A Night of Desire

Chapter 426: Chapter 419: Jenna Knew Clara Grant Before?

She had expected to hear the answer she was hoping for, but instead, Sienna Hale hung her head and sighed. "Sigh... what else can be done? It’s the same old story."

Autumn Shelby was a bit stunned. She stared blankly for a long moment before asking urgently, "What do you mean, ’the same old story’? Don’t tell me they didn’t..."

She cut herself off midway, realizing how inappropriate her words were.

Sienna Hale shook her head helplessly. "Seth refuses to break up with her, so there’s nothing we can do. I just don’t know what’s so great about this Clara Grant... I mean, Clara Grant got drunk yesterday, and this morning, Seth even specifically called Mrs. Cheney over to make her porridge."

Her tone was thick with confusion and displeasure.

Autumn Shelby’s frown deepened as she listened, and she couldn’t help but say, "But with Clara Grant’s background, isn’t Seth disgusted by it? Having a woman like that by his side will be a disgrace to him. Besides, how can a prominent family like the Quinn Family allow a woman with that kind of background to marry into it?"

"That’s what I told him, but he just won’t listen. I’m just wringing my hands over here, helpless."

"So, what’s his father’s take on it?" Autumn Shelby asked tentatively.

Sienna Hale looked displeased. "What else could he think? He approves of Seth being with Clara Grant. Says our Quinn Family doesn’t need to consider a daughter-in-law’s background or origins, as long as Seth likes her."

"But even if her origins don’t matter, she should at least have a clean family history, right? Does his father have some reservations?" Autumn Shelby truly couldn’t understand. ’Everything was going according to my plan, and things were developing perfectly. Once Clara Grant’s background was exposed, Seth Quinn and the Quinn Family should have abandoned her without a second thought.’

’But how did things turn out like this? It’s completely ruined all my plans!’

"No, no reservations. He just said that since things have already come to this, it’s not like we can just make them get a divorce!" After saying this, Sienna Hale realized she’d let the cat out of the bag and shot an awkward smile at Autumn Shelby.

But those words left Autumn Shelby utterly and completely shocked.

Her eyes were wide, her mouth hung slightly open, and the astonishment on her face and in her gaze was plain to see. freёwebnovel.com

After a long, long time, she finally found her voice and asked haltingly, "They... got married?"

Sienna Hale could no longer hide it and had to tell her the truth. "Yes. They got married over a month ago. Because of Clara Grant’s situation at the time, they chose to keep the marriage a secret. So they only registered it, without making a public announcement or holding a wedding."

As she spoke, she cautiously glanced at Autumn Shelby’s dejected expression and tried to comfort her. "Autumn, don’t be too heartbroken. What can we do? Perhaps you and Seth just weren’t fated to be husband and wife in this lifetime."

Autumn Shelby came back to her senses. She lowered her gaze, listlessly stirring her coffee, her voice tinged with bitterness. "Auntie, I never deluded myself into thinking I could be with Seth in this life. It’s just... suddenly hearing that the man I love so deeply is already married... it’s a little hard to bear."

Seeing her like this, Sienna Hale’s heart ached for her even more. She patted the back of her hand. "Autumn, don’t be so sad. It’s all fate! If only Jenna hadn’t misunderstood that the Grant Family’s marriage alliance with the Quinn Family was for Seth, if only she hadn’t tried to set Seth up with Clara Grant, if only you had come back a little sooner...

"...maybe things wouldn’t have ended up this way. Sigh... when it comes down to it, it’s all Jenna’s fault for not properly investigating Clara Grant’s background!"

But Autumn Shelby picked up on something. She looked up at Sienna and asked probingly, "Jenna introduced Clara Grant to Seth? She knew Clara Grant before all this?"