The Billionaire's Heir I Never Knew Was Mine novel Chapter 141

Chapter 141: Shocking Encounter

Riley remained standing there, visibly shocked, staring at Zachary with a confused expression that refused to leave his face.

At this moment, his brain was working too hard. Too many questions were crashing into each other at once.

’This is Sienna’s apartment, right?’

’Why was Zachary Sterling at Sienna’s apartment?’

’Wait, did I come to the wrong place?’

’No. No. This is the right place. This is Sienna’s apartment.’

’Why did I suddenly feel as if I had walked into a scene I was absolutely unprepared to witness? Family drama...!?’

It took him nearly a full minute before Riley’s gaze finally shifted away from Zachary.

Slowly, he turned toward the apartment number beside the doorframe. Then toward Ava, standing beside him. And then back to the apartment number.

He lowered his voice dramatically. "Ava... are you absolutely sure this is Sienna’s house?"

Ava displayed a nearly identical confused expression to Riley’s.

"The last time I met her, she still came back to this apartment... so we are not at the wrong place," Ava answered, though her tone sounded far less confident than before.

Riley nodded slowly. Still completely ignoring the calm man standing in the doorway, he leaned slightly closer toward Ava.

"So, this is her place..." he whispered seriously, "...but I just want to confirm my eyes aren’t playing tricks on me."

Ava frowned immediately. "What trick?"

Riley’s curious gaze slowly drifted toward Zachary for several seconds before returning to Ava.

"Did you see a man standing in Sienna’s doorway?"

"Mmmhm." Ava nodded quickly and whispered, "Of course I did. He is a double handsome man."

"You know him?"

The line between Ava’s brows deepened. "Yeah. He’s one of a kind."

Riley stared at her. "Why is he here?"

Ava let out a tired sigh and looked at him like she was slowly losing faith in human intelligence.

"My goodness, why are you asking me that? I said I know him, but I’m pretty sure he doesn’t know me. So I wouldn’t have had the slightest idea why he’s here. You should ask him." She said, clearly embarrassed.

Riley finally let out a gentle, heartfelt chuckle, reassured that his eyesight was fine and that the man before him was his beloved uncle, Zachary Sterling.

He slowly lifted his gaze toward Zachary again.

"Uncle," he said carefully, "why are you here?"

Across from him, Zachary narrowed his eyes slightly. "I should ask you that," he replied calmly. "Why are you here?"

Riley ignored the question completely. Instead, he lowered his voice with exaggerated seriousness.

"Uncle... please tell me..." He leaned forward slightly. "Did I just accidentally walk into a family scandal?"

Zachary stared at him without expression. "No."

Riley looked deeply unconvinced. He lowered his voice even more. "Then why are you inside Sienna’s apartment?"

The calm expression on Zachary’s face remained unchanged.

Still, Riley noticed the subtle warning already beginning to form in Zachary’s eyes.

"If you came here only to ask me that," Zachary said calmly, "you can leave."

Riley and Ava are entirely shocked as Zachary begins to close the door.

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