Chapter 20

The night before Celeste was discharged from the hospital, Annie couldn't stop criticizing Damien and Lucian. "The father's heartless, and the son's clueless. I called them out once, and they actually stopped visiting altogether…" Celeste listened to her rant and smiled quietly. Deep down, she knew Annie was only standing up for her. Out of everyone, Annie was the only one who truly had her back. On the morning of Celeste's discharge, Annie got an urgent notification about something that needed her immediate attention. She was already gone by 6:00 am and couldn't help with the discharge paperwork until she had dealt with it. Celeste waited and waited, but Annie never showed up. She couldn't leave without someone to handle the discharge process. She didn't want to call Damien, either. After hesitating for a while, she finally pulled up the number she'd saved just a few days earlier. Who would've thought Adrian's number would actually come in handy? When the call connected, his deep