Chapter 448

Ever since Ava Quarles passed away four years ago, Martin Palmer hadn't been involved with any other woman. Aside from Celeste Harper and Lily Garland, you’d almost never see a single woman around him. Even when the company assigned new secretarial assistants last year, he specifically chose a male assistant. Celeste had always been worried. Keeping everything bottled up like this couldn’t be healthy—it was only a matter of time before something gave. "Who's that woman? Does she work here?" "Doesn’t seem like it," Zeller replied. "She looks kind of unfamiliar. Pretty, though—very gentle-looking." "Yeah?" Celeste’s brow furrowed slightly. If Martin was truly ready to let go and finally move on—find someone new and start fresh—she’d be genuinely happy for him. But the thing was, she’d never heard of him being close to any woman recently, let alone someone showing up out of the blue. The timing just seemed...off. On Monday morning, Celeste headed into a meeting at IM. Martin and Blake wer