Chapter 176

Celeste froze for a split second, not denying it. "Dad, so... you know everything?" "Yeah," Edward gave a slow nod, his tone heavier than usual. "You've been helping me out at the company all this time. You've got a good head for business, sharp thinking... you're not the kind of girl to just cause trouble for no reason. I always had my doubts about what happened back then. So I went and asked the old man. Didn't expect the truth to hit like that. What happened back then... that's on us-on the Shaw family." "Don't let it get to you. Between me and Ethan, we're husband and wife. There's no such thing as keeping score." She looked all calm and graceful on the outside, but inside, Celeste was pretty much firing off sarcasm like a meme thread. If Edward really cared so much about her, then where was this energy back when it had actually mattered? Now that she's useful to him, suddenly he wants to play the kind, concerned father-in-law? Yeah right. Nice try with the soft-sell approach... Sh