Free Web NovelChapter 52: Chapter 52: Georgia, Did You Feel It?
"I heard Mr. Lennox was looking for someone, so I came over to see. I wonder, did you find who you were looking for?"
But she was speaking to Zane Lennox.
Zane Lennox recognized Amanda Thorne. She was Georgia Thorne’s older, paternal half-sister.
Amanda disliked Georgia, so she intentionally avoided using her name.
Amanda Thorne was a renowned beauty in Portmire, and quite a few people knew her.
Furthermore, she had frequently been seen with Elliot Sheridan in recent years, which drew even more public attention.
Zane Lennox chuckled. "Thank you for your concern, Miss Thorne. I’ve already found the person I was looking for!"
"Oh, is that so?" Amanda Thorne’s eyes darted around. Feigning surprise as if she had just noticed Georgia Thorne beside Zane Lennox, she said, "Georgia, what are you doing here?"
The crowd was already surprised, but Amanda Thorne’s words shocked them even more.
’She knows Amanda Thorne, the most famous socialite in Portmire?’
’They both have the surname Thorne... Could it be?’
Amanda Thorne kept everyone in suspense. Just as the crowd was growing incredibly curious about the relationship between her and Georgia Thorne...
Amanda Thorne slowly announced, "Georgia is my younger sister. I hope everyone here will look after her in the future!"
The news dropped like a bomb, stunning everyone at the table.
’Georgia Thorne is Amanda Thorne’s sister? How can the older sister be so beautiful while the younger one is... so plain in comparison!’
"Mr. Lennox, I see you’re holding my sister’s hand. Don’t tell me the person you were looking for all along was Georgia!" Amanda Thorne raised her eyebrows in feigned surprise.
"Georgia Thorne, what do you say?"
Zane Lennox didn’t deny it, instead tossing the question directly to Georgia Thorne.
Georgia Thorne struggled, but Zane Lennox’s grip on her wrist only tightened.
Just as she was about to speak, a figure appeared before them.
She instinctively struggled harder, wrenching herself free from Zane Lennox’s grasp.
She hid the captured hand behind her back, her other hand rubbing the spot where Zane Lennox had held her.
Elliot Sheridan was here too!
This time, it wasn’t just the people at the table who were surprised; even Amanda Thorne was completely stunned.
Nestling up to Elliot Sheridan’s arm like a delicate bird, she asked, "What are you doing here?"
Elliot Sheridan nonchalantly pushed Amanda Thorne’s hand away. He took a step forward, his gaze sweeping across the room before finally landing on Georgia Thorne.
"Georgia, come here!" Elliot Sheridan’s voice was faint, making it impossible for outsiders to discern his tone or what kind of emotion it held.
Georgia Thorne found it even harder to fathom the man’s thoughts.
’He just kissed me a moment ago, and now he’s showing up with Amanda Thorne right in front of me, and even...’
Georgia Thorne didn’t move. She lowered her head, an unreadable emotion flickering in her eyes.
"Georgia, why are you being disobedient again? Have you forgotten what I told you?"
Elliot Sheridan’s voice rang out again, this time laced with a stern, slightly angry emotion.
Having spent so much time with Elliot Sheridan, she knew he was angry now and that his patience was wearing thin. frёeωebɳovel.com
Georgia Thorne’s heart trembled. ’Should I listen to Elliot Sheridan or not?’
’What does he mean by this, right in front of Amanda Thorne?’
’Isn’t he afraid?’
Amanda Thorne hadn’t expected Elliot Sheridan to come looking for Georgia Thorne either.
Her heart skipped a beat. She subconsciously took a step forward and said with a gentle smile, "Georgia, hurry up and come over here!"
Amanda Thorne didn’t dare to defy Elliot Sheridan’s wishes. The gentler her smile appeared on the surface, the angrier she was inside.
’Elliot Sheridan’s attitude toward Georgia Thorne is so different. He seems angry, with that stern face, but why do I sense a hint of intimacy in his anger?’
A woman’s intuition is usually accurate. Amanda Thorne’s gaze sharpened as she stared at Georgia Thorne. ’Could there be some relationship between them that I don’t know about?’
Georgia Thorne hesitated, terrified of what crazy things the man might do if she made him angry.
She slowly stood up and took a small step forward, but her wrist was suddenly gripped tightly by Zane Lennox beside her.
Zane Lennox shot up from his chair. "President Sheridan, I was unaware you had business with Georgia Thorne?"
He tightened his grip on Georgia Thorne’s wrist and pulled her behind him.
As a man, Zane Lennox understood the look in another man’s eyes.
He didn’t like Elliot Sheridan—or to be more precise, he didn’t like the way Elliot Sheridan looked at Georgia Thorne.
It was too aggressive.
It was like the greedy glint in the eyes of a wolf that has spotted its prey.
It rubbed him the wrong way.
Elliot Sheridan chuckled softly. "Georgia Thorne is a friend of my niece’s, which more or less makes her one of my people. Do I need to report to you when I’m looking for her?"
"Or perhaps, since when did President Lennox become Georgia Thorne’s guardian?" Elliot Sheridan’s smile was laced with iciness, and his cold eyes shot out a frigid glint.
His gaze passed over Zane Lennox to look at Georgia Thorne behind him.
Georgia Thorne’s body trembled. She raised her head to meet Elliot Sheridan’s gaze.
Her heart began to pound violently because of his words, "which more or less makes her one of my people."
Zane Lennox was rendered speechless by Elliot Sheridan’s words. He and Georgia Thorne truly had no relationship right now, and he had no right to interfere in her affairs.
’But even if Georgia Thorne isn’t mine now, she will be one day!’
Zane Lennox subconsciously tightened his grip on Georgia Thorne’s wrist, only to hear a clear female voice from behind him drift into his ears. "President Lennox, please let go of my hand!"
Georgia Thorne’s voice wasn’t quiet; everyone in the private room could hear her.
Zane Lennox refused to let go, so Georgia Thorne pried his fingers off one by one until her wrist was free.
She picked up her bag and strode toward Elliot Sheridan.
Everyone was dumbfounded, completely unable to process what was happening before their eyes.
’No matter how you look at it, the relationship between Georgia Thorne and Elliot Sheridan seems anything but ordinary!’
’If the relationship between Georgia Thorne and Elliot Sheridan isn’t ordinary, then what does that make her sister, Amanda Thorne?’
’Or could it be... a threesome?’
Only Elliot Sheridan himself knew his purpose in calling Georgia Thorne over.
Georgia Thorne clutched her bag strap, guessing, ’Could it be because of what he said in the hallway?’
’Is he angry because I was getting too close to Zane Lennox?’
’No, that doesn’t seem like Elliot Sheridan’s personality.’
’That steady, composed man always thinks things through before acting. It must be something else.’
Out of the corner of her eye, Georgia Thorne glanced at Amanda Thorne, who wore a brilliant smile on her exquisitely made-up face.
Just as everyone was holding their breath, waiting to see what would happen next...
Elliot Sheridan took a phone out of his pocket and handed it to her. "Selena’s looking for you. Why isn’t your phone reachable?"
Elliot Sheridan’s words nearly made the eyes of all the gossipmongers pop out of their sockets.
After all that, it turned out it wasn’t Elliot Sheridan looking for Georgia Thorne, but someone else.
From the name, they could guess that this "Selena" was Elliot Sheridan’s niece.
Selena Sheridan’s voice came from the phone. Clutching it, Georgia Thorne gave Elliot Sheridan an apologetic look, then lowered her head and hurried past them and out of the room.
So it was a call from Selena Sheridan!
Amanda Thorne was close enough to Georgia Thorne to clearly hear Selena Sheridan’s voice.
The heavy weight on her heart lifted. It turned out she had just been scaring herself.
The appearance of Elliot Sheridan and Amanda Thorne was just a minor interlude.
But after finishing the call, Georgia Thorne did not return to the private room.
She didn’t want to go back and face Zane Lennox again.
「Inside the descending elevator—」
"Mr. Sheridan, I’ve sorted things out with Selena!" Georgia Thorne said, handing the phone back to Elliot Sheridan.
Elliot Sheridan acknowledged her with a grunt and said in the tone of an elder, "Keep your phone on 24/7 from now on. Don’t let Selena be unable to find you. You’re the only good friend she has."
The back of his handsome hand brushed against Georgia Thorne’s palm as he took back his phone.
Amanda Thorne watched from the side. Although she was relieved about Georgia Thorne and Elliot Sheridan’s relationship, she still didn’t want her man having physical contact with any other woman.
