Mr. Sinclair?
Who is he? Sloane Hawthorne’s suitor?
Harvey Vance next to Sloane Hawthorne was also a bit puzzled, but he still smiled and covered for her, "Sloane, your friend is really thoughtful."
"Knowing how hard it is for you to film, he specially sent you so food."
Given Sloane Hawthorne’s current career upswing, if any romance or scandal were to be exposed, it would certainly affect her career.
So, to protect Sloane Hawthorne’s reputation, Harvey Vance simply treated this ’Mr. Sinclair’ as her friend.
Which reduced the risk of unnecessary trouble for Sloane.
Upon hearing Harvey Vance’s words, the gossiping staff mbers dispersed and stopped paying attention to Sloane Hawthorne.
Sloane Hawthorne still held the box of chestnut cakes, and upon hearing Harvey’s words, she lifted her head to glance gratefully at him, "Thanks for just now, Harvey."
Sloane didn’t expect Silas Sinclair to be so blatant; she had clearly stated things in their previous conversation.
Especially with yesterday’s actions at Serenity Gardens, Sloane Hawthorne had clearly expressed her refusal.
Yet, the other party acted as if nothing had happened, continuing as he pleased.
Sloane Hawthorne furrowed her brows slightly.
There was nothing unusual for Harvey; he was just curious, "Who is the person who sent you chestnut cakes?"
"Just a friend."
Sloane Hawthorne remained indifferent, showing no other expression when ntioning Silas Sinclair.
Seeing Sloane’s deanor, Harvey understood that she obviously didn’t want to talk about this ’Mr. Sinclair.’
He nodded and said, "Then I’ll go eat first, see you later."
Sloane Hawthorne replied with a "Hmm, see you later."
At this mont, Selena Kensington walked over.
She noticed the unopened box of chestnut cakes in Sloane’s hands, with the Serenity Gardens logo on it.
"Did Serenity Gardens send chestnut cakes over again today?"
Selena felt a bit puzzled.
Normally, Serenity Gardens wouldn’t repeat the sa dishes the next day.
There had been chestnut cakes on the day before last break, so logically today’s nu shouldn’t have them.
Sloane Hawthorne felt a little anxious montarily, perhaps afraid that Selena might detect sothing.
She nodded slightly, "Yeah."
After replying, she hastily asked, "Do you want to eat together, sis?"
Selena shook her head with a smile, "No thanks, you eat, I’ve already had enough."
Only then did Sloane nod, "Then sis, I’ll head to the lounge first."
"Go ahead."
Afterward, Sloane Hawthorne walked back to the lounge.
The assistant beside her imdiately helped remove so of her heavy clothes and headpieces.
Once the assistant placed them down, Sloane could finally stretch and move a bit.
The assistant looked at the chestnut cakes on the table.
Sloane didn’t seem to plan to open them.
"Sloane, aren’t you eating the chestnut cakes?"
The assistant, the sa age as Sloane, usually called her Sloane.
Upon hearing the assistant’s words, Sloane glanced at the chestnut cakes on the table.
She sighed after a while.
"You take them out and share them, I don’t have much appetite today."
Sloane said.
"Really?! Thank you, Sloane!"
The assistant said happily without pondering why Sloane didn’t have an appetite, attributing it simply to the pressure felt during filming from Cole Vaughn’s aura this morning.
Then, the assistant happily carried the box of chestnut cakes out to share with the other staff mbers.
Sloane thought for a while and eventually picked up her phone.
She sent a ssage to Silas Sinclair.
[Sloane]: What do you want?
Sloane believed she was very clear-headed; Silas Sinclair was a person in high standing, and his background was not to be underestimated.
How could he possibly be interested in an orphan from a welfare ho like her?
With Silas Sinclair’s status, what kind of woman hasn’t he seen?
He could attract countless won with just a gesture.
Maybe he just wanted a change from the elegant ladies or seductive mature won he’s used to seeing.
And young, energetic Sloane just happened to catch his eye.
Initially, Sloane thought Silas was just seeking so novelty, but she didn’t expect him to persist this long, becoming even more domineering.
Silas’s behavior had completely exceeded Sloane’s expectations.
After a while, Silas Sinclair replied to her.
[Silas]: Don’t you really like chestnut cakes?
This was the new thod Silas considered after going ho and flipping through the books Sterling Norwood had given him yesterday.
One should give girls what they like, then add flowers, candlelight dinners, and sweet words.
That’s how to capture a woman’s heart.
This was Silas’s conclusion.
But...
From Sloane Hawthorne’s tone, she didn’t sound too surprised...
Sure enough, the next second, Sloane replied with a ssage.
[Sloane]: Haven’t you had enough fun?
Silas Sinclair furrowed his brows, even his presence exuded coldness.
Sloane thought he was just playing?
No wonder...
She’s been avoiding him, even showing him cold faces.
Turns out she thought he was teasing her.
Silas quickly found himself unsure whether to laugh or cry.
Laugh because Sloane didn’t entirely dislike him, but thought he was fooling around.
Cry because making Sloane realize he was serious, not just toying with her, was very difficult.
Even from the start, Silas himself couldn’t believe he felt such sentints for soone about the sa age as his sister.
Moreover, Silas had a sharp eye; imrsed in officialdom and various societal conventions, he could naturally see what kind of person Sloane was.
Though her background wasn’t good, she remained proud.
Calm and transparent, her thoughts were already mature despite her young age.
She understood her needs and what she shouldn’t hope for.
That’s why she remained rational in the face of Silas’s pursuit.
If it was an average girl, facing the pursuit of a young, handso, and powerful man, her heart would be racing by now.
Where would they find such rationality?
Silas thought, then replied to Sloane: I’m serious.
After saying that, he felt a bit troubled again.
The leader of The Empire, yet now consud by trivial romantic worries.
[Silas]: Let’s et and talk.
[Sloane]: There’s nothing to talk about between us.
[Silas]: Then I’ll personally co to your filming crew; you wouldn’t want that, would you?
Silas had no choice but to use both threats and inducents to make Sloane agree.
Otherwise, given Sloane’s unyielding nature, which is hard on the outside and soft on the inside, only this could threaten her.
Sloane Hawthorne cared a lot about her standing in Selena Kensington’s eyes and naturally didn’t want her to see herself with Silas.
Seeing Silas’s words, her just-relaxed brows furrowed again.
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