The Ex-Wife He Can’t Have novel Chapter 284

But back then, she only possessed the facade of a rebellious spirit. She had no real power to back up her ambition, and certainly not the courage to walk away from her luxurious, aristocratic life. In the end, she surrendered to the Quincys.

"Ma'am," a maid knocked gently on the door.

Sienna jumped. "What is it?"

"Eleanor has requested your presence."

Sienna scrambled to hide the photos.

When she arrived, Eleanor cast a lazy, dismissive glance her way.

"You haven't left the house today?"

"No," Sienna replied, lowering her head, feeling a spike of guilt.

"The family isn't going to step in to fix Natalie's mess. If you want to help her, you do it yourself. I opposed you adopting her from the start. You can never truly raise someone else's child, and who knows what kind of bad blood she inherited. Look at her now. I was right all along."

Eleanor rambled on.

Sienna kept her head bowed in her usual display of submissiveness, barely processing a word of the lecture.

Eleanor knew full well that Sienna's obedience was just a front, and that she was seething internally. She eventually grew tired of talking.

"Did Con come by this weekend?" Sienna asked, once her mother-in-law had finally finished complaining.

"No. Killian came alone," Eleanor snapped in annoyance.

"Do me a favor and stay away from Killian and Con for a while. They probably don't want to see you anyway."

Suddenly, a thought struck Sienna. Connor was Jillian's biological son. If her suspicions about Jillian were correct, then Connor was...

Sienna forced a placating smile. "I'll go pick him up from school this afternoon. I was only trying to scare him the other day. I wasn't actually going to lay a hand on him."

Eleanor gave a cold snort and didn't bother to reply.

That afternoon, Sienna waited outside the school gates well before the bell rang.

When she saw Connor walking out with his classmates, she immediately rushed forward and grabbed his hand.

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