True Fated Marriage (Grace and Heinz) novel Chapter 2037

Even though Gary didn't say much, he immediately realized how sensitive his mother was upon looking at Grace's sudden frown.

Even though Grace had long retired from being involved in the various politics at the workplace, she still possessed sensitivity towards situations like this.

Therefore, he and Celeste had to be careful. With that said, Gary dragged Celeste into his arms and laughed, "Mom, isn't it nice to have a daughter-in-law like Celeste that stays at home willingly just to be with you? Shouldn't you be happy about it? Why do you keep driving us away?"

"Of course I feel happy about Celeste staying here with me, but you youngsters love to anger me. I'll definitely try to make you guys leave when I have the chance," Grace eyed her son carefully.

Gary wasn't annoyed and chuckled instead.

Upon seeing the mother and son bickering, Celeste too smiled faintly.

Grace's suspicion had instantly dissipated.

She had forgotten about what she wanted to say earlier out of her concern towards Celeste since she was interrupted by her own son.

By the time she realized it, the conversation had already ended.

Dinner was over.

The only members of the family that had attended this meal were Grace, Heinz, Lowell, Gary and Celeste.

Celeste had behaved well and didn’t say much. She was well-behaved and reserved for the entire meal.

Similarly, Gary acted like his usual self in front of everyone. He was still very affectionate towards Celeste and kept giving her food. All the while, he made sure to be intimate with Celeste.

As a result, Celeste was a little distracted. It was as if the breakup had never happened and things were as before.

However, Celeste's thoughts wandered and she soon felt as if she was sitting on pins and needles.

After all, she was unable to get used to all this acting. However, every now and then, she would look in Grace's direction. Whenever she caught a glimpse of Grace's belly, Celeste would give herself a stern reminder to not get caught and avoid making Grace worry unnecessarily.

No matter what happened between her and Gary, she couldn't afford to hurt Grace. This was the only thing she could do for the Jones family.

Furthermore, Gary wasn't trying to hurt her on purpose. She was clear of that.

After the meal, Heinz took Grace upstairs. He figured that she was tired and forced her to get some rest.

While Gary and Heinz were speaking downstairs, Celeste seized the opportunity to head back to the room.

Her emotions immediately fluctuated the moment she was alone in Gary's room.

She'd probably never come to place again after this.

Her days in the Jones family were numbered. She was not confident that she'd ever come here again.

Celeste stood in Gary's room and reached out as she ran her fingers across the furniture gently, her eyes full of longing.

She was reluctant to part with it, but it hurt too much.

She had never felt so conflicted yet painful to part with something.

Even now, Celeste was a ball of complicated

After taking a silent but deep breath, Gary looked up in Heinz's direction for some time before saying, "Thank you for your concern, but I just wanted to tell you that maybe you should spend more time with mom and avoid going out so often. Mom's pregnant, and this is when she needs you the most."

"What you said was spot on," Heinz added, "I should head up soon to accompany your mother. But you've just returned after being out for so long, so I want to care about you too."

"Thank you for your concern, but there's no need to. Just go accompany mom," Gary refused.

"I'll go in a minute. By the way, even though there's nothing that I can do for you, there's something that I need your help with. Can you do me a favor?" Heinz smiled.

Gary frowned again. His eyes widened as he scoffed, "I was wondering why you were suddenly concerned about me. It turns out you have ulterior motives."

"Yes," Heinz cleared his throat and started, "Shouldn't we settle the issue of changing your last name to Jones? Let's get that settled before the year ends."

Heinz was just trying his luck but he never expected Gary to actually agree coolly, "Sure. You can call the shots."

That was easy.

This came as a surprise to Heinz.

He immediately beamed, "Why don't let's have it changed tomorrow? What do you think?" "Alright, shall we go after breakfast tomorrow?" Gary asked.

"Sure,." Heinz nodded in satisfaction, "That's settled then. Remember, you promised. Well go change your last name tomorrow after breakfast."

"I'm fine with that," Gary nodded, seemingly disinterested.

Heinz eyed his son carefully. Was Gary in a tight spot? When did he become so easy to talk to?