Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1407

Shannon believed if she were in Celeste's shoes, she would've made the same choices.

If Celeste had taken her away from the Grays and brought her back to the Jensens the moment she'd found her, Shannon might've experienced what it felt like to be sheltered by her family much earlier.

But that'd mean she'd have to be protected all the time.

One day when danger loomed, Shannon would have no choice but to watch her loved ones exhaust themselves trying to shield her, and all she could do was passively wait for someone else to save her…

That wasn't the life Shannon wanted, so she didn't blame Celeste for the decisions she'd made. On the contrary, she was grateful Celeste had given her the ability to make choices of her own.

But it seemed Celeste had forgotten to live life in the alternate world.

"If you know you might never go back, why didn't you go looking for Dad?"

Even if Celeste couldn't return to their original world, there were familiar people in the alternate world, weren't there? Why did Celeste choose to hide in the shadows and spy on him instead of entering his life once more?

She remembered Clara saying that Adam of this world had no children and had never gotten married, so even if Celeste sought him out, it wouldn't disrupt the trajectory of the alternate world too much, would it?

Celeste smiled. "You don't understand. Even if they're the same person, their experiences shape them differently. He's not the same person as before."

Plus, she didn't belong to the alternate world either. It was a stroke of luck for her to survive here as a demon. It might draw the attention of the Divine Power if she got too involved with people in this world.

Celeste didn't bother sharing too much about the alternate world.

Noticing Shannon's stare, she patted the latter's shoulder and seriously explained, "I love your father from the original world, and while this Adam might look like him, he's not the one I love.

"Sure, I might sneak off to peek at this Adam from time to time, but it's not because I'm trying to spy on him. Through him, I can see glimpses of the Adam from our world. Does that make sense?

"It's okay if you don't get it. You're 18, and you're still a child…"

Halfway through her words, Shannon cut her off. "I do. I may only be 18, but I have a fiancé. And you're the one who arranged it for me…"