The Bigshot Married Himself to the Heiress Chapter 130: The Missed Phone Call

Sienna Johnson’s heart was in turmoil.

If it doesn’t work out, I’ll find Curly a stepfather... she thought.

No "well-intentioned lie" could compare to finding Curly a father.

No, Curly is so beautiful...

Sienna headed towards the Departnt Store. After a few steps, she thought about how stepmothers might abuse children, and stepfathers... Curly really looked too easy to "bully."

A tall man walked out of the green public phone booth. Sienna, separated by glass, stared at the public phone, unable to move.

Although she had deleted Adrian Desmond’s phone number long ago, she still rembered it. She hadn’t called him many tis. However, her damn good mory allowed her to morize Adrian Desmond’s number so well that she could recite it backward.

As if bewitched, Sienna entered the public phone booth. By the ti she realized what she was doing, she had already picked up the receiver.

Yes, I want to call Adrian Desmond, she thought. Ever since she saw the divorce statent, she had been wanting to know if Adrian Desmond was sincere. If he was, she was willing to give them a chance for their daughter’s sake.

One last chance!

Just make the call and clear your head, she told herself.

Sienna was never one to beat around the bush; when she had an idea, she acted on it. She wanted to know if the divorce statent was true or false. If it was true, Sienna was willing to forgive him, just once, for Curly’s sake.

She took out a coin, inserted it, and dialed Adrian Desmond’s private number. Only a very few people knew that number.

RING. RING. RING...

Sienna was very nervous. After being gone for so long, how would Adrian Desmond react to her call? Adrian Desmond has a bad temper, she thought. He’ll probably yell at , then question my whereabouts. He’ll probably co looking for as soon as he hangs up.

Thinking of this, Sienna couldn’t help but smile.

The phone rang many tis without an answer. What’s going on? Did he change his number?

Sienna hung up and redialed. This ti, it also rang many tis with no answer. Just as Sienna was about to hang up, soone picked up.

"Adrian Desmond?" Sienna’s voice was sowhat ethereal and trembling. She was nervous, her palms sweating as she held the receiver.

"Mai?"

It wasn’t Adrian Desmond; it was a woman’s voice, and it was lanie Carpenter. Sienna felt as if a bucket of cold water had been doused over her, extinguishing the fire in her heart.

"Where is Adrian Desmond?" Sienna asked.

"What do you want with my Sixth Brother?" lanie Carpenter’s tone was full of hostility.

"Naturally, I have my reasons."

They were rivals in love, and neither had anything nice to say to the other. Sienna’s tone was icy; she didn’t want to waste a single word on lanie Carpenter.

"Let Adrian Desmond answer the phone!"

"Sixth Brother went to bed late last night and hasn’t woken up yet," lanie Carpenter said. "If you have sothing to say, just tell ."

Her words contained too much information, making Sienna’s mind race. "I saw your divorce statent," Sienna said. "I want to ask Adrian Desmond if you two are really divorced or just pretending."

Jealousy, like a poisonous snake, crawled into lanie Carpenter’s heart. She clenched her phone tightly, gritting her teeth in anger. "Fake!"

Sienna still clung to a glimr of hope. "I don’t believe you. Let Adrian Desmond answer the phone!"

"Mai, I’m pregnant."

Sienna’s mind went blank. lanie Carpenter was Adrian Desmond’s wife. If lanie Carpenter was pregnant, the child would naturally be Adrian Desmond’s.

If this is true... Sienna’s eyes darkened like the deep sea. "Are you really pregnant?"

"Can sothing like this be faked?"

Standing in the nursery, lanie Carpenter had already made up her mind: she would never allow Sienna to return.

She knew Sienna’s pride. Won like her are easy to deal with, lanie thought. Just crush their ridiculous self-esteem.

"Mai, I’ll tell you the truth," lanie Carpenter continued. "That divorce statent was ant for you to see. I think you know the purpose—it’s just to trick you into coming back. Sixth Brother will never divorce ! Not in this lifeti, so give up on that idea."

Sienna was silent.

"Mai, aren’t you very proud? Unwilling to let Sixth Brother have other won? Then since you’ve left, don’t co back. Do you know what you look like right now? You were the one who was unappreciative and insisted on leaving, and now you’re the one shalessly trying to co back. Did you suffer hardships outside and now want to return? Just how thick-skinned are you?"

Sienna remained silent.

"I’m carrying his son. Sixth Brother is very happy, and we’re living well now. Please don’t disturb our lives anymore!"

Sienna, usually quick-witted, was rendered speechless by lanie Carpenter’s aggressive words.

In lanie Carpenter’s eyes, I’ve beco such a despicable person, she thought.

"Mai, since you left, don’t co back. Don’t disturb Sixth Brother’s life and mine again."

Sienna felt like a complete joke. Every word from lanie Carpenter cut into her heart like a knife. How could I have been so foolish as to believe Adrian Desmond?

Sienna was half-believing, half-doubting lanie Carpenter’s words. Suddenly, the sound of a woman dry-heaving ca through the phone. Having been pregnant herself, Sienna could tell if the nausea was real or feigned.

She listened to the retching sounds. After a long while, lanie Carpenter, having regained her composure, said, "I didn’t lie to you. I’m really pregnant. If you don’t believe , you can co back and see for yourself. But I must tell you, if you really co back, Sixth Brother won’t let you go again. I don’t mind if Sixth Brother has more won to serve him, but Mai, you’re so jealous. Could you tolerate my presence, carrying Sixth Brother’s son?"

Of course, I can’t tolerate it, Sienna thought. That’s why I left in the first place.

Any thought of forgiving Adrian Desmond was completely extinguished.

lanie Carpenter is pregnant. Adrian Desmond not only has other won but now also other children. His love has to be shared among many won, and now even his fatherly love must be shared with the son born to him and lanie Carpenter. Adrian Desmond always wanted a son. Since Curly is a girl, she naturally wouldn’t be his favorite. Why should I let my daughter pick up Adrian Desmond’s leftover paternal love? My Curly doesn’t need that fragnted affection. It’s all or nothing!

"lanie Carpenter," Sienna said, her voice firm, "tell Adrian Desmond that I will never believe a single word he says ever again!"

lanie Carpenter laughed, her sche succeeding. "Are you really not coming back?"

"No!"

Sienna was silent for a mont, then declared, "I will forget Adrian Desmond. Completely forget him!"

Sienna hung up, unwilling to speak further with the woman who disgusted her. The turmoil that had plagued her for days vanished, and her heart hardened once more.

I was truly foolish to believe a man’s lies! Adrian Desmond, I will forget you, completely forget you!

Sienna didn’t expect her words to beco an ominous prophecy.