Chapter 188

Hearing that, Celestia Brooks visibly froze for a moment. Her clear, watery eyes looked calm on the surface, but something seemed to flicker deep within. Then as if a thought crossed her mind, her tense shoulders relaxed just a bit. She hesitated before asking softly, “Dexter… when you see me, do you think of your first love?” She’d heard a little about that girl before, but never knew much. And she’d always been curious—did she and that woman really look that alike? Dexter Goodwin didn’t expect her to ask him that out of nowhere. For a second, he was totally at a loss for words. Ever since he realized that Celestia was actually his first love, things had been a mess in his heart. Honestly, sometimes he wished she wasn’t—maybe then he wouldn’t feel so torn up inside. Because watching the woman he loved marry someone else, knowing there was nothing he could do about it… that kind of pain hit too deep. At first, he truly thought Celestia and his first love were two different people. But