Sienna Thornton was a natural clothes hanger; even comfortable sportswear looked like it was designed for her seductive curves.
Simon Forrester was also dressed all in black. Black sports trousers paired with a black T-shirt, along with the sa series of Nike Air Max sneakers as Sienna had on. Any passerby would instantly recognize them as a couple.
Quentin Thorne watched the lovebirds, Candy and Annie, feeling quite sentintal. He turned to linda Linton, who was sitting beside him, and said, "linda, I never thought these two kids would end up together."
linda handed him a small rice ball with disposable gloves and smiled, "How so?"
Quentin took the sushi, ate a mouthful, chewed a few tis, and just as he was about to speak, linda handed him so white fungus lotus seed tea. He took a sip and finally swallowed all the rice in his mouth.
"Rex is such a calm child, and Annie is also quiet. I’m not sure how these two got together," Quentin laughed and asked linda, "Did Annie ever tell you how she and Rex got together?"
linda thought for a mont and shook her head, "Annie never ntioned it. I initially thought they were introduced by friends or colleagues."
"I asked them once before, and they gave vague answers, saying they t because of serving lawyer letters and lawsuits."
linda laughed, "Annie probably talks to you more because she thinks you understand. She might think I wouldn’t get it, so she hasn’t ntioned much to ."
This statent suddenly created an awkward atmosphere.
"linda..."
After a mont, Quentin softly called her and looked at her with affection, "Do you want to learn sothing? There are many senior universities now. You could learn so knowledge to avoid a generation gap with the grandchildren in the future."
linda responded gently, "Sure."
Not far away, Sienna Thornton was stretching by the guardrail, while Simon Forrester jogged in place beside her. Occasionally, they would share jokes or playfully hold each other’s waists.
linda watched them with contentnt and reminded them at the right ti, "Annie, co over and eat sothing when you’re about ready."
Sienna responded, "Okay," but didn’t co over imdiately, still playing around with Simon.
Her long, smooth, straight hair was tied high, sweeping into a beautiful arc with her movents.
She gave Simon a push and ran away. Simon chased after her, lifted her up, and spun her around. She laughed and squealed with joy, her clear, pleasant voice floating to linda and Quentin with the mountain breeze.
Quentin watched his excellent, beautiful, and sensible daughter, filled with love and frequent glances of gratitude towards linda, saying gently, "linda, thank you for raising Annie so well, I..."
He was interrupted by a call from not far away saying, "Sutton!"
Quentin looked at the newcor, imdiately stood up, and stepped forward to shake his hand, "Sutton, you’re here at Fenmore Hill today too?"
The middle-aged man, referred to as Sutton and about Quentin’s age, embraced the elegant lady beside him and smiled, "Just enjoying the brisk autumn weather, bringing the missus up the hill for so exercise!"
As he spoke, his gaze drifted towards linda.
linda had already stood up by now, but remained at so distance from Quentin.
She nodded and smiled at Sutton and Mrs. Sutton.
Even Candy, who was just playing around a mont ago, looked over.
Seeing this, Quentin waved Sienna over with a smile, and she jogged over.
Quentin held her and introduced her to the Suttons, "This is my eldest daughter, Sienna Thorne, she works in the Treaty and Law Departnt of the Ministry of Comrce!"
His tone remained consistently proud.
After introducing Sienna, he smoothly introduced Simon Forrester, "And this is my future son-in-law!"
Then he introduced Sutton, "This is the current Procurator-General, Uncle Sutton."
Candy quickly greeted Sutton, "Hello, Uncle Sutton, hello, Auntie."
Sienna, being beautiful with a pleasant voice and looking sweet and charming at the mont, made the Suttons gaze at her with envy.
Sutton said, "Quentin, I never knew you had such an enchanting elder daughter!"
Quentin replied, "Annie was studying in Azure Harbor and the United States for a long ti; she hasn’t been back for many years."
"Well done, the child is promising!" Sutton nodded with a smile, looking at both Sienna and Simon, his gaze lingered a few monts on Simon’s face, asking, "Where does your future son-in-law work?"
Quentin had a brief mont of unease, "He works at the ’Forrester Group.’"
He wasn’t sure if Simon wanted people to know he was the chairman of Forrester Group, so he didn’t elaborate.
Hearing this, Sutton withdrew his gaze from Simon, "That’s good, working at Forrester Group is great too. The Forrester’s developnt has been stable these years, and looking at the trends, the company has a bright future."
These words seed sowhat consolatory.
Sutton felt a bit regretful in his heart that Quentin’s overseas-educated, civil service-working elder daughter ended up with a son-in-law working at a private enterprise.
After exchanging a few more courteous words with Quentin, Sutton was about to leave when he suddenly looked towards linda, standing not far away, his curiosity apparent but without asking much, he bid farewell and left.
After walking a bit, he whispered to his wife, "Strange, when did Quentin end up with another eldest daughter?"
"Didn’t he say she was studying in Azure Harbor and the United States? Could it be she was secretly born so years ago and sent to Azure Harbor to be raised?"
"As an only child, Quentin could have a second child, there’s no need to send her away..."
Mrs. Sutton suddenly rembered sothing, "Hey, did you notice the woman sitting with Quentin just now? That didn’t seem like Mrs. Thorne..."
Sutton replied, "...Might be the biological mother of the eldest daughter, she looked sowhat similar."
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After the Suttons left, Sienna’s expression was a bit off. She didn’t say anything, just pulled Simon to go have so snacks.
linda followed to pour tea and get snacks for them.
Quentin vaguely guessed why she was unhappy and felt a bit guilty. He wanted to find an opportunity to explain to Sienna, but noticed that although Sienna was unhappy, her attitude towards him remained unchanged. She didn’t alter her behavior because he hadn’t introduced linda to the Suttons earlier.
Quentin felt slightly relieved.
After having lunch on the mountain, Simon drove a battery car, taking Sienna and her parents to tour The Fenmore Villa.
Along the mountain, the villas, with the first and second mansions near the summit being the most prestigious, and Simon Forrester’s third mansion, situated not quite at the top, was on relatively flat terrain just below.
The battery car wound along the four-lane mountain road, heading straight towards the summit, and before reaching it, the asphalt road branched off, leading to the third mansion.
Sitting in the front passenger seat, Quentin looked at the road and asked, "The road is good. How did you co to think of buying a plot on such high ground back then?"
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