Chapter 89

The night had grown deep by the time Celeste got home. She glanced at her phone and saw that it was already 9:00 pm. Her thoughts inadvertently drifted to her secondary SIM card, still stuck in flight mode. She hadn't bothered to switch it back on since she'd turned off her phone in front of Joshua that day. Her mind had recently been occupied with the clinic, so she hadn't paid much attention to the situation regarding the emerald. She couldn't help but wonder if Adrian had called her again these past few days. She walked toward the door, lost in thought. She changed the settings of her secondary SIM card, disabling its flight mode. However, just as she was about to switch it, a deep voice came from the doorway. "Watch where you're going, or you might trip." The familiar voice made Celeste lift her head almost instinctively. In her nervousness, she had already switched flight mode back on. She then quickly lowered her phone and turned off the screen. Adrian, dressed in a suit