"Okay, I’ll go do it now."
Lynn Rhodes agreed.
"Should I call Lana Blanchett now?"
She took out her phone.
"Alright, we’ll wait for you outside."
Selena Kensington finished speaking, grabbed Hugh Kensington, and motioned for Lea Dutton to leave the reception room.
After a few minutes, Lynn Rhodes ca out.
"How did it go?"
Selena asked her.
Lynn nodded, "Lana took the bait. On the phone, she mocked , saying no one would help again this ti..."
Selena and Hugh exchanged a glance.
"Seems like she’s gotten quite arrogant being the art director over the years..."
"But, this could work to our advantage."
Selena’s lips curled into a smile.
"You should post a tweet using your own account now."
"Alright."
Lynn nodded.
Then she logged into her social dia, furiously typing away.
After finishing, she handed it to Selena to look.
"Is this okay?"
Selena glanced at the content.
It was mostly Lynn writing in an angry tone about Lana plagiarizing her work, threatening her, and even forcing her to leave Aethelgard...
"It’s fine, post it as is."
After Lynn made the post, Selena told her to go rest.
"Lea, anything else?"
Selena asked her.
Lea shook her head, and Selena sent her off too.
Soon, only the siblings were left.
Hugh looked at Selena, who hadn’t left. "Do you have sothing to discuss?"
Selena gave him a look, "What, are you trying to get rid of ?"
Hugh covered his forehead with a hand, speaking helplessly, "How could I dare? I’m just curious."
"Let’s go, to my office. There’s sothing to discuss."
"Okay."
Thus, Selena followed Hugh to his office.
Entering the office, Hugh called on the intercom for two cups of coffee, "One with extra sugar."
He added another sentence.
Hugh still rembered his sister’s preference for sweet things.
Selena didn’t stop him, sitting on the sofa.
"What do you want to talk about?"
Selena asked him.
Hugh ca over and sat opposite her.
His expression beca very serious, taking Selena by surprise.
"Sis, I’m your only family now, right?"
Looking at the still sowhat youthful face, Selena felt a little dazed.
As if overlapping with the young, handso face of their father in her mory.
"What, are you going to tell you’re actually adopted by mom and dad?"
Selena chuckled.
Hugh’s mouth twitched slightly, the sowhat solemn atmosphere he struggled to create was destroyed by his sister’s words.
"I’m your only family, so can you tell what Sidney Dalton and Roxanne Sutton actually did to you."
"And... Sis, you’ve probably hidden a lot from ."
"Did you secretly go to see Aunt?"
Selena’s smile beca increasingly stiff with Hugh’s string of questions.
She restrained her smile, her gaze slightly darkening.
Looking at Hugh, his face was calm and unwavering.
She really underestimated her little brother’s capabilities...
"Yes, I went to see Aunt."
Selena admitted openly.
"And Sidney Dalton and Roxanne Sutton, they indeed did so things, but those... I’ll handle myself."
After all, it’s about past events, Selena herself didn’t want to recall those unpleasant mories.
Nor did she want to burden Hugh unduly.
Hugh’s gaze suddenly turned deep, making Selena pause.
"Sis, father taught before, I’ve never forgotten."
Hugh suddenly said.
Upon hearing Hugh’s words, several images flashed through Selena’s mind.
It’s of their father, standing before them, speaking words of guidance.
As for what was said, Selena couldn’t clearly rember.
Hugh saw her slightly bewildered expression and sighed.
"It’s okay, I’ll help you rember."
"Father said, I’m the boy of the family, I can be the umbrella of protection for you and mom."
"So, Sis, you don’t need to hide it from ."
Selena’s lashes quivered slightly, remaining silent.
Coincidentally, the assistant ca in to deliver coffee, and noticing the odd atmosphere in the room, quickly left after placing the two cups on the table.
Selena silently picked up the coffee, taking a sip.
Hugh waited for her response.
After a long while, Selena put the coffee down, looking up at Hugh.
"Do you rember what happened ten years ago?"
Hugh’s eyes showed a hint of pain, "I rember clearly."
Unlike Selena’s vague mory, Hugh had that mory deeply etched into his heart.
Because of the clear rembrance, he hid his thoughts, disguising himself.
No matter the distance, he couldn’t forget that scene.
The day before, he cried in his parents’ arms because they took only his sister to Oakhaven, not him.
He also rembered blaming Selena for eating all three candies by herself.
But just in two days, everything changed.
As if the bubble of happiness had beco a mirage.
He watched helplessly as Uncle’s family ca to their ho, followed by his grandma’s family escorting the indifferent, emotionless sister back.
At that ti, Selena seed like a robot, her eyes filled with confusion and coldness.
No matter how Hugh tried probing her, she’d shake her head saying she forgot.
Later, even before Hugh fully accepted the news of their parents dying in a car accident, Uncle hurriedly organized the funeral.
He didn’t even have ti to ask grandma’s family what actually happened.
They vanished from his life.
Back then, Hugh was only eight years old. Though sensible and smart, he was still a child.
He clung to Selena in fear, hoping she would provide answers.
Eventually, Selena returned to normal.
Except her first words to him were, "Hugh, don’t be scared, Sis will protect you."
This one sentence made Hugh make up his mind.
He began navigating the entertainnt industry, debuted, handing over every penny earned to Selena for safekeeping.
Because he understood, their parents were gone.
With that, only he was left to support this family.
Selena listened in a daze as Hugh spoke. It took her a while to mutter, "If I told you, mom and dad’s death was not an accident?"
Hugh’s eyes suddenly flashed with fierce shock, "What?!"
Not an accident?!
Selena collected herself, looking steadily at him, "Yes, and I suspect it’s related to Uncle."
"Previously, after seeing Uncle, I went to find Aunt."
"Unfortunately, Uncle is guarding this matter strictly, even Aunt doesn’t know much..."
"Just that, apparently, father seed to have predicted it long ago..."
Hugh frowned, "Could it be Uncle deliberately hard them for the inheritance?!"
Selena pressed her lips together, shaking her head.
"That could be a reason, but with Uncle’s brain and ability, he’s nothing more than a scapegoat; the true culprit is soone else."
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