I Forgot I Ever Loved You (Zoe and Hayden) novel Chapter 467

Hayden's gaze darkened slightly. After a few seconds, he agreed.

"Pack up Holden's things when you have a moment. Call me when you're ready, and I'll come pick you both up."

He drove off, leaving Sienna brimming with triumph.

Nita greeted Sienna with overwhelming warmth, rushing over to usher her inside.

Nita also held shares in Easton Group. In past years, she had barely scraped by on the meager allowance Beatrice Thorne provided.

But since Sienna took the helm at Easton, the stock had skyrocketed. Nita could sell a fraction of her shares and live luxuriously for a decade.

Sienna's status in her eyes had ascended to untouchable heights.

Completely erasing any lingering trace of Zoe.

"Hayden drove you all the way here and didn't even come inside? You need to pick up the pace, darling."

Nita had been dropping heavy hints for years, frustrated that Sienna and Hayden always seemed one step away from finalizing things.

Sienna offered a radiant smile.

"Nita, Hayden just agreed to let Holden and me move into Blackwood Manor."

Nita froze, her eyes widening in disbelief.

"Really? That was Zoe's favorite estate. Hayden finally gave in?"

A shy blush crept across Sienna's cheeks.

"Yes."

Thrilled, Nita immediately helped Sienna pack her bags.

She had waited years for her eldest son to finally see reason.

Zoe should have been kicked out of the Thorne family and away from her son a long time ago.

Back at Thorne Enterprises, Hayden immediately summoned Colin Zachs.

"Can you locate my wife?"

He lit a cigarette, taking a slow drag.

Colin looked confused. "Didn't she move to the Kendall estate?"

Hayden's menacing glare snapped to Colin, who instantly shut his mouth.

A faint haze of smoke drifted through the office.

A chill ran down Colin's spine.

Was the boss really expecting him to march over to the Kendall estate and drag Zoe back?

Hayden was clearly too proud to do it himself, so he was perfectly fine with letting his assistant suffer the humiliation instead.

Hayden crushed the cigarette into the ashtray. "Go bring her back. I need to see her."

Colin spoke without thinking. "Mr. Thorne, couldn't you just call her?"

Hayden shot him a lethal side-eye.

"Ms. Winters isn't here?"

Hayden was in an atrocious mood.

"She left. What do you want?"

Ethan had wanted to discuss reinvesting their recent returns back into Sienna's emotional AI robot project; he fully intended to see the venture through to the end.

He was terrified that if Sienna no longer needed his capital, she'd cut him out.

Hayden wasn't overseeing the project—Sienna held all the power.

"Nothing, just asking. I just... missed her."

Ethan immediately realized how that sounded.

"Don't misunderstand, I didn't mean it like that. I don't have designs on her. I just misspoke."

Hayden's mind was completely elsewhere, so he didn't care about Ethan's slip of the tongue.

Still, he stared at his friend in silence for nearly a minute, making Ethan squirm under the intense scrutiny.

"I swear it was just a poor choice of words. I know how much you care about her. Do you want me to slap myself?" Ethan asked nervously.

Hayden furrowed his brow and dropped a bombshell that left Ethan completely bewildered.

"Your old man has some ties with the Kendalls. Do me a favor and get Zoe back for me."

Ethan stared at him, convinced he had misheard.