Chapter 161

Lyle and Eleanor humbled themselves before the Leroys. They invited Celine's parents, John Leroy and Rita Bellamy, to dinner at Lumen to thank them for helping Derrick. They'd decided to treat it as a simple meal and not worry about anything else. Meanwhile, John pulled Rita to his side, fuming with rage. "You lot can go ahead and have the meal yourselves. We can't take the humiliation like this. Derrick is a man, yet he got into this sorry mess over a promiscuous lady. "I had to beg for a whole night. If they hadn't let it slip, we might not even have found where he really was. And now, he dares to act all sentimental here?" John faced Derrick, spat at the ground in anger, then walked away. Rita's expression was dark as well. She took Celine's hand and led her out of the elevator in a huff. Lyle and Eleanor frantically tried to stop them. The last thing they wanted was for their relationship with the Leroys to be strained. At first, Celine was unsure of what to do herself. H