Our Love Story: Hard to Guard Against the Sudden Love Strike-Chapter 319 - 307: Untangling the Threads

Sienna Thornton had someone escort Jane Jefferson away, but Jane refused to leave, determined to face off against Sylvia Langley to the end, or perhaps hoping to embarrass Sienna in front of her subordinates and partners.

Sienna anticipated her malicious intent, discreetly letting go of Sylvia Langley and signaling Rhonda Wagner to release Sylvia as well.

Sure enough, as soon as Sylvia Langley was freed, she lunged at Jane Jefferson, pinning her down on the sofa, gripping her shoulders, and gritting her teeth, "Did you hear my warning? Don’t think that just because the old ones know about this, I can’t do anything to you! Go ask Bianca Fordham what happens when you cross me!"

Sylvia Langley, in her fury, did notice the many people present, hence why she did not mention Jane Jefferson’s pregnancy.

After delivering a few harsh words, she raised her hand, seemingly about to slap Jane Jefferson, but Sienna quickly intervened to restrain her.

Jane Jefferson, unable to move, glanced at Sienna and sneered, "Lawyer Thornton, don’t pretend; just let Mrs. Forrester hit me, it’s fine, hit me all you want. If not today, there won’t be a chance later!"

Sienna merely raised an eyebrow expressionlessly, choosing not to respond. She knew Jane was looking for her reaction, which made her more determined not to fall into the trap.

But Sylvia Langley was infuriated by these remarks, barely managing to stand, and leaned against Sienna’s arm, angrily glaring at Jane Jefferson, shouting, "Fine! If you’re shameless, let’s see if your parents are too!"

These words caused Jane Jefferson’s expression to change drastically. She covered her face, gave Sienna a hateful look, shrugged off Sylvia’s arm, stood up, and left.

With the drama over, everyone dispersed, returning to their posts, and chaos subsided. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Sylvia Langley sat on the sofa, angrily removed her hat, her emotions so stirred she could barely calm herself, yet still found the words to comfort Sienna, "Thornton, that woman is crazy! Don’t listen to her nonsense! Cyrus couldn’t have messed with her!"

Sienna poured a glass of water, came over to sit, with Jane’s evident signs of pregnancy still vivid in her mind, and asserted, "Cyrus has nothing to do with her; the child in her belly, no one knows whose it is."

In Sienna’s view, Jane Jefferson’s actions were utterly incomprehensible; no sane person would do such things. But from what Sienna observed, Jane’s mental state seemed normal.

Jane must have had someone’s powerful support and tempting promises backing her up, or else she wouldn’t gamble her reputation on something so outrageous.

Sylvia Langley sneered, "Who knows whose it is? Women like her dare to be mistresses; can they be pure?"

Sienna returned to her senses, looked at Sylvia, offering a polite smile before asking, "Auntie, when did you return? What brings you here suddenly?"

"I just got off the plane," Sylvia retorted angrily, "Old Master called Rex’s dad, saying Leo’s girlfriend claims she’s pregnant with Cyrus’s child! So I rushed over as soon as I landed to discuss how to handle this matter, and what do you know, I bump into this shameless woman throwing a tantrum!"

Sienna had already heard from Jane that the Forrester Family was aware, so she wasn’t particularly surprised and calmly asked, "Grandpa Forrester knows about this too?"

Sylvia, being straightforward, and since her divorce, had always considered Sienna a confidante, spoke candidly now.

"Turns out the woman approached Rex’s grandmother some time ago, expressing her intent to abort the child. Grandma has been vegetarian for decades, refuses to kill, especially not a child, so upon hearing about the abortion, her heart softened, agreed to register the child, but refused to let her enter the Forrester Family!"

Sienna inwardly gritted her teeth, listening expressionlessly, albeit took a few deep breaths during the conversation.

Sylvia continued, "But once the woman heard they’d register the child, she claimed she didn’t want her child to be fatherless. If she were to keep the child, the Forrester Family would have to agree to let her in. Initially, Old Master refused to allow the child to be born, but then the woman brought out the baby’s sex report, saying the child was male! Only then did Old Master call Rex’s dad to discuss..."

The surface of things aligned with Sienna’s suspicions, all exploiting the Forrester Family’s weaknesses systematically and methodically breaking through—

Knowing Sienna’s pursuit of perfection and proud nature in relationships, they first sent the photo to her; knowing Grandma doesn’t harm living beings, they used the threat of abortion to force her agreement on the child’s registration; knowing Old Master favors boys, they threw out the baby’s sex identification;

it’s so perfect, almost all key figures were manipulated.

Except that she, or they, overlooked Sylvia Langley as an unpredictable, self-willed ticking time bomb, who can blow up whenever she wants!

Sienna organized the details of the situation, even connecting those pieces still concealed.

Once the situation was clear, her mood eased somewhat, not as agitated as facing Jane earlier.

Now, she moved closer to Sylvia Langley, genuinely looking at her, asked, "Auntie, have you ever thought about how Jane Jefferson could know Grandma doesn’t kill, or know that Grandpa likes boys? How did she approach these two reclusive elders?"

Sylvia wasn’t in the dark and quickly made sense of it.

She looked at Sienna, incredulous, "Are you suggesting Bianca Fordham is orchestrating all of this?"

Sienna nodded, "Can’t rule it out."

Sylvia was furious, crushing the paper cup in her hand, gritting her teeth, "Bianca Fordham thinks we’re all fools!"

Sienna shook her head, "Bianca might not necessarily know Cyrus never touched Jane; we don’t know what Jane told her. But I suspect Jane is merely using Bianca to achieve her goal of dismantling Cyrus and me. Jane is vain, loves money, and back then became Partner Reed’s mistress not only for money but also out of a habit of stealing husbands. Such women are called ’stamp collectors,’ the more attached a man is, the more they’re drawn to them, they pride themselves on conquering taken men, Auntie, surely you’ve heard of them?"

Sylvia furrowed her brows, her face incredulous.

Sienna seeing her expression, realized that Sylvia’s social circle might not be familiar with such matters.

Sienna didn’t elaborate, continuing to unravel the situation, "So, in some sense, Bianca and Jane share the same goal. Assuming Bianca knows the child in her belly is her son’s, she’s helping Jane register the child in the Forrester Family; does that not increase the chance of that child inheriting the Forrester’s wealth in the future? And Jane, now it seems her goal is to marry Cyrus."

After hearing Sienna’s analysis, Sylvia felt as repulsed as if she’d swallowed a fly, "That woman is crazy! We all know she was involved with Leo, how could we accept her?"