Chapter 258: Julian Forrester, Let’s Be Together

Chapter 258: Chapter 258: Julian Forrester, Let’s Be Together

Before Evan Shelby could speak, Sienna Everett’s phone rang.

It was another call from an unknown number.

Sienna frowned. Was it Mason Everett? Or was it someone else, calling about something truly important?

Sienna answered the call.

She was caught off guard by the hateful, furious voice of Morgan Everett on the other end of the line:

"Sienna Everett, you wretched girl, do you have any conscience at all! It’s all your fault! Wyatt, Lucas, and Dustin are all threatening to sever ties with the Everett family, to disown me as their father! Were you the one who turned them against me! How could I have fathered a monster like you, something worse than an animal!"

Sienna’s gaze turned cold. "Morgan Everett, when so many of your own children want to cut you off, who’s the real monster that disowns his own family?"

With that, she hung up.

As expected. Every single member of the Everett family seemed to exist only to cause her grief.

Evan Shelby looked annoyed. "How can that Morgan Everett be so vile?"

"Let’s not talk about him," Sienna said. "What’s the latest with Shannon Everett?"

Evan’s eyes narrowed, a calculating smile on his face.

"She’s about to take the bait. I had people from the Starlight Consortium secretly approach Shannon. She wants to sell her shares in the Everett Corporation for a high price, but to avoid arousing her suspicion, we didn’t offer too much. We even tried to haggle her down a bit."

"The price is still within her psychological threshold, though. Don’t worry, it’s only a matter of time before she’s hooked. For the Everett family, this will be a fatal blow—we’re striking them right where it hurts."

...

After saying goodbye to Evan, Ian Prescott, and Javier Prescott, Sienna returned to the hospital room.

Meeting Julian Forrester’s probing gaze, Sienna readily explained, "I was just talking to Evan about Shannon. She’s been trying to secretly sell off her shares in the family company..."

Sienna briefly told him what was happening with Shannon, then continued, "Also, Ian and Javier Prescott have been in Celestria recently. They did a DNA test with Ophelia Warren a few days ago. She isn’t the sister they’ve been searching for."

These were all things that had happened while Julian was in a coma.

After listening, he gave a slight nod.

Sienna was now treating him as if he were made of glass. Seeing him just sitting up in bed made her nervous. "Do you want to lie down and rest for a bit?"

Julian gave her a slow glance. "Do you think I’m a porcelain doll?"

"No!" Sienna immediately denied it.

She just thought of him as a delicate flower, that’s all!

Sienna sat down in the chair by the bed, pulled out her phone, and sent a message to the three-person WhatsApp group she shared with Orion Hawthorne and Isabelle Sutton.

Sienna: [Orion Hawthorne, you there?]

Orion: [Well, well. The great and busy Sienna has time for me?]

Sienna sent a question that cut right to the quick: [Has Yvette Garrison caught you yet?]

Orion, his face darkening: [??? Sienna Everett, could you be any less of a gossip!!!]

Isabelle popped up at that moment: [I want to know too!!]

Sienna typed quickly: [Orion Hawthorne, how exactly is Yvette pursuing you? Actually, never mind. Just give me her contact information.]

Orion: [Why do you want her contact info?]

Sienna: [I want to ask her for some tips on how to pursue a man.]

The message landed like a bombshell.

Orion: [???]

Isabelle: [!!!]

Isabelle was freaking out: [Sienna, you... what’s going on? What other man are you trying to pursue? Aren’t you already married to Mr. Forrester!]

Orion: [Sienna Everett, did you and Julian Forrester get a divorce?]

Sienna: [No.]

Isabelle was even more stunned: [Sienna, are you going to cheat on Mr. Forrester?! With who? Is there some other man out there more charming than him? Don’t cheat, Sienna! What if Mr. Forrester catches you!!]

Catches me???

Sienna imagined the scene of Julian catching her in the act and couldn’t help but shudder.

She quickly typed: [It’s not some other man! I’m trying to pursue Julian! Julian!!]

But that only left Orion and Isabelle even more confused.

Isabelle: [I know all those words individually, but I have no idea what they mean when you put them together.]

Isabelle: [Sienna, aren’t you and Mr. Forrester already married? Why do you need to ’pursue’ him? Or... are you two playing some kind of fun little couple’s game? (Hehehe.jpg)]

Sienna: "..."

Orion sent just one line: [Why do you need to pursue him? It’s obvious Julian is crazy about you. You just have to crook your little finger and he’ll come running.]

Sienna: "..."

Forget it. These two were useless.

Maybe she should ask Keith Sterling? Keith clearly knew Julian very well!

Sienna immediately sent a message to Keith: [Where are you?]

Keith, who was never far from his phone, replied instantly:

[What’s up, sis-in-law~ I’m just giving you and my bro some space to be alone~]

[See how considerate I am? My bro just woke up, you two must have tons of secret things to talk about~ I’ll come by the hospital this afternoon~]

Sienna: "..."

He really was a chatterbox.

Sienna got straight to the point: [What kind of romantic gestures does your brother like?]

Keith: [Sis-in-law, why do you ask?]

Sienna: [Just curious. Random question.]

Keith laughed slyly:

[With stuff like romance, it all depends on who’s doing it. If it’s you, Sierra, he’d probably love a pile of scrap metal! He’d even say it has an artistic flair!]

[But if *I* did it, even if I arranged a beautiful bouquet of flowers, my bro wouldn’t even bother to lift an eyelid. And if he did grace it with a glance, he’d just look disgusted... *sob sob sob*, it’s such a double standard!]

[When you compare it like that, I sound so pitiful! This is no way to live!]

Sienna: "..."

Sienna sent him a generous cash gift as a consolation.

Keith’s fingers were lightning fast at accepting the money: [Wow, thank you my dear bro and sis-in-law! Hehehe, not feeling pitiful at all anymore~~]

Sienna: [...]

Keith’s mind whirred, but he still couldn’t figure it out: [Sierra, what did you really mean when you were asking about romantic gestures?]

Sienna: [It was nothing, just a random question.]

Keith: [Wait a minute! You don’t think that rose brooch Simon Sinclair gave you was romantic, do you?]

Sienna typed furiously: [Of course not. I’ll find a chance to give it back to him.]

Keith: [I support you!!]

Sienna put down her phone with a sigh. Well, Keith was useless too.

She couldn’t get any information out of him.

Just as she put her phone down, she looked up and met Julian’s dark, unfathomable eyes. She had no idea how long he had been watching her.

Sienna’s heart skipped a beat. "What?"

"Who were you texting?" he asked.

"No one," Sienna replied.

Julian’s eyes narrowed, his tone laced with a strange danger. "Was it Simon Sinclair?"

Sienna froze. Why on earth would he think of Simon!

Julian’s voice was low, laced with a barely perceptible tension. "You said you’d give me your answer after breakfast."

His meaning was clear: it had been a long time since breakfast. It was time for her answer.

Sienna blinked. Alright, alright. So much for ceremony. She shot up from her chair and threw herself at him, landing in his arms like a gust of fresh air and pressing her lips to his.

The moment her soft, sweet lips met his, Julian’s pupils contracted sharply. It was as if he had just seen the moon and stars fall into his arms...

Sienna pulled back slightly, looking at the handsome man before her, her voice soft and clear.

"Julian Forrester, we didn’t get to spend our anniversary together this time... But let’s spend our second, third, and tenth anniversaries together from now on..."