True Fated Marriage (Grace and Heinz)
Chapter 1384

Celeste felt extremely hurt upon finding the lipstick stain. Without the need to think, she knew that Gary had hugged Janice. That explained why his body smelt liked the fragrance of a girl's perfume, and why there was a lipstick mark on his clothes.

It could be seen that their relationship was really close.

Although she knew that it was basic manners for foreigners to hug each other upon meeting, she still felt her chest tighten up when she saw a lipstick mark on Gary's chest. To be frank, she found it difficult for her to say a word.

It bothered her very, very much.

After a brief moment of being stunned by what she saw, Celeste immediately struggled. She wanted to get away from Gary's embrace.

However, Gary's grip on her tightened even further. He wrapped his strong arms around Celeste's waist, making her cling onto him.

"What's wrong? Are you angry? You're angry because I couldn't spend the day with you, right?" His lips were still lingering near Celeste's ear. He even stuck out his tongue and licked her delicate earlobe gently.

Celeste felt a sudden spark of electricity flowing through her veins. Her body froze again, but she did not forget to struggle out of his embrace.

After pausing for a while, she continued to fight back She did not want to be held by him anymore.

"Let me go," Celeste said in a not-so-friendly tone.

Gary detected her unhappiness and his eyebrows furrowed. His grip on her relaxed slightly but continued to hold Celeste in his arms. Lowering his head, he looked down at Celeste and asked, "What's wrong? Are you really angry?"

Celeste had a very unhappy look on her face.

Gary noticed that her expression had changed. She was very silent and her eyes had turned a little teary. Gary was very shocked.

"What happened?"

Celeste stared at the red lipstick mark on his chest. She glared at it angrily without even blinking.

Gary felt suffocated by Celeste's silence. He didn't like it when she gave him the cold shoulder.

However, he intuitively noticed something and followed her line of sight. He looked down at his

own clothes.

Once he looked down, his eyes fell on his shirt. Only then did he notice there was a red mark on his lightly colored plaid shirt.

Upon closer inspection, he realized that it was a lipstick mark.

A very clear lipstick mark.

All of a sudden, his body froze and his facial expression changed. He looked up to Celeste again and suddenly found himself a little bit speechless, not knowing what to say.

"You hugged Janice," Eventually, Celeste decided to bring it up. She did not want to hide this matter deep down in her heart, and she knew that Gary had noticed the lipstick mark she had been staring at. Gary felt uncomfortable about being questioned. His instinct told him that Celeste did not believe him.

He snorted and asked coldly, "Do you not believe me?"

"Why are you not answering my question?" After noticing that he did not answer directly but replied with a question instead, Celeste's heart felt even more heavy.

"It seems like you did not answer my question too?" Gary's gaze and voice were both ice-cold.

Celeste felt very upset. She pursed her lips and felt a stabbing pain in her heart. The only thing she could do was try to hold it in, but her eyes couldn't lie. Tears started to brim in her eyes.

"Of course I want to believe you. I'm telling myself not to be petty and not to think too much about unnecessary things. However, I saw a lipstick stain on your clothes, and you've got a girl's scent all over you. If I didn't believe you, why would I ask you?"

After saying it clearly, Celeste felt that she was very pathetic, causing a wave of sadness to hit her suddenly.

"That means that you still don't trust me," Gary's heart was filled with anger and irritation when he heard her words. Didn't she already know about his feelings for her?

He came back as fast as he could just to see her.

No matter how nice he was to her, she would never feel it. She became so suspicious of him just because of a lipstick mark on his shirt. It seemed that even if he gave her all of his heart, he would still not be able to gain her absolute trust.

Without saying a word, Gary stormed upstairs.

Celeste looked at him as he headed straight upstairs. He did not say a word and left her alone, standing downstairs. She suddenly felt that between the both of them, he always seemed to be high and mighty, while her love always seemed to be very lowly and pathetic.

He didn't even want to give her an explanation.

The door was slammed shut with a loud bang, expressing Gary's anger and protest.

"Did I really do something wrong?"

Celeste started to question herself.

The house was quiet, and there was no sound coming from upstairs too.

There was a moment of absolute silence, as if she was the only person in the entire world.

She wrapped her arms around herself, but still felt a little cold.

It seems like there wasn't a place for her in this house.

Staying here made her feel very cold and uncomfortable.

Coincidentally, the refrigerator was empty and she had to get some groceries. She wanted to run some errands at the supermarket and look for something to do. Otherwise, she would go crazy. After a moment of hesitation, she picked up her bag and headed out.

The first thing Gary did when he went upstairs was to take a bath and change his clothes.

He felt uncomfortable about the lipstick stain and the fragrance of another girl on his body, even though it just was a misunderstanding. He felt even more frustrated when Celeste didn't believe him at all.

This was the true reason he was frustrated.

He was angry that Celeste didn't believe him, and he was also irritated that Janice made him go through all this trouble.

He took a shower and shampooed himself a few times just to make sure that the fragrance was gone. He then walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around him. Droplets of water were still trickling down his body.

After coming out, he noticed that no one was in the bedroom.

Celeste did not come upstairs.

Was she still angry downstairs?

Gary's eyebrows furrowed, and the remainder of whatever good mood he had was washed away in an instant.

He dried himself properly, got changed into a new set of clothes, and sat on the edge of the bed. Despite waiting for a while, still, no one came up.

He always had a proud personality and did not like to apologize. Today, he took the first step and apologized, but Celeste still doubted him. It made him look like he had cheated on her. Gary was furious.

His heart was filled with anger. He felt like there was something stuck deep in his chest, causing a dull sense of pain.

He was waiting for Celeste to come upstairs. As long as she came up, he would forgive her.

However, after waiting for an extremely long time, there wasn't a single hint of movement downstairs.

So that was it. Celeste still refused to come up.

The more he waited, the more anxious he became and the angrier he got. Finally, he couldn't wait any longer. He got up and headed downstairs, only to find the house eerily quiet. There was not even the slightest sign of anyone except himself.

Gary stood in the house and looked around. No one was there.

He was so cross that he rushed into the study. He kicked the door open, but there was no one inside the room.

Only then did he realize that Celeste had already left.

"D*mn it," Gary pressed his hand on the armrest of the chair, causing the veins on the back of his hand to twitch and bulge. His lips were pressed together and his eyes were livid.

He took a deep breath, turned around, and walked out.

Gary picked up his phone and called Celeste. Even though the phone was not turned off, his phone call was rejected, following with a quick message reply.

"I won't do anything silly. I just want to be alone for a moment. Please don't disturb me."

After reading this message, Gary's tense mood began to ease a little. However, the emotion that followed was still burning anger.

He stood in the house, rubbing the creases between his eyebrows. His entire body was burning with rage.

After a few minutes, he sent her a message.

"No matter where you are, come back right now."

However, there was no reply from Celeste.

Gary made another phone call, but the call got hung up again.

Feeling a little bit helpless, he sent another message to her.

"Celeste, come back right now. Do you hear me?"

At that moment, Celeste was busy shopping in the supermarket. She was annoyed upon seeing his message. With that, she picked up her cell phone and sent a message to him. "Gary, I did not do anything wrong. I'm not your slave, nor a tool that you can summon anytime you want. Even if we're dating, don't act like you're all high and mighty in front of me. You're clearly the one who's in the wrong, but why does it feel like I'm the one who did something wrong?"

After reading the message sent by Celeste, Gary's eyebrows started twitching uncontrollably.

It was the first time that he found out that Celeste was so stubborn.

He could feel the tone of annoyance by looking at how Celeste questioned him. Even if she sent him a text message, he could feel the girl's anger and frustration from her words. This made him equally infuriated.

He was already feeling irritated when he had to go out of his way to help Janice today. He wanted a nice rest when he returned home, not to be questioned or interrogated like this. Did he do anything wrong?

He frowned and sat on the sofa, clenching his mobile phone tightly in his hand. He wanted to reply to her, but he was just too bothered to do so. Hence, he threw the phone on the sofa.

He chose not to reply to her.

Time ticked by, one second at a time.

It felt like a hundred years had passed.

Celeste didn't send any more messages to him, but she didn't come back either.

Gary didn't know where Celeste went.

Finally, he couldn't help himself. He got up and drove around to look for her.

The sky was getting darker. He was really worried about her being alone outside at this hour. However, he was still adamant that he was not in the wrong. He told himself that he had gone out to find her purely because of her safety.

Gary drove his car, passing by every single place where Celeste might be.

Alas, she was nowhere to be found.

Just like that, he started to panic.

He picked up his phone again and tried to call Celeste, but this time, her phone was turned off.

This time, he was really scared. Something in his heart felt empty and desolate.