The Ex-Wife He Can’t Have novel Chapter 145

"Nothing is set in stone yet, we still need to wait for Leon to say it himself," Sienna carefully reminded her.

Clearly dissatisfied with her pushback, Eleanor rolled her eyes and let out a cold harrumph.

Killian remained silent the entire time, utterly indifferent to the topic.

After lunch, Sienna sought Killian out privately. "Didn't you hear it? Eleanor's words today had a hidden meaning."

Killian flipped through a magazine, asking casually, "What meaning?"

Sienna was brimming with dissatisfaction. "Eleanor kept praising Leon's great taste, saying the girl he likes is a proper lady. Isn't she clearly looking down on Jillian, implying she's unpresentable? Eleanor already favors the second branch of the family. If Leon really marries a girl from a prominent family, we'll fall even further behind them in Eleanor's eyes."

The more she spoke, the more depressed and resentful she became. "You're the head of the Quincy family, yet you had to marry someone like Jillian. The second branch used to be beneath us in every way, and now look, they're about to overshadow us in the next generation's marriage..."

Killian felt a surge of annoyance.

He had always despised this kind of family drama.

It was the same old story of Eleanor playing favorites, and he wasn't going to waste his energy on such trivial matters.

"Eleanor has always been like this. After all these years, you should be used to it," Killian said. He stood up and walked away, clearly unwilling to engage any further.

Sienna stared at his retreating back, her eyes full of disappointment.

It was one thing for Eleanor to play favorites, but even her only son wouldn't stand by her side.

A few days later, while Jillian was at work, she suddenly received a call from her mother.

Judith's voice sounded frantic on the phone. She rambled on for a long time, saying that the house they lived in had been reported. Someone claimed it never belonged to them and should have been reclaimed long ago, ordering them to move out immediately.

Jillian was completely baffled. That house belonged to her grandparents and had been theirs since she was very young. How could there suddenly be a problem with the property rights?

But Judith didn't know the exact details either.

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