Chapter 698

There was no stopping Janice once she started rambling. She told Celeste how she had hired an entire team of drones to profess her love to Joshua and that she had called him to ask what he wanted for Valentine's Day. And what did she get in return? A cold shoulder, with two ignored calls to show for it. "Doesn't he care that I set my pride aside to do all that for him? I'm Janice Thompson, for heaven's sake! "No one has ever treated me like this before. I even offered to buy him a gift, and he had the nerve to hang up on me!" Celeste tried to keep from laughing as she listened to Janice's outburst. She couldn't risk creasing her sheet mask, after all. "That's Joshua for you. You know he's different from everyone else—a unique entity, if you will. "You like him for that same reason, right? That's why you spent all these years pining after him and trying to win his heart." Realizing Celeste had a point, Janice felt her temper die down. "I just called to vent, that's all. I'm alread