Celeste’s POV
I kept wondering how long this was going to take. Truly, the wedding was drawing closer, but then… everything kept repeating in a monotonous pattern that was driving me crazy.
I paced the length of the room, staring at the same walls I’d been staring at for days. Sebastian was away on a business trip, and I was stuck here like some kind of prisoner. The house felt even bigger and lonelier without his snide remarks to distract me.
I glanced at the clock on the wall. It was just past noon, and the idea of spending another minute in this oversized cage made my skin crawl.
“That’s it,” I muttered to myself. “I need out.”
The moment I stepped into the foyer, Harris was there, standing like an unmovable statue. His calm expression only irritated me more.
“Harris,” I said swee
