Chapter 186

After getting discharged, Celeste stayed home for a solid two weeks-didn't even take one step outside. Her assistant, Blake, was running back and forth between the office and her place every day, juggling files and document approvals. Naturally, things slipped through the cracks-it was inevitable. But honestly, Celeste preferred staying home instead of walking around like a celebrity with a double line of guards tailing her. At least she had the injury as an excuse; otherwise, people might think she was just playing the pampered rich wife card. In those two weeks, the visitors never stopped-friends, relatives, business associates, even distant folks from both the Shaw and Harper families who normally wouldn't show their faces. Everyone was eager to drop by with gifts, hoping to curry favor. But thanks to Mr. Foster's team, none of them managed to get past the gate. "Ma'am, as per your instructions, nobody's been let in." "And the gifts? You didn't accept them, right?" Celeste leaned ba