Our Love Story: Hard to Guard Against the Sudden Love Strike-Chapter 275 - 272: Prejudice

On the other side, at the Forrester Family’s old residence.

It was already late at night, and Zane Forrester and his wife, along with Old Master Forrester, were still sitting in the hall discussing matters.

Old Master Forrester was extremely tired, but he had to force himself to stay alert and listen to Sylvia Langley’s various complaints about Sienna Thornton.

"Dad, you really can’t consider a girl from such a poor backwater! Just think about it, she’s a girl from a poverty-stricken county, her family has nothing, yet she managed to go to the United States to get a Ph.D. Just imagine how dirty that process must be!"

"Does studying cost nothing? And it’s Harvard, a private university in the United States, costing hundreds of thousands a year! Where did she get the money? She must have done something dirty to get it! Dad! Such a person is too ambitious and dirty! If Jules marries such a woman, our Forrester Family will be laughed at!"

Zane Forrester sat silently to the side.

Old Master Forrester lifted his eyelids, glanced at his daughter-in-law, and said blandly, "How can you say such things without evidence? What’s the difference between this and slander?"

The elder was already very tired and wanted to rest, but couldn’t, naturally making him irritable.

Sylvia Langley responded righteously, "Dad, this is a reasonable deduction!" Finishing, she shook Zane Forrester, who had been silent the whole time, "Husband, don’t you agree?"

Zane Forrester showed a troubled expression and patted Sylvia’s hand, "It might not be as you think..."

Seeing her husband not siding with her, Sylvia was infuriated, staring at him wide-eyed, "Then what is it? Tell me! What on earth is it!"

After over twenty hours of flying, Zane Forrester was also tired. Seeing that Sylvia wouldn’t be satisfied until she got Old Master Forrester to relent tonight, he was getting irritable too. No matter how he usually spoiled Sylvia, this kind of torture depriving people of sleep, which even affected the elder, was something he couldn’t condone.

Zane Forrester rubbed his temples and said helplessly, "According to Nolan Kramer, Thornton received half a scholarship from Harvard and then also took out a loan of hundreds of thousands. If she really used some dirty means to complete her studies, why would she need to take a bank loan?" 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Sylvia was momentarily at a loss for words, staring blankly at Zane Forrester, "Husband, are you speaking for her? What do you mean by that?"

Zane Forrester: "..."

Even Old Master Forrester was losing patience, glaring at Sylvia, "Elliot is being straightforward, isn’t he? Any sensible person can see Thornton isn’t that kind of child! The tigress from the Grant Family doesn’t have any sense, that’s one thing, but why are you acting foolish too?"

"But there are photos!"

Old Master Forrester, extremely frustrated, shouted, "If you were Thornton, would you give up Jules for Dean Thorne, that old guy in his fifties?"

After saying this, he stood up angrily, turning to return to his room. However, feeling a little unwilling, he shouted again, "Don’t think I don’t know you want to drive Thornton away and let that Sinclair girl in! I’m putting it clearly here today! No way! Unless you can come up with more convincing evidence!"

With that, the elder went back to his room.

Old Master Forrester had never spoken so loudly to Sylvia Langley before. Sylvia felt wronged and sad, suddenly throwing herself onto Zane Forrester, sobbing.

Zane Forrester, both tired and annoyed, had no mind to comfort her and just sat there motionless.

Sylvia cried for a while and, realizing that her husband was unmoved, stopped her tears and stormed back to their room angrily.

Zane Forrester followed her in. Sylvia, sitting at her dressing table, was removing her jewelry, aggressively throwing the pieces into her jewelry box, making a loud clatter.

Seeing her sulking, Zane steeled his heart and advised, "Nolan Kramer investigated Thornton. She’s really not as disreputable as you think. This girl is decent, smart, ambitious, and her background is very clear."

Through the vanity mirror, Sylvia looked at her husband sitting behind her, raised her eyebrows, and sneered, "Really? Nolan investigated her? Maybe she seduced Nolan as well, so he’s speaking for her?"

Zane Forrester: "..."

He felt a splitting headache, took his clothes, and planned to go shower. Before entering the bathroom, he suddenly remembered something, stopped, and said to Sylvia, "By the way, don’t mention in front of people that she used dirty means to go to school, it’s too hurtful."

Sylvia scoffed, "Hurtful how? That’s exactly how it is!"

Zane Forrester said, "I heard Thornton is particularly good in physics and math, got a national first prize in the Math Olympiad in high school, and her high school tuition was waived. The school even gave her living expenses. After the college entrance exam, she was awarded a full scholarship by HKU. So she truly didn’t need much money for her education, so stop saying nonsense!"

Listening to this, Sylvia remained indifferent, looking at herself in the mirror and lifted her eyebrows, "Trying to fool me? How can there be such a good thing? If she were really that excellent, why would she stay in Brimfield as a small-time lawyer? She would’ve stayed in the United States and gotten a green card long ago!"

Zane Forrester didn’t want to argue with her further, shook his head, and went into the bathroom to shower.

-

Simon Forrester and Sienna Thornton hurriedly caught the 9:30 am flight to Azure Harbor, afraid of traffic, so they left home at seven.

Simon didn’t sleep well the night before and wasn’t in good spirits. As soon as he got on the plane, he reclined his seat and said with relief, "Good thing it’s first class, I’ll get some sleep." With that, he donned his eye mask and fell asleep.

Sienna covered him with a blanket, watched a movie, and then flipped through a magazine.

The three-and-a-half-hour flight passed in the blink of an eye. Simon woke up from his nap feeling much better and lively.

The two retrieved their luggage, took a taxi from the airport to their hotel, checked in, and after all the hassle, it was already past three in the afternoon.

As soon as they entered the room, Sienna, carrying only a small cross-body bag, complained of tiredness, flopping onto the sofa and couldn’t get up.

They had booked a deluxe sea view room, and in front of the sofa was an entire floor-to-ceiling window with views of Victoria Harbour and the Central District beyond.

Simon set down the luggage, changed into slippers, and then fetched a pair for Sienna, planning to help her change into them.

Sienna looked at the expanse of dark clouds hovering over the Central District and laughed, "It looks like it’s going to rain! If it rains later, we should just stay in, going out in the rain is a hassle."

Simon took off her Air Max shoes and then her ankle socks, massaging her foot before putting on the hotel’s paper slippers, jokingly saying, "We’re going to be on our feet the next two days, are your feet ready?"

"If I can’t walk anymore, you’ll just have to carry me."

Knowing she was joking, as a woman who didn’t even let him carry her bag, he didn’t believe she’d let him carry her because she was tired, but he still willingly played along, "Alright then."

Sienna covered her mouth and laughed.

Simon rubbed for a while and then suddenly asked, "Why is the skin on your feet so soft?"

As he said this, his voice noticeably deepened.

Sienna blushed, withdrew her foot, and whispered, "Because I never wear sandals or slippers when I go out."

***A sweet everyday moment***