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Chapter 1362

Originally, Maria just wanted to give Ernest a reminder, but she was shocked by his words. She feltthat she had really misjudged the situation.

There was nothing wrong with Ernest since he was well-prepared. She was just overly worried.

Seeing that he was calm, she nodded and felt relieved.

"I know. I have a hunch that Celeste will become my cousin-in-law," Maria said with a smile, "Ernest,what kind of girl will you bring back in the future?" Ernest took a look at her sharply.

Maria smiled and shrugged, "I'm going upstairs."

Ernest didn't say anything. Watching as Maria left, he closed his eyes again.

Maria did not return to her room immediately. Instead, she stood in the corridor on the second floorand looked up in the direction of the third floor.

She felt that it was necessary to call them down so that they could spend some time together.

Therefore, Maria shouted.

"Celeste, where are you?"

Her voice was loud and clear.

In the room upstairs, Celeste was still sitting on Gary's lap. Maria's voice was so loud that it almostmade her jump.

However, Gary wrapped his arm around her waist and didn't let her leave.

Hence, Celeste couldn't move.

"Maria's calling me," Celeste reminded him.

"Ugh, she's insufferable," Gary said with a pout.

Celeste didn't know if he was talking about her or Maria.

She could only look at Gary pathetically.

"I'm talking about her," Gary said.

Celeste still looked at him the same way.

"Celeste? Where are you? You're on the third floor, aren't you?" Maria suppressed her laughter. Shefelt that whatever she was doing now would definitely disturb Gary's plans.

However, it didn't matter.

After all, Gary had come back with an aloof expression.

"Wait! I'm on the third floor," Celeste finally answered and struggled to break free from Gary's arms.

Gary still refused to let go.

Celeste had no choice but to reach out to pry his big hands away, but he hugged her and gave hera big kiss.

She was short of breath and her lips hurt a little.

Celeste tried to shove him away.

Gary took another bite on her lips lightly. Only then did he let go of Celeste.

Celeste immediately jumped up. She was blushing furiously, and her lips were red and swollen.With just one glance, anyone could tell what had happened.

"You... you are horrid!" She complained. She quickly ran too the door and opened it.

Behind her, Gary took a deep breath. He sat there with a heavy expression on his face. He wasunhappy that someone had interrupted his time with Celeste.

Meanwhile, Maria had already come up. Her eyes widened as soon as she saw Celeste's blushingface after opening the door. When she saw her red and slightly swollen lips, Maria's eyes twinkledas she smiled evilly. The smile on her face embarrassed Celeste even more.

"When did you come back?" Maria spoke first as she stood at the door. Then, she stretched out herhead to peek inside.

"Just now," Celeste's voice was barely audible.

"You didn't tell me that you were back. I went to your room to find you, but I didn't see anyone. I onlysaw a bag," Maria complained, "It seems that Gary is just too charming. The first thing you did whenyou came back was to meet with him first."

Celeste felt even more embarrassed. She looked at Maria, begging for mercy in hopes that shewould stop teasing her.

Maria laughed and looked inside. As expected, she saw Gary sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Hey, Gary," Maria shouted.

The emotions brewing in Gary's gaze was unclear. He frowned, and the displeasure in his eyes wasobvious.

"You've come at the right time."

"You think so too?" Maria also laughed meaningfully. Her eyes were bright, and the corners of herlips were lifted up into a smirk, "It doesn't matter if it was the right time or not. We should celebratetogether later. The four of us haven't been together for four years, and Celeste was always absentwhen the three of us were around. This time, Celeste is here. Of course, we should celebrate tillwe're drunk."

"Children shouldn't drink alcohol," Gary grunted.

"Gary, you're such a hypocrite," Maria pursed her lips, "You were drinking the night before."

Celeste was speechless. She turned around, just to find Gary with an indifferent expression. It wasas if the person Maria was talking about wasn't him. He stood up and walked towards the door.

Maria looked back and forth between Gary and Celeste's red and swollen lips. She instantly knewwhat they had done earlier.

She rolled her eyes and said energetically. "Gary, can't we drink since you do?"

"Since you said that I'm a hypocrite," Gary's cold eyes flickered with seriousness. "I don't mind livingup to be one. I don't care if you drink or not.

Celeste is not allowed to drink."

Maria's eyes widened.

Celeste's face was burning hot all the way to the tips of her ears.

Why did he say that? He was too direct.

Celeste lowered her eyes, flustered. She wanted to say something, but she eventually chose not to.

"Gary," Maria came back to her senses and wanted to trick Gary into revealing something, "Why doyou only care about Celeste?"

Gary naturally understood Maria's intentions.

He took a cool look at Maria and explained, "Celeste is more obedient than you. It's not like she'sgreedy for alcohol. As for you, you're still too young. You can't control your liquor. If you're notcareful, you might end up doing it with a man."

"Hey, it's not like I don't know how to drink. I know my boundaries."

"Since you know, you should be fully aware that you shouldn't touch alcohol," Gary said once again.

Celeste had also heard him. She watched them converse and thought about her relationship withGary.

Her face was redder than a tomato.

"I just want to drink at home. I don't want to go out," Maria pretended to complain in dissatisfaction,"I have no objection about your praise towards Celeste, but why do you belittle me?"

From start to finish, Gary only listened to Maria complaining and didn't want to continue talking toher.

Celeste saw that Gary was ignoring Maria and tried to smooth over the situation. She said, "Maria,let's have some yogurt later."

"Celeste, did Gary frighten you?" Maria asked, "You're already twenty years old. You can have ataste of alcohol." "I don't want to," Celeste shook her head. She had taken a few sips that day, butshe didn't enjoy the taste. She didn't like it and preferred yoghurt.novelbin

"I think brandy tastes better," Maria thought for a while and said, "Once you drink, you'll be in a dazeand you can sleep easier! It's amazing."

Gary let out a cold laugh as realization dawned on him. A light flashed across his deep eyes as hesaid, "So you drank to treat your insomnia. What's the matter? Are you heartbroken?"

Maria held her breath as her smile froze. Her cousin was really sharp.

She came to her senses soon and tried to cover it up, "Gary, what are you thinking about? Whywould I have insomnia or have my heart broken? Love is for ordinary people. I'm different. As astudent of London University, how can I be so unreliable?"

"Since you brought up London University, I'm very curious," Gary continued, "You could have goneto Oxford or Cambridge, so why did you insist on going to London University?"

"I... I prefer it," Maria said hurriedly.

The smile on Gary's lips deepened. It was obvious that he didn't believe her. In fact, she wasn'teven keeping it a secret at all. She had directly exposed the truth.

"Oh, do you like the university or someone there?"

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