Beatrice's hands were shaking under the table, and Nate knew that, so he grabbed them to calm her down, It was cold like ice, and Beatrice couldn't process that Celestine didn't like her.

She is expecting it, yes. But even though she was expecting them to dislike her, she had this little hope that Nate's parents would treat her nicely. She knew what she did to Nate was not good, but she wanted to change and treat Nate nicely, like how he treated her.

She's willing to change for the sake of Nate.

"What are you talking about?" Nate asked his mom, so Celestine looked at her son.

"We already...