Thousands of Brilliant Stars: You Deserve the Best!-Chapter 116: Iris Crawford’s Going to Find a New Boyfriend!

Chapter 116: Chapter 116: Iris Crawford’s Going to Find a New Boyfriend!

When Jude Hawthorne heard the sound of the door slamming, his face changed slightly. He stood outside the door, clenching his fingers weakly by his side.

The sound of the door slamming revealed just how angry James Chesterton was with him.

This is so...ironic. Jude laughed softly twice, Seraphina Colbert, you’ve transformed, becoming James Chesterton’s sister. From now on, you’ll enjoy wealth and peace of mind, despite how I humiliated you. Little did I know your original family was also a prestigious and noble one...

All these years, you’ve been watching my downfall as a joke, haven’t you?

Seraphina Colbert, you heartless woman!

Though it was Seraphina and James reuniting, Jude felt like the one being abandoned. She could just turn her head and return to the Chesterton Family. Would she even remember the days spent with him?

His clenched fingers relaxed. With James’s return, Jude knew he could no longer manipulate Seraphina. He had thought of using the child to control Silvan Caine, but now he supposed even Silvan would have to show some respect to the Chesterton Family behind Seraphina.

Jude lingered outside the hospital room for a long time without moving. When Iris Crawford walked over, she bumped into him and was startled by the expression on his face. "What’s wrong with you?"

Just now, he was unstoppable while fighting, but now he looked like the one who’d been hit.

"Is that expression because Seraphina Colbert kicked you out?" Iris mocked.

Jude laughed at himself. "More than just that."

Iris was taken aback. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Jude then said, "James is inside."

With those words, Iris understood the implication. She lowered her voice to match, "Did James find out?"

"Yes."

Jude felt his vision blur as if his pupils had lost the ability to focus. He stared blankly at the hospital room door, murmuring, "Seraphina is returning to the Chesterton Family."

"That’s good news."

Iris clapped her hands, unable to hide her smile, "Finally, she can leave a scumbag like you. This is Seraphina’s new beginning."

In the past, whenever Iris spoke sharply, Jude would get angry. But now, he couldn’t muster the anger. He seemed crushed, defeated. "Judging by your tone, did you know all along?"

"Yes."

Iris scratched her head, feeling happy for Seraphina. "It’s not like I knew from the start. At first, I didn’t know, but I guessed from her actions later on."

"Then why didn’t you speak for her?" Jude bit his teeth suddenly. "I feel like a fool, kept in the dark..."

"She didn’t want to talk about it. Why would I take it upon myself?" Iris spread her hands. "She would say it eventually. No need for me to decide for her."

That response was indeed in Iris’s style. She and Lachlan Wyatt were perhaps similar in this regard.

They understood everything but pretended to understand nothing.

Jude took a deep breath, looking at Iris’s face. After a moment, he suddenly turned away from Seraphina’s hospital room door and strode off, disappearing at the end of the corridor.

His departing figure looked somewhat desolate, as if he had been abandoned.

Iris squinted her eyes, withdrew her gaze, and immediately pulled a smile as she opened the hospital room door, "Seraphina! How’s your ear?"

******

The news that Seraphina was the long-lost sister of James Chesterton spread swiftly through the circles. Soon after the Chesterton Family received the notification, they swarmed the hospital, surrounding the room. James’s mother, albeit well-preserved, was of an age, and at the sight of Seraphina, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes smoothed out. Mother and daughter held hands, red-eyed, and did not let go for a long time.

In the crowd, Lachlan Wyatt was also present but didn’t vie for the limelight. He merely watched the Chesterton Family endlessly express their concern for Seraphina, his expression remaining indifferent.

Leaving, he saw Iris standing outside. She used her foot to block his path, "Stop right there."

Witnessing a long leg suddenly appearing before him, Lachlan curved his lips, "What’s the matter?"

"James will definitely settle the score with Jude. Which side will you take?"

Crossing her arms, Iris confronted Lachlan, "Or will you not help anyone?"

"Not helping anyone." Lachlan found Iris’s demeanor amusing. If he sided with Jude, would this little woman join James in dealing with him? The thought intrigued him. After pondering for a moment, he said, "I wasn’t the one holding a knife to Jude’s neck to make him torment Seraphina, so if James clashes with Jude, I won’t help anyone. I’ll just watch the show."

"Oh?"

Iris raised an eyebrow, "I thought Jude was your good friend. You’d stand by him."

"I’ll only stand by you," Lachlan said impassively, offering Iris insincere sweet words, even smiling at her, "I heard my brother came looking for you at night."

"Yes."

Upon hearing Lachlan’s previous words, Iris’s heart trembled slightly, but her face still showed a cold smile.

Lachlan’s sweet talk was never to be taken seriously.

She simply recounted the situation when Jonas Kingsley came to find her, then pursued, "Why did Jonas say he met me before you did?"

Lachlan paused before saying, "Perhaps that kidnapping incident was orchestrated by Jonas."

Iris’s pupils narrowed, "You mean that years ago, Jonas was the mastermind, guiding Yvonne Jennings and Jordan Jacobs to concoct ways to eliminate me?"

"Yes." Lachlan lowered his gaze, "That’s one of the reasons I saved you."

He couldn’t let Jonas succeed.

Iris drew a sharp breath, "Why didn’t you say so sooner?"

"I also recently found out Jonas Kingsley has an unknown identity abroad..." Lachlan Wyatt tugged at the corner of his mouth, "Haven’t you been in a bad mood lately and didn’t want to deal with me?"

"..." Iris Crawford glared at Lachlan Wyatt, "What bad luck!"

It’s a good thing they fell out, otherwise, who knows how infuriated she’d become!

Iris Crawford thought, now that Seraphina Colbert has the Chesterton Family, she probably doesn’t need her, so Iris can go back with peace of mind. From now on, the sky’s the limit, and no one can bully Seraphina ever again.

It’s like seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

Iris Crawford genuinely felt happy for Seraphina Colbert, and with some goodwill, she said to Lachlan Wyatt, "My brother handled the recruitment formalities for me, and I’ll be working at The Crawford Family when I go back. If we meet in business in the future, I hope Young Master Wyatt will give me some face."

The Wyatt Group’s legendary and daringly beautiful secretary disappeared.

In contrast, The Crawford Family gained a rebellious female CEO.

Lachlan Wyatt stared at Iris Crawford with a complex emotion, "You really won’t come back to me?"

It was the last time he’d ask her.

"I’d rather make money for myself than for you." Iris patted Lachlan Wyatt’s shoulder. It was uncertain whether she had truly moved on or not, "My brother said I’ve been taken care of by you for the past two years, he’ll invite you to dinner. In the days to come, we’ll go our separate ways."

Seraphina Colbert was free, and Iris Crawford was leaving too.

His heart seemed to spasm for a moment, triggering a delicate pain, and Lachlan Wyatt impulsively asked, "Will you find another boyfriend in the future?"

"Yes." The two-word response from Iris Crawford was without hesitation, "I will definitely find one."

"Just don’t find someone like Jordan Jacobs..."

"Don’t worry, I won’t look for anyone like Jordan Jacobs, nor anyone like you." Iris Crawford casually remarked, "You don’t have to worry about my matters. Goodbye."

The light conversation belied the heavy and complex feelings of both.

Yet Iris Crawford’s face was bright with smiles, and Lachlan Wyatt held back his words, as if they were in a contest, with each forcing smiles to see who could last longer.

He was reluctant to let Iris Crawford go.

"If I..." don’t want you to leave?

But before he could utter it, Iris Crawford turned away. Her movement stopped his words halfway, and the rest went unsaid, for Iris’s back already said it all.

He heard that Yvonne Jennings and Jordan Jacobs invited her, asking her and Orion Crawford to attend the Jacobs Family celebration. Initially, he thought Iris Crawford wouldn’t agree based on her personality, but she surprisingly accepted.

Could it be she still harbors feelings for Jordan Jacobs?

Lachlan Wyatt watched Iris Crawford’s departing figure for a while, wanting to ask why she was attending the Jacobs Family celebration. Just then his phone rang, and on the line, came a voice, "No... it’s not good, President Wyatt, Miss Galloway has returned to the country!"

Lachlan Wyatt pressed his temples and huffed, "Why is her business being reported to me?"

"She’s come chasing after you!" Leo Langdon clutched the phone, slightly afraid, "And she’s heard about your matters with Miss Crawford; returning, she’s definitely going to stir up trouble!"

Lachlan Wyatt raised his gaze to the ceiling, "What does it have to do with me!"

"What if she causes trouble for Her Majesty, the Empress!" Leo Langdon casually used the title, calling Iris Crawford, "A woman’s jealousy can be scary; Miss Galloway couldn’t stand Skye Lockwood when overseas, and now, with Miss Crawford in the mix, she’s definitely going to cause a ruckus!"

Her Majesty, the Empress?

Lachlan Wyatt looked at Iris Crawford’s alluring silhouette at the hallway’s end and said, "Rest assured, she’s even better at dealing with drama queens than I am."

"..." The emperor is not anxious but it’s driving the attendants crazy!

Leo Langdon stomped his foot, "Then I don’t care; Miss Crawford actually has no relations with you right now. If she finds a new boyfriend soon, presumably Miss Galloway won’t bother her."

"I dare anyone!" Lachlan Wyatt hadn’t dared to say it in front of Iris Crawford, but now he uttered it through gritted teeth, "I dare anyone to have bad intentions toward her!"

— Turns out, indeed some people had the audacity, as soon as Iris Crawford stepped out of the hospital, she was greeted by a face smiling like a flower, "Iris Crawford!"

"Rivers."

Iris Crawford was pleasantly surprised, "What are you doing here?"

"I’m here to take you back." Dane Rivers skillfully offered his arm for Iris Crawford to hold, "And to introduce you to a friend."

"A friend?" Iris Crawford wondered what new trick Dane Rivers was playing, as she heard him say, "She wants to meet you. Her surname is Galloway."

Iris Crawford couldn’t recall any high-profile lady with the surname Galloway domestically, but seeing Rivers’s enthusiastic demeanor, she couldn’t refuse, "What’s up, is there dinner planned tonight?"

"Yes, she just came back to the country."

Dane Rivers blinked, "We’re pretty close; she’s been asking about you! I thought, perfect timing, introduce you to my friend."

"Why’s she asking about me..." Iris Crawford instinctively furrowed her brows. She didn’t have any vendetta against this Miss Galloway nor did she know her; why suddenly inquire about her?

"That I don’t know." Dane Rivers pulled Iris Crawford into the car, "Heard you’re taking over The Crawford Group as the female CEO?"

"Yep." Sitting in the Porsche’s passenger seat, Iris Crawford tilts Rivers’s chin, "Want to come work as my cute assistant pup?"

Dane Rivers asked, "Is the salary good?"

Was he serious?

Iris Crawford gave him a reality check, "Suddenly remembered, high salary, but high educational requirements as well, and you... clearly can’t graduate from university, forget it."

"..." Why is this woman so hard to court?