A Night of Desire

Chapter 482: Chapter 475: She Can Play Mind Games Too

"Clara Grant, you were supposed to be taking care of Seth, but instead you’re out here slacking off. Is this your idea of looking after him? You’re enjoying your meal, but has Seth even eaten? You’re completely incompetent at this. I think you should just go do whatever. Let me take care of Seth."

The three people in the room all looked toward the door in unison.

After a brief silence, the same voice spoke from outside again. "I’m going in to take a look."

"Miss Shelby, you’d better not go in. Like I said, Seth is in there..." It was Clara Grant’s voice.

But before she could finish, the sound of approaching footsteps was heard, and then the door was pushed open. Autumn Shelby appeared in the doorway.

Sienna Hale stood up and frowned at her. "Autumn? Why are you here again?"

When Autumn Shelby saw Sienna Hale, she was visibly stunned and stammered, "Mrs. Hale? What are you doing here?"

As she spoke, she turned and shot a vicious glare at Clara Grant. ’That bitch actually lied and told me Seth was sleeping in here alone.’

’No wonder she leaned in and whispered so quietly just now. She was deliberately setting me up!’

’After seeing how angry Mrs. Hale was yesterday, I never imagined she would actually come back again today.’

’I only came over because I thought Mrs. Hale wouldn’t be here.’

’Mrs. Hale wouldn’t let me see Seth, so I decided to sneak over. But I never expected this...’

’What do I do now? An elder was in here, and I just barged in so rudely. Mrs. Hale’s opinion of me is bound to take a nosedive.’

’If I lose Mrs. Hale’s trust, it will be much harder to drive Clara Grant away and take her place.’

The more Autumn Shelby thought about it, the more she resented Clara Grant. If looks could kill, Clara would be dead already.

Meeting Autumn Shelby’s resentful gaze, Clara Grant simply offered a relaxed smile and raised an eyebrow at her.

’She knew how to play mind games, too; she’d just always considered it beneath her. But now, when dealing with someone like Autumn Shelby, it almost felt wrong *not* to.’

Sienna Hale had just seen the two text messages and listened to Seth Quinn’s detailed analysis, so she was already feeling annoyed with Autumn Shelby. Seeing her barge in like that now, her expression soured even more.

"What? Am I not allowed to visit my own son?"

"I’m sorry, Mrs. Hale. That’s not what I meant," Autumn Shelby said, quickly turning back to apologize to Sienna Hale.

But Clara Grant didn’t give her the chance, speaking in a low voice, "Mrs. Hale, I did tell Miss Shelby that you and Seth were chatting in here. I asked her to wait outside for a bit, but she..."

Before she could finish, Autumn Shelby couldn’t stand it any longer and snarled, "You’re lying, Clara Grant! You clearly told me Seth was sleeping in here."

Clara Grant didn’t argue with her. She simply glanced innocently at Sienna Hale and Seth Quinn and explained in a low voice, "I never said that."

"Clara Grant, you..."

"That’s enough!" Sienna Hale was growing impatient. "Autumn, since you knew I was in here, why would you still barge in so rudely? No matter how close we are, you should at least knock, shouldn’t you? And besides, even if you didn’t know I was here—even if you thought Seth was just sleeping—you still shouldn’t have barged in and disturbed his rest."

Autumn Shelby started to panic. She took two steps forward and tried to explain anxiously, "Mrs. Hale, it wasn’t..."