Fake Heiress Reborn Drops Masks Finds Family (Noelle and Sebastian) novel Chapter 453

hapter 453 A Quiet Night at Melrose Manor

“Hmm.”

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Angus frowned. He had hoped to bring Noelle home for dinner, but the look on her face clearly said she didn’t want that.

He opened his mouth to speak, then stopped. In the end, he simply sighed and patted her hand. “Alright, alright,” he said gently. “If you don’t want to eat at home, we’ll eat out. There’s a restaurant downtown that’s really good. I think you’ll like it.”

He knew the reason. The girl didn’t want to see Mary.

And forcing her would only make things worse.

So the dinner was arranged at a private restaurant in the city center. It was soon crowded with people.

Angus sat at the center. On both sides of him were his sons and his seven grandsons. Sebastian sat beside Noelle, while Lucas bounced around the table, helping order food and pouring drinks. With Lucas around, what should have been a formal family dinner turned into something more like a comedy show.

To be honest, Lucas hadn’t even been invited.

He had invited himself.

“Mr. Angus, are you having dinner?” Lucas said with a dramatic sigh. “That’s nice. I haven’t had dinner yet either.” He rubbed his stomach and added pitifully, “I’m a little hungry now, but it’s fine. Really. You guys go ahead. It’s okay if you don’t bring me.” 1

Noelle rolled her eyes and smacked the back of his head. “Stop it!” she said. “Like we were going to leave you behind.”

Sebastian looked helpless. At that moment, he honestly wanted to pretend he didn’t know

Lucas.

Lucas leaned closer to Angus, his eyes shining with excitement. “Mr. Angus, let me tell you something. Sebastian has always been a quiet guy. When we were younger, a girl once chased him all the way to the dorm and played guitar for him outside. Guess what he did?”

Angus looked curious. “What did he do?”

Lucas slapped the table and burst out laughing. “He told her to put the guitar away because she

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was disturbing everyone. He said if she kept playing, he’d call the police! Then he went back to the dorm and went to sleep. The poor girl cried all night!”

The whole room burst into laughter.

Lucas kept going, enjoying the attention. “He’s always been like that. When Noelle first liked him, he acted all serious. Said he was useless and not good enough for her. That guy secretly liked her but wouldn’t say anything. And later he said Noelle was still a senior in high school and shouldn’t date yet, so he didn’t dare make a move. Just kissing her once made him blush!

“Then the moment she graduated, he suddenly made a move and”

“Eat your food.”

Sebastian calmly picked up a chicken drumstick and stuffed it straight into Lucas’s mouth.

Lucas nearly choked. The room exploded with laughter again.

While the dinner here was full of noise and warmth, the Guzman residence felt completely

different.

The large dining room was quiet. Only one light was lit on the table.

Mary sat alone at the table, watching the dishes slowly turn cold. The food had once been steaming hot, but now the warmth was gone.

She didn’t pick up her fork. She didn’t ask anyone to heat the food again. She simply sat there

in silence.

She had prepared every dish on the table herself.

Since the afternoon, Mary had been busy preparing dinner. She carefully chose the kind of fish Noelle loved and simmered the soup for three hours. Every dish on the table was something Noelle liked. Even the plates were brand new. Mary had run across half the city just to buy the same brand Noelle had once paused to look at in a mall.

She didn’t go to the airport to bring her home, Mary worried the meeting would be awkward. Instead, she hoped this dinner might ease the tension between them.

But she waited and waited. In the end, the only thing she heard was a careful message from the maid. “Mrs. Mary, everyone ate out tonight.”

Mary simply grunted. She said nothing more, but the light in her eyes slowly faded.

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So Noelle didn’t even want to come home and have dinner with her anymore?

Did she really hate her mother that much?

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Mary sat there for a long time. Soon her stomach began to ache. Only then did she slowly stand up, holding the edge of the table for support as she walked back to her room.

She felt terrible.

Her stomach hurt, and her heart hurt too. She had given birth to two daughters, yet neither of them was by her side.

Without meaning to, she thought of Viola.

Mary picked up her phone and found Viola’s number. She called.

The line was still busy.

She stared at the screen for a long time, her finger resting on the number. In the end, she still did not delete it.

She refused to believe it.

Everyone said Viola was not a good person; Mary still could not accept it.

That daughter had always been the most caring toward her.

After dinner, the gathering ended. Noelle and Sebastian returned to Melrose Manor.

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