The Secret Beneath Her Name (Celeste) novel Chapter 76

Chapter 76 Just Once

Chapter 76 Just Once

Looking at the trash on the floor and the broken sofa, Celeste turned around and glanced at Declan, who was standing behind her. “Did you do all this?”

Declan sniffed and said, “It’s your fault for ordering me to clean up the kitchen when you left the house yesterday morning. You took away all the food at home.

“I couldn’t reach you on the phone and had nothing to eat. So, I vented my anger out on your sofa.”

Celeste had taken away all the food in the house because Declan had deliberately wasted food and dirtied the kitchen.

Originally, she only wanted to starve him for the entire morning and noon before coming back to give him something to eat in the evening.

However, she had almost frozen to death in the warehouse last night and then forgotten about him.

Looking at Declan with tears on his face, Celeste tried to scold him, but in the end, she did not say anything. Considering that Declan had been hungry for two days, she endured it this time. “Clean up the house after dinner.”

As soon as Celeste finished speaking, she asked Declan to give her his phone. Then, she logged into her account and transferred seventy dollars to him as his food allowance.

“You can order yourself a burger with this seventy dollars.”

Declan had never had a burger that cost less than 300 dollars. Now that Celeste had given him seventy dollars for a burger, he said angrily, “What burger can you afford with seventy dollars? Can you at least give me 300 dollars?”

A premium burger cost ten to fifteen dollars at most. An ordinary burger cost three dollars. Coupled with the delivery fee of one dollar, it was only four dollars. He could have more than ten burgers with the seventy dollars that she gave him.

However, it seemed that he had never eaten such a cheap burger before.

It didn’t matter if he hadn’t eaten it before. From today onwards, she would teach him.

Celeste took away Declan’s phone again and downloaded a takeout app. Then, she clicked on the search engine and handed it to him. “Order whatever burger you want from here. It’s very cheap.”

Declan sniffed and looked at his phone. He subconsciously blurted out, “Even dog food costs more than this. You want me to eat such cheap food?”

Celeste was speechless.

“It’s up to you whether you want to eat it or not. If you don’t, you’ll starve to death.”

With that, Celeste returned to her room and took the herbal cream. She came out and said, “The password at home is 0304. Don’t forget it.”

After a pause, Celeste explained to Declan, “Yesterday, I went to the hospital for my internship and was almost frozen to death in the hospital warehouse. I didn’t mean to starve you for two days or ignore your calls. There’s no signal at the warehouse.”

Declan was silent.

“Also, I dropped my phone in the warehouse. Don’t call again until I get it back because I can’t answer it.” With that, Celeste left the apartment under Declan’s gaze.

Declan looked at her limping and frowned. “Where are you going with your legs like this?”

“To apply the medicine.”

Declan wanted to say that he would accompany her, but he gave up because he could not bring himself to say it.

He did not have a good relationship with Celeste. He had no reason to accompany her.

He should order something to eat. He was about to faint from hunger.

Celeste went downstairs after leaving her apartment.

Before she could knock on the door, Marcus opened it from the inside.

Celeste gradually lowered her hand. “How did you know was here?”

Successfully unlocked!

“I heard the elevator,” Marcus replied.

Celeste thought, ‘His hearing is really good.‘ Celeste shook her head helplessly and limped in.

She had only taken two steps when Marcus carried her and placed her on the sofa.

Celeste reminded him, “You haven’t recovered yet. It’s better not to do too much strenuous exercise.”

Chapter 76 Just Once

When Marcus heard this, he curled his lips mischievously. “My strenuous exercise now doesn’t seem to be much compared to last night’s strenuous exercise, right?”

Celeste instantly blushed because of Marcus’s words.

She moved her neck and said shyly, “Well… last night was an accident. You don’t have to take it to heart.”

Marcus raised his eyebrows. “That was my first time with you, yet you’re telling me not to take it to heart?”

Celeste sighed and replied, “Actually, many people don’t care about their virginity anymore.”

“But I care.”

Celeste was at a loss for words.

She thought, ‘I can’t say anything in response to that. Since he says that he cares, won’t I have to be responsible for taking his virginity away?‘

Celeste sighed helplessly and handed the herbal cream in her hand to him. “Apply the medicine first.”

She would talk about the responsibility toward him later. For now, she wouldn’t say anything.

She was a little tired and had an indescribable feeling.

Marcus raised his eyebrows and took the herbal cream from her. He squatted in front of her and took off her pants.

Then, he began to check Celeste at a close distance.

When Celeste looked at Marcus at such a close distance, she felt more shy than ever before.

She asked, “Marcus, do you have to come so close to apply medicine for me?”

“Well, I wanted to see how badly you were hurt.”

Celeste moved her legs awkwardly. “Stop looking. Hurry up and apply it.”

Marcus agreed and applied the herbal cream for her. As he applied it, he blew on Celeste’s wound.

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