Sienna Johnson couldn’t forget the viciousness with which Elliot Carpenter had beaten Adrian Desmond; he had seed truly intent on killing him. Adrian cherished their past friendship, but had any of them ever cherished their friendship with him? If Adrian had wronged the Carpenter family, it was only by not keeping his promise to marry lanie Carpenter. In matters of the heart, if there’s no affection, what’s the point of forcing it? What aning is there in staying together? It wasn’t selfishness that made Sienna want to keep Adrian from the Carpenter family; Elliot Carpenter’s unsettling nature and lanie’s deep-seated hatred for her were reason enough. If Adrian truly wanted to make peace with the Carpenter family, he could only divorce her and marry lanie. Only in this way could the Carpenter family’s anger and resentnt be appeased.
「...」
Lucas Robertson was efficient. In just one day, he had uncovered the full story of that day’s incident.
It turned out that on that day, lanie had already set her sights on Adrian, scheming to use the crowd to force his hand into marriage. However, she never got the chance.
Later, after Sienna and lanie quarreled, lanie, harboring deep resentnt, maliciously gave Adrian a large dose of a drug, intending to kill both Sienna and her unborn child.
Sienna had been right about lanie’s malicious intentions.
"Madam, Sixth Master has also sent people to investigate. Do you want to tell him the results?" Lucas asked.
"He doesn’t believe lanie did it. Since you’re the one who investigated for , and your findings specifically point to lanie drugging him, Sixth Master might think we deliberately frad her," Sienna said expressionlessly.
"With Sixth Master’s abilities, it’s not difficult for him to find out whether lanie did it or not. We don’t need to ddle."
"I understand."
"You may go."
"Yes."
Just as Lucas was about to leave, Adrian walked in. The two t, and Lucas nodded to Adrian before departing.
Adrian walked over to Sienna and sat down beside her. "You had Lucas investigate too?" he asked.
"Yes." Sienna didn’t hide it from him.
"So, what were the findings?"
Sienna took a sip of her floral tea. Without looking up, she said, "Sixth Master, you seem so pleased coming to see . You must have your findings as well. It seems the results are just as you wished."
"It wasn’t lanie who did it, but Bella Ford, who was by her side!"
Sienna glanced at Adrian, a cold smile forming in her heart. How interesting. Lucas found out it was lanie, yet Adrian’s investigation points to Bella Ford, who was by her side!
"Then lanie must be the mastermind!"
"Regardless, it wasn’t lanie who did it. You can rest easy now."
Sienna remained silent.
"What kind of attitude is that?" Adrian accused her. "Are you dissatisfied now that it turns out not to be lanie? Would you only be happy if it *was* her?"
"Yes, I’m very disappointed that the investigation found it wasn’t lanie!"
"You!"
Sienna suddenly couldn’t bear to look at Adrian. She put down her teacup and rose to leave.
Sienna knew Lucas’s skill in investigation and his cautious nature; he would never report sothing to her unless he was absolutely certain. Lucas had found it was lanie, yet Adrian insisted it wasn’t. How could Sienna not be suspicious? Years ago, when lanie kidnapped Curly and nearly hard her, Adrian had rely sent lanie to a Psychiatric Hospital. Adrian was intentionally protecting lanie.
「...」
After the incident where lanie drugged Adrian, Sienna beca even more determined to return to Sileria City.
However, Sileria City wasn’t safe, and Abyanabad was even less so... Sienna felt as if she were being pushed to the edge of a cliff. One wrong step, and she could plumt, shattering into pieces. What should she do?
"Sienna, Sienna..." Kiki called out to the distracted Sienna.
"What’s wrong?"
"You’ve cut off all the flowers."
Sienna looked down. She had snipped all the blossoms from their stems with the scissors. The flowers, severed from their branches, made a pitiful sight.
"Sienna, what on earth are you thinking about? You’ve been so absent-minded these past few days."
There were many things Sienna could confide in Lucas but not in the innocent Kiki. To Kiki, she said, "I’m thinking about how to throw you a grand wedding ceremony..."
Lucas had chosen the right person to persuade Kiki; after Sienna spoke with her, Kiki had indeed agreed to marry Lucas.
"Actually, there’s no need for a grand wedding. As long as everyone sits down together for a al, it’s fine."
Sienna deliberately feigned misunderstanding. "Not even married yet, and you’re already trying to save money for Lucas? Hmph! Trying to fob us off with just one al? No way!"
Kiki said shyly, "No, that’s not it."
"Don’t worry about the wedding; I’ll handle it. You just focus on being the bride," Sienna reassured her.
"But your belly is getting so big. I’m just worried it’ll be too tiring for you..."
Sienna pinched Kiki’s chin, teasing like a playful rogue, "Ah, Kiki, you really are the one who treats best, much better than certain others..."
"Am I not good enough to you?"
The light of the setting sun was suddenly blocked. Sienna recognized Adrian’s voice but didn’t even lift her head, the smile on her face fading.
Adolph Desmond also ca over and greeted, "How are you, Madam?"
"How are the wedding preparations?" Sienna ignored Adrian completely.
Adolph respectfully said, "I ca to ask Madam for instructions regarding the scale of the wedding and the total budget."
"Do it according to the scale of Sixth Master and lanie Carpenter’s wedding back then!" Sienna declared.
Cold sweat beaded on Adolph’s forehead.
Within the Desmond Family, with Madam and Sixth Master in a cold war, the servants were also having a difficult ti.
"This... I..."
Sienna cut Adolph short. "Uncle Desmond, you were the one who arranged Sixth Master’s wedding to lanie Carpenter back then. You have the most experience, so we’re entrusting Kiki’s wedding to you. Money is not an issue. Tomorrow, Kathryn will co. You can discuss the specific expenses with her, and she will transfer the funds to you."
"Madam, that’s not what I ant."
"That’s how we’ll do it!" Sienna made the final decision, leaving Adolph no room to object.
Adolph secretly glanced at Adrian. Adrian’s expression was very unpleasant; it was a look that would have made anyone else fall silent. However, Sienna clearly lacked such awareness and, moreover, wasn’t afraid of angering Adrian.
"All of you, leave!" Adrian said to those present who were not directly involved.
Kiki glanced anxiously at Sienna. "Sienna, I’ll... I’ll leave first then."
"Wait for , let’s leave together!" Sienna also rose. Kiki cautiously glanced at Sixth Master, only to find his expression had grown even uglier. She froze, not daring to move.
"What are you standing there for? Let’s go," Sienna urged.
"Oh." Kiki took Sienna’s hand, and the two were about to leave together when Adrian grabbed Sienna’s arm, stopping her.
"Don’t go! I have sothing to say to you!"
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