Chapter 34

The next day Celeste slowly opened her eyes and blinked a few times to get rid of the sleepiness.

"Good Morning!" Liam's deep and husky morning voice made her turn around instantly. She looked at his handsome face for a few moments. Smokey grey eyes, beautiful fair complexion, messy jet black hair, a perfect nose, high cheekbones with a sharp jaw. His every feature looked perfect to her eyes, as if God had taken His sweet time to create him. His deep smokey grey eyes were completely focused on her with a smile. After a while, Celeste smiled back and snuggled into his chest before she greeted him back.

"Good morning," she whispered in her usual sweet voice, which made Liam's heart feel warm. He slowly wrapped his arms around her and pulled her more closer to him before placing a soft kiss on her head.

"Time to get up," Liam whispered huskily while stroking her hair.

"Uhmm!" Celeste said with her eyes closed.

"Let's go and have a shower together," Liam whispered in Celeste's ear, and before Celeste could react, he got up and picked her up in his arms in bridal style before making his way towards the washroom.

"Liam!!" Celeste let out a surprised squeal while wrapping her arms around his neck.

"What?" Liam asked with a smirk, making Celeste glare at him. He just chuckled at her cute expression before placing a quick kiss on her lips as they made their way inside the washroom.

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Liam was playing with Archie, and Celeste was making breakfast for them when the doorbell rang. Liam looked up and lazily got up to open the door. His happy mood instantly turned sour when he found his least favourite person standing in front of him.

"Uhh, hi. Is Cel home? I came here to pick Archie for a walk," Shawn said while trying to look for Celeste. Liam looked at him with an annoyed expression and was about to say no when Celeste came from the kitchen.

"Good morning, Shawn. Please come in and have breakfast with us. Then you could take Archie with you," Celeste said with a smile while inviting Shawn in. Liam glared at Celeste and clenched his fist angrily before storming inside. Celeste looked at his back with a confused expression before turning towards Shawn. Shawn smiled at her awkwardly.

"That won't be needed. I will just take Archie with me." Shawn said with a smile. He was sure Liam didn’t like his presence here. Also he didn’t know Celeste had a boyfriend already. She didn’t tell him before, and it made him really sad. To be honest, he still loved Celeste and hoped they could get back together again. But it wasn’t possible anymore as she already had someone else in her heart. Shawn smiled sadly as he couldn’t do anything about this.

"No, no. Please come in. I insist," Celeste said while pulling Shawn's arm to get him inside. Shawn couldn’t refuse her as he chuckled and entered her apartment. Liam, who was already seated at the dining table, looked at them and felt his anger bubbling over, making the vein in his neck pop. He tried to take deep breaths to control his anger and jealousy at seeing Celeste being so friendly with that scumbag. He wanted to rip his arms apart, which were being touched by his Celeste, but he couldn’t. He just sat there and swallowed his own anger and jealousy.

Shawn also took a seat on the dining table opposite Liam. That dining table was for four people and was really small. Celeste placed a few dishes on the table, and they all started to eat silently. The awkwardness was still present.

"How is Gilbert? I haven’t heard of him for a few days. Is he doing alright?" Celeste asked about Shawn's father, who was a cancer patient and had been admitted to Shawn's hospital.

"Dad is fine. He misses you very much," Shawn answered while eating his breakfast. Celeste heaved a sigh.

"I am thinking of visiting him this afternoon," Celeste said while looking at Shawn with a smile. Shawn smiled back.

"Alright. I will accompany you then. I will come at 4 in the afternoon to pick you up," Shawn proposed, and Celeste nodded. Suddenly they heard a loud noise. They turned towards the source of the noise and found Liam holding his glass down on the table, which was the cause of the loud noise.

"When did you come back from The UK, and when did you meet Celeste again?" Liam asked in his commanding voice, looking directly at Shawn. Shawn looked at him perplexed.

"Uhmm, more than a year ago, and I met Cel probably 8 months ago," Shawn said while trying to think of the exact date.

"That's right," Celeste said with a nod.

"How did you meet Celeste?" Liam again asked, looking directly at Shawn. His face was blank.

"At the hospital, when she was taking the thera—" Shawn couldn’t finish the sentence as Celeste cut in between.

"I was there with a friend," Celeste said hurriedly, making both Liam and Shawn look at her with a perplexed expression. Celeste sighed in relief after she successfully stopped Shawn from revealing her secret. He just couldn’t let Liam know about all this. He didn’t need to know.

"I'm done. I think we are getting late for our office. Shawn, please take Archie with you, and after the walk, leave him at Bobby's," Celeste said while taking the dishes with her. Liam sat there for a while as he was sure Celeste didn’t let Shawn tell him about something regarding her. She was definitely hiding something. But what could it be? At that moment, he didn’t know.

"Ok. I will take my leave now. Thanks for breakfast, Celeste. See you guys later." Shawn said in a gentle voice before picking Archie up and leaving Celeste's apartment in confusion. Why did Celeste lie to her boyfriend? He didn’t understand.

"I will just pick my things up before we go," Celeste said to Liam and moved to her room to get her things. Liam didn’t say anything as he just gave her a small nod. His mind was already somewhere else.

What had happened in the past year apart from their divorce and her grandma's death? He needed to find out soon.