare at the woman standing next to me. At the stime... her fists tightened and her toe fingers curled, which caused my body to react in an unusual manner. | tried to catch her attention by clearing my throat, but she continued to look as if she were going to murder her sister as her eyes were fixed on her.
“Celine! What the hell are you doing—" “Oh... how are you doing, my dear sister...?” Celine cut her off and moved closer to show the intensity of her blazing gaze in close proximity. The lips of Brylee quivered, and | couldn't tell if it was from anger or fear; nonetheless, | could see that she was feeling anxious as she attempted to cut off Celine before she could finish her next sentence. “Mom is dead. Our mother is dead..
Celine’s words struckas being inappropriate at the engagement celebration, but | didn’t give a hoot about what she had to say at all. Even though | was in the position to put a stop to what she was doing, | was more interested in finding out more about what she’s up to. It seemed like she was about to spill something here.
“Mom is dead, Brylee... Were you aware of this?” she repeated and there was an undulation to her voice and a hint of choked grief.
For sreason... everyone couldn’t help but frown because of that pitiful voice of hers.
A moment of surprise passed over Brylee before she snapped back with a question. “Are you insane?” She inhaled deeply before making an accusatory gesture with her finger toward Celine. “I don’t know what nonsense are you talking about! My mother is here! And her nis Sasha!” After listening to what Brylee had to say, Celine erupted into a noisy bout of laughter. Loud enough for to hear by the several hundred people that are currently encircling her at this very moment in time.
After that, she made her way over to the server, who was just as preoccupied with watching her as she picked up a glass of wine from the tray and then immediately swallowed it down in one gulp.
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“What kind of fuss do you think you're kicking up here?!” Juhurried forward and grabbed his daughter's hand for the second tas a desperate last-ditch effort to stop his daughter. The expression of irritation and frustration that covered his entire face was palpable.
Celine winced at the taste of wine, and probably with the words and actions of her father. | smirked, thinking she wasn’t a fan of alcohol. This was new to 1. me. | thought wild girls were heavy drinkers? Well, that was impossible if the things that were written in the result of the investigation weren't true.
“Oh... my dearest father...” she chuckled as she started to walk around Julio.
“Your ex-wife is dead. Are you happy with how things are right now?” her gazes were locked against Julio, but he avoided them, causing Celine to smile in victory.
As soon as Brylee saw that the situation was rapidly deteriorating, she raced forward in a frenzy to give Celine a slap on the arm. “Stop it! You're ruining my engagement party! Please, stop making a scene here!” Celine slapped Brylee’s arm back before she gripped her wrist tightly that Brylee almost winced.
“Really?” she scoffed as she harshly released Brylee’s arms when she saw her reaction before she folded her arms over her chest. | could already see that she was trembling from the cold. “Am | causing a scene here my sister?” She had a smile on her face, but it was clear from the look in her eyes that she was being mocking and sarcastic. “You sent a lot of messages to mom yesterday. Didn't she tell you that she would take her own life? How nice... she passed away but her daughter is enjoying in her engagement party. What a memorable occasion your engagement has become!” To my surprise, Juslapped her across her face and my eyes widened when Celine tumbled to the ground, with blood trickling from the corner of her lips. | think she was still recovering from her illness from the other day and Sun, 8 Oc 5/8 Chapter 20 The Woman That Night here she was again, going through the sthing that happened to her that day.
My chest heaved up and down when | saw tears streamed down her face and started to talk to herself. “Did you see that, mom?” she cried out. “They didn’t feel any sorrow at all upon hearing the news of your passing. What they are feeling is only disgust and repulsion atfor crashing their party.
So much for the rich and powerful Wheeler family!” To my complete shock, Brylee promptly got down on her knees and assisted in bringing her up, but Celine remained slumping on the ground. “Celine, don’t make any more trouble, okay? Let's go. I'll take you home...” My brows knitted together in surprise when Brylee acted in such an unexpected manner all of a sudden. What kind of drama was she portraying now? Celine cocked her head to the side to look at Brylee, and then all of a sudden she burst out laughing in a very loud voice.
Celine, please...” Now, Brylee was begging at her. “Lettake you hso that we can talk about it, okay?” After giving her sister a bear hug and a nod, Celine proceeded to sob on her sister's shoulder. “Don’t cry. Ssshhh... I'm aware that you are feeling distressed, but | know that you will get over this.
Let's go...” Because Celine was facingwhile she was hugging Brylee, | saw how her lips curved into a smirk before she whispered something to Brylee to which | was aware that it was onlyand Brylee could only hear. “From now on... I'm going to take away everything from you. I'll take away whatever you care about!” | saw that Brylee’s shoulder becrigid just before she pushed Celine away
from her. In spite of this, tears were running down Celine's face making her appear to be the very embodiment of agony and sadness. What a brilliant actress she is! Brylee stood up from kneeling and staggered towards me, but | wasn’t paying attention on her. My eyes stayed fixed on Celine as she inched closer toand struggled to stand up despite the fact that her body was scarcely trembling in any discernible way.
| sighed seeing the bright smile on her face, but there was no warm in her eyes. “Seb...” she mumbled, her eyes were now watery as if she would dissolve into a crying mess in the next second. Her beautiful face was flushed from the glass of wine she just had.
| was caught away by the circumstances when Celine suddenly threw herself onwith her arms wrapped around my neck. That scent again... it was killing me.
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“Celine! What are you doing? Get away from him!” Brylee was crying out hysterically besideand was about to storm towards the woman who was
pressing herself against mine but | raised my hand to stop her .Seb..
Brylee stopped dead in her tracks as she looked atwith wide eyes.
Celine smirked like she was enjoying this. | can see her beautiful face full of despair, mock and craziness. After she moved her face closer to mine, her warm breath touched my ear, and | immediately stiffened up in response to
it. “Do you miss my taste, my dear brother-in-law?I was taken aback by her sudden whisper, and | swallowed hard.
| opened my mouth to respond to her, but she swiftly shut my mouth by pressing her lips against mine and pushing her tongue into my mouth, making the world spin aroundand lose myself from the kiss she was giving me. | kissed her back, oblivious to the people who were surrounding us, and now... | knew without a shadow of a doubt that she was the woman | had made love that night due to the fact that she tasted and smelled the same.
The swoman who had a scent of vanilla and strawberry.
My mind toldto push her away because she’s my fiancee’s sister but before | could do that, she collapsed in my arms.