From Ignored to Adored: The Heiress Melts the Self-Restrained Boss-Chapter 168: Farewell, Her Dead Love!

After Vivian Lynch left, Riley Hawthorne couldn’t hold back any longer, hiding under her blanket, crying out loud.

Under the blanket, Riley’s sobs were suppressed and painful. Tears soaked the pillow; her heart was filled with grievances, sadness, and confusion.

She didn’t understand why fate would toy with her this way, trapping her in such a predicament in love. She once held so many expectations and fantasies about Zachary Sutton, but now everything was shattered.

She didn’t know what she should do or how to walk the path ahead. She felt so helpless, as if the world had abandoned her.

After crying for a long time, Riley’s emotions gradually calmed down. She knew that crying couldn’t solve the problem; she had to face reality bravely.

She wiped away her tears, sat up from under the blanket, looked at the night outside the window, and silently resolved in her heart to make herself stronger, no longer feeling such sorrow for a man.

She slowly stood up, walked to her desk, sat down, and took out a notebook from the drawer.

This notebook recorded her every moment of secretly loving Zachary Sutton.

She first met Zachary Sutton when she was fifteen, at her brother’s birthday party.

At that time, she was still in junior high school, while he was already a third-year college student.

She will always remember, the first time she saw Zachary Sutton, he had short chestnut-colored hair and wore a cool earring on his left ear, exuding a rebellious charm.

"Caden, this young girl looks really sweet. Is she your friend?"

"What friend? This is my sister, Riley Hawthorne."

"Oh, so she’s your sister! No wonder she’s so pretty. Hello! My name is Zachary Sutton, I’m your brother’s good friend."

Riley’s fingers gently caressed the words on the notebook, and those memories surged into her heart like a tide.

It was as if she was back to that night when she first met Zachary Sutton; his smile was as bright as sunlight, illuminating her world.

Since then, Zachary Sutton’s figure had been deeply imprinted in her heart.

She began to secretly pay attention to him, collecting all kinds of information about him. Every time her brother and his friends gathered, she would find an excuse to go along, just to catch another glimpse of him.

As time went by, her feelings for Zachary Sutton grew deeper. She knew she had fallen for him, but she didn’t dare to confess and could only bury these feelings deep in her heart.

Later, after graduating high school, she went abroad with her mother to study.

At that time, whenever she thought of him, she would write an entry about him in her diary.

She thought to herself, once she returned, she would definitely become his girlfriend and confess to him.

After returning to her country, Riley Hawthorne found out that Zachary Sutton never lacked women around him; he was famously known as a "playboy" in The Aethelgard Circle.

She knew that he had countless girlfriends. But she didn’t mind; she only knew that liking him was enough.

The taste of secretly loving someone was really unpleasant, from confessing her feelings, being rejected by him, to them being ambiguous with each other, and then having a relationship.

All of these shattered entirely the moment she found out last night that he was engaged and had a fiancée.

Riley Hawthorne picked up a photo of Zachary Sutton clipped in her notebook; it was a photo she had taken secretly.

She remembered once, she went to his university to watch him and her brother play basketball; his handsome posture quickly attracted her.

So, she took out her phone and immediately snapped a picture of him playing basketball.

Later, she had the photo developed and touched it repeatedly.

Whenever she thought of him while studying abroad, she would take out his photo and secretly look at it many times.

Looking at this photo, Riley Hawthorne took a deep breath and painfully tossed the photo into the trash can.

"Zachary, this time I have to say goodbye to you."

Goodbye, her dead love!

Goodbye, her irretrievable youth!

Thus, the relationship between her and Zachary Sutton remained forever at this moment.

The next time they meet, she hopes that by then, she has completely let go of this relationship.

The Sutton Family, private villa.

Zachary Sutton picked up his phone, only to find a missed call.

Seeing that it was from Caden Hawthorne, Zachary couldn’t help but answer, "Hello, Caden..."

"Master Sutton, finally willing to return my call?" Caden Hawthorne’s tone on the phone was mocking.

Zachary Sutton sensed something was wrong in the atmosphere, thinking that Master Hawthorne must be angry for him not answering his call.

Thinking of this, Zachary Sutton couldn’t help but feel nervous, "Master Hawthorne, I’m sorry! I got drunk last night and just woke up, didn’t know you called me. So, I called back immediately."

"Drunk? Zachary Sutton, you’d better give me a reasonable explanation." Caden Hawthorne’s voice was filled with questioning.

"Explanation? Explanation for what?" Zachary Sutton looked puzzled.

"Explain this business about you having a fiancée." Just thinking about Zachary Sutton making his sister so upset made Caden Hawthorne furious.

"Fiancée?" Zachary Sutton was bewildered, "When did I get a fiancée? Why don’t I know about it?"

"You’re still pretending? She’s already moved into your house." Caden Hawthorne said without good humor, "Zachary Sutton, I even treated you as my good friend, but I never thought you were such a person."

Zachary Sutton was immediately confounded, "Master Hawthorne, what are you talking about? I don’t have a fiancée, and as for the woman you mentioned who’s at my house, she’s a blind date arranged by my parents."

"A blind date?" Caden’s tone was still firm, "Since you have a blind date, you shouldn’t be entangled with my sister; you should keep your distance."

Zachary Sutton’s heart tightened, "Riley, knows?"

Could it be that last night, Riley Hawthorne really came to his house?

No, that’s impossible! If she had, why didn’t Rosalyn tell him?

"Zachary Sutton, I’m warning you, if you can’t give my sister what she wants, speak clearly to her sooner rather than later. She is my only sister, and if you make her sad, even if you’re my good brother, I won’t let you off."

On the phone, Caden Hawthorne was rather indignant and his words were full of warning.

"No, Master Hawthorne, I’m a little puzzled now. How did you know the blind date was in my house? And why do you say she’s my fiancée? Did Riley come by last night? Did she come looking for me?" 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

With more thought, Zachary Sutton became more and more confused, unable to fathom it.

"Whatever it is, keep it to yourself!" With that, Caden Hawthorne angrily hung up the phone.

"Hello, Master Hawthorne..." Zachary still wanted to say something, only to find that Caden had already ended the call, leaving him looking helpless.

It seems he really needs to investigate clearly who the woman was who took him home last night, whether Riley Hawthorne had been by his house, and why Rosalyn Quinn claimed it was her with him.