True Fated Marriage (Grace and Heinz)
Chapter 1969

Gary subconsciously looked towards Celeste's direction. Celeste was looking at him as she lay on the bed, blushing. The phone call had saved her, otherwise, she would have been taken in wholly by Gary again.

Seeing that he was on the pone, Celeste immediately got up and went to the bathroom.

Gary made a sound of acknowledgment over the phone.

"Celeste won't be able to hear the phone call, right?" Lowell asked him once more.

Gary looked at Celeste's departing figure and said, "Just say what you want to say. She is going to the bathroom now."

"Listen carefully, Janice has been pregnant with your child for three months now," Lowell said in a deep voice. His tone was serious, and he even sounded a little disappointed.

"What did you say?" Gary suddenly raised his voice.

Lowell's tone was particularly serious and calm. "You didn't mishear me. Janice is really pregnant with your child. According to the timeline, it should be around the time you broke up with Celeste. What happened between you two when you were drunk once? I believe that you can still remember it."

In that instant, Gary was speechless.

His silence made Lowell frown, and he spoke in a somewhat displeased and serious tone, "I thought that Janice was spreading rumors, but I did not expect her to have even done a DNA test to prove that the child was yours too."

Gary fell even quieter. A sharp glint flashed across his eyes.

"How are we going to handle this matter?" After a moment of silence, Lowell still asked him for his opinion.

Gary narrowed his eyes, he asked in a deep voice, "How did you know about this matter?"

Lowell was taken aback by the question. "I discovered it by accident!"

"Hmph!" Gary laughed coldly. "You met her by chance? Don't you think that it might be another one of Janice's tricks?"

"Then tell me, is the child in her womb yours? Could the DNA test results be faked?"

Gary did not speak. However, Lowell could hear his breathing getting heavier and heavier.

Lowell's intuition told him that the matter was not that simple.

Lowell thought for a moment and still remained rational. "If you are sure that it is not yours, then I will help you to handle the remaining matters. If you aren't sure, you can still tell me your solution, and I can help you execute it."

"I will take care of this matter personally," Gary said in a cold tone.

"What about Celeste?" Lowell asked with worry.

"She can stay here and celebrate the Spring Festival herself. I will take care of this matter on my own. I'll be back in two days." Gary gripped the phone tightly. "Help me keep an eye on that woman first. Do not let her do anything that will harm Celeste."

Lowell was also shocked when he heard that. It seemed that the child in Janice's belly might really have something to do with Gary.

Otherwise, how could Janice be so sure and arrogant?

Celeste went to the bathroom, and she came out after she had washed herself up.

When she came out of the bathroom, Gary had already ended his call.

"Is Uncle Lowell coming back to celebrate the Spring Festival?" Celeste asked him.

Gary's expression was slightly dazed. He seemed to have come back to his senses and hurriedly looked at Celeste. His shallow gaze landed on her face. When he looked into Celeste's eyes, he immediately avoided it, as he dared not to look straight at her.

"He isn't," Gary said.

"Really?" Celeste sighed regretfully. "Back then, when she was chatting with Aunt Smith, she also hoped that Lowell could come back for the Spring Festival. Why don't you try to persuade him?" Gary was obviously a little absent-minded. He did not answer Celeste's question but said directly, "I have something urgent to attend to. I have to return to Boston for five days at most."

Celeste was a little surprised. "What's the matter? We just came back. Does it have something to do with your company?"

"Yes," Gary replied in an indifferent manner.

"Well, do you want me to go with you?" Celeste was worried about what Gary would say if she didn't go, so she took the initiative to ask for his opinion.

"No need. You can stay." Gary turned around. He did not even look at Celeste, and he was just talking on his own, "I'll be able to settle the matters quickly and come back. You can rest for a while. I'm worried that you'll be unable to bear the long journey."

Celeste was happy to hear such an arrangement at first, but Gary was turning his back to her. It was obvious that he was avoiding her. She couldn't help but to feel a little strange.

It must be an extremely serious matter to require him to go back to Boston at once.

Seeing how absent-minded he was, Celeste did not overthink it, as she thought that it was just something about his company.

Gary was still acting that way, with his back to Celeste. She couldn't tell what was on his mind.

It seemed that something serious had happened.

Celeste pondered for a moment before she said, "Let me come with you, you don't have to worry about me. I am not that weak. At least I will still be able to take care of you."

For Celeste, she had a simple mind. She just wanted to take good care of Gary, so he would not have anything to worry about.

However, when Gary heard that, he immediately turned around and told Celeste, "I already said that I don't need you to go. I don't need you to take care of me. Just take care of yourself and wait for me to come back. Be good, okay? I have to book a flight now."

Celeste was a little surprised at how anxious he was.

"Can't I come with you?" Celeste hesitated but still asked.

Gary's body stiffened. He pursed his lips and said, "Celeste, there are some things I need to deal with. I will tell you about it when I come back. This time, I have been set up. I need to focus on dealing with this If you go, I will be distracted."

When she heard what he said, Celeste felt anxious too. Was he being set up?

Gary had always been one step ahead of everyone else. However, that time, he actually admitted to having been schemed against. Celeste was shocked when she heard his tone.

She looked at Gary as she nodded, "Okay, go ahead. Hurry up and book the tickets. I won't distract you then."

When Gary heard how obedient Celeste was, his eyes flashed with an even greater sense of bitterness and apology. Celeste was so docile.

He smiled and hugged Celeste tightly.

He exerted so much strength that Celeste's body was almost crushed by his embrace.

Celeste could sense a different vibe from him after being hugged so tightly. It was as if Gary was a little frightened.

Celeste could notice Gary's strangeness. Just as she was having her suspicions, he loosened his grip.

"I will go and book the ticket." After that, he went to make a phone call.

The call was soon connected. Celeste heard him say, "Help me book a ticket to Boston right away."

In the end, Celeste heard that the flight was booked for five o'clock in the afternoon that day.

How frantic it was.

That time, Gary did not bring Celeste down the mountain. He told her to stay there, as it would make her feel more comfortable. However, he forgot something.

Maria and Liam were a couple there, and so were Ernest and Leah. She was the only one alone there.

Moreover, those two boys both liked Celeste before.

She felt even more awkward.

Gary hurriedly left. Celeste took a nap in the afternoon, and she was woken up by a phone call.

She glanced at the phone and saw that it was a phone call from Boston. The number belonged to Lowell.

She answered the call, "Hello, Uncle Lowell."

"It's me, Janice."

All of a sudden, she heard a strange and familiar female voice coming from the other side.

Celeste was stunned. "It's you? Are you looking for me?"

"I am three months pregnant. Gary is the father." Janice got straight to the point.

At that moment, Celeste's world was shaken.

She could hardly believe her ears, and it took her a long while for her to come back to her senses. "What did you say?"

"I said that I am pregnant, and I have been for three months. I have also done a DNA test. If you want to see the results, I can send it to you." Janice's tone was unhurried, as if she was feeling certain that she was the winner.

Celeste was greatly confused and she panicked.

Only then did she realize that Gary had left in a hurry to deal with that matter. However, when was Gary together with Janice?

She had been pregnant for three months. Was it around the time they broke up?

She could only feel that every drop of blood within her flowing in the wrong direction, her whole body turned cold.

She could not describe her feeling then, it was as if her soul was slowly leaving her body.

Her heart was extremely cold.

However, she did not want to be defeated by Janice.

Celeste took a deep breath and said calmly, "Miss Simpson, you are pregnant with Gary's child. He should be the one you are looking for. Why are you looking for me?"

"I am letting you know, and I'm telling you to leave Gary," Janice said, "I am already pregnant. Can you still continue to be in a relationship with him without feeling wrong about it?"

"Why can't I be with him without feeling wrong about it?" Celeste suddenly lost her temper and asked coldly, "I am not the person who got myself involved in others' relationship here, and I have not done anything wrong against anyone else. Why can't I be at ease? Miss Simpson, how could you say these things to me? I really think there is something wrong with your values."

"Celeste, don't speak too fast. I know that you must be feeling very upset right now. You did not expect me to have had sex with Gary, did you?" Janice chuckled, seeming a little proud. "I even got pregnant too."

"That's your business." Celeste repeated in a cold tone.

"It looks like you are still angry." Janice laughed proudly. "So, what are you going to do? Are you going to leave Gary?"

"Whether I leave Gary or not is my business. Since you came to look for me, I'm sure that there has to be some stories behind this child that you are expecting. Miss Simpson, you should know very well what kind of tricks you have used." Celeste said coldly.

"Celeste, you can't take it anymore. Why are you still trying so hard to retort?" It wounded like Janice was openly announcing herself as the winner.

Celeste was almost getting breathless, but when she thought of how arrogant Janice was, she still forced herself to fight back.

She could not show any sign of defeat, not in front of that woman.

Even if Janice was telling the truth, she still needed to wait for Gary to return to explain the matter.

She had experienced a few things and was no longer as rash as she was before.

"Why don't you book a ticket to the United States as well to see how Gary is dealing with this matter? Let's see if he is still able to deny it in the face of the DNA test results." Janice suggested on the other side of the phone.