She's Too Busy Winning to Watch Him Cry novel Chapter 431

Determined to prove she had completely cut ties with Rowan, Lyra kept a deliberate distance from him throughout the banquet.

She just hadn't expected Vivienne to be there.

"What are you doing here?" Vivienne marched over, her tone dripping with hostility.

This was clearly a high-tier event. Vivienne rarely bothered with ordinary galas and despised crowded parties. Realizing this, Lyra grew even more intrigued by whatever was going up for auction later that night.

"Now that Rowan has dumped Jasmine, you must be thrilled. Think you finally have another shot?"

Lyra ignored her completely.

Maisie hurried over, looking thoroughly embarrassed by her mother's outburst. She tugged at Vivienne's sleeve. "Mom, what are you doing!"

Maisie had never told her mother that Lyra had once saved her. Now, she hesitated, wondering if speaking up might finally change Vivienne's mind about her.

"Aunt Vivienne," a deep voice interrupted.

"Rowan." Vivienne's hostile expression instantly melted into a warm smile as he approached.

Vivienne rarely showed a soft side, even to her own husband, but she always tucked away her sharp edges for her nephew.

"Could you keep the scene-making to a minimum when we're in public?" Rowan asked.

"Rowan, I was just..."

She hadn't expected a reprimand the moment he walked up. Seeing his darkened expression, Vivienne swallowed the rest of her sentence.

Recently, Vivienne had been in a foul mood ever since her stepson returned to the Sutton family, terrified he would steal their resources and threaten Maisie's inheritance. Rowan had managed to pacify her by leveraging Jameson Entertainment. Though she favored her nephew, Vivienne couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, even briefly harboring wild suspicions of an illicit affair between Zane and Rowan. But after a stern talk from the family patriarch, Vivienne—who always prioritized the Jameson family's core power and unity—had let it go. She never imagined Rowan would clash with her again, all over Arthur Fairchild's daughter.

Vivienne shot Lyra a venomous glare. "Leave."

It was all Lyra's fault.

She was the reason her own family was turning against her.

Lyra had been planning to leave anyway, regardless of Vivienne's demands.

But hearing the dismissal made her pause. She didn't move an inch.

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