Sweet Wife So Charming: CEO: Hold Back Your Heart-Chapter 52: Cruelty

It was almost midnight.

Julian Sinclair had been alone at the company for a long time before returning home, and upon entering, he only saw Fiona Rhodes sitting at the dining table waiting for him; there was no sign of Moira Young.

"Where’s Moira?" He didn’t look at Fiona Rhodes but asked Mrs. Miller who was busy.

Previously, only Julian Sinclair and Moira Young would eat together, and they weren’t picky, they loved everything Mrs. Miller cooked. But now with Fiona Rhodes here, she was picky and ordered various dishes, which kept Mrs. Miller busy to the point she’d almost forgotten that Moira Young hadn’t come down.

"Young master, Miss is in her room; I don’t know if she’s eaten dinner. Miss Rhodes said she wanted a late-night snack. I’ve almost finished cooking it, should I go call her?"

Julian Sinclair’s lips turned downwards as he waved his hand, "I’ll go up and see."

"Julian Sinclair!" Fiona Rhodes called out to him irritably, "I’m still here, you know!"

"Fiona Rhodes, did you say something to her?" Julian Sinclair, stopped by her call, turned back impatiently, his tone somewhat reproachful.

If it weren’t for her provoking Moira, how else could Moira be upstairs all alone, silent?

Fiona Rhodes was taken aback, "You’re actually losing your temper with me because of her?"

"Children need to be properly educated, or else when they learn bad behavior, it will embarrass us!" Fiona Rhodes had never seen Julian Sinclair lose his temper with her before; this was the first time!

Julian Sinclair’s gaze turned sharp. Indeed, it was this woman who said something that upset Moira.

"What did you say to her?" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Seeing his anxious expression, Fiona Rhodes suddenly laughed, "I just told her to ask you directly why you adopted her in the first place."

"Other than that, I didn’t really say anything." She pursed her lips, feigning innocence.

With those words, Julian Sinclair’s anger instantly ignited, and he stared at Fiona Rhodes with icy black eyes. If it weren’t for needing her identity as the Rhodes family heiress, he might have walked over and killed her.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Did I say something that upset you?" Fiona Rhodes, pampered from a young age, never considered others’ feelings when speaking.

"Don’t be ridiculous, why bicker with a child." Julian Sinclair suppressed his gaze, withdrawing it.

He stopped looking at her and went upstairs, walking to Moira Young’s bedroom door, naturally twisting the doorknob without thinking much.

As soon as he stepped in, he saw her coming out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel, her tender, fair skin dotted with water droplets, and a charming hollow beneath her beautiful collarbone.

Seeing Julian Sinclair, Moira Young’s face instantly turned red with embarrassment. She bit her lips and quickly picked up her pajamas from the bed, returning to the bathroom.

Julian Sinclair froze for a moment. He tried hard not to think about the scene just now, but the more he tried, the more it lingered.

"Uncle, you finally came back." Moira Young approached him after getting dressed. Under usual circumstances, she would have rushed to hug him, but with his girlfriend downstairs, she couldn’t do that now.

"Hmm, are you hungry? Let’s go downstairs to eat something." Julian Sinclair was about to reach for Moira Young’s hand but she avoided it.

"Uncle, I..." Moira Young put her hands behind her back, crossing them, fidgeting constantly.

She had stayed in this room thinking for a long time, and Fiona Rhodes’ words replayed in her mind over and over, like a radio that couldn’t be turned off.

"Hmm?" Julian Sinclair vaguely sensed something amiss, a hint of pain suddenly appearing in his eyes, guessing what Moira Young wanted to ask.

"Uncle, why did you adopt me in the first place?" As Moira Young spoke, her eyes turned red, nearly unable to hold back tears.