Ignored When Chasing: Why Cry After I Got Engaged-Chapter 195: Frances Bennett Panicked

"Sinclair?" Damian Hawthorne’s eyes narrowed, making him look even more handsome.

Caleb Kramer couldn’t help but stare at Damian Hawthorne, a flicker of awe in his eyes.

’As expected of the child of his true parents. His looks and his bearing are both exceptional.’

Glancing over at Frances Bennett, Caleb Kramer couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

’Has no one really suspected the connection between Frances Bennett and Damian Hawthorne all these years?’

’It’s obvious a woman with Frances Bennett’s brains could never produce a son like Damian Hawthorne.’

"You said his surname is Sinclair?" Frances Bennett grew agitated. "Oh... I know! It must be someone from the Sinclair family! The Sinclairs haven’t been on good terms with us lately. They must be trying to get back at us, so they decided to start with me."

"That Fiona Sinclair... How disgusting! How dare she come after me." Frances Bennett’s face flushed with rage. "No wonder she was mocking me last time. She was setting a trap for me all along!"

"Just because the surname is Sinclair doesn’t mean it’s someone from the Sinclair family," Damian Hawthorne said, a cold smile touching his lips.

’The Sinclairs aren’t bold enough to plot against me behind my back.’

"Damian, have you forgotten? The Sinclairs aren’t what they used to be. They’ve started working with the Nathan family! With the Nathans of Aethelgard backing them, why would they be afraid of the Hawthorne family?" Frances Bennett was still convinced Fiona Sinclair was behind this.

"Do you know anything else about him?" Damian Hawthorne asked.

"From the sound of his voice, it was a man."

’A man...’

Damian Hawthorne raised an eyebrow.

’A man... Could it be Miles Sinclair?’

"Damian, can you find him? He knows our family’s private affairs. We have to find him." Frances Bennett was still very preoccupied with the truth about her not being Damian Hawthorne’s mother.

She didn’t mind Damian Hawthorne knowing, but she was terrified of everyone else finding out.

However, Frances Bennett had no idea that the news had already spread everywhere.

"Mrs. Bennett, even I know the cat’s been out of the bag for a while now, and I just got out of the police station," Caleb Kramer said, gloating. "Haven’t you seen the news online? The story about you not being Damian Hawthorne’s mother has been trending for ages."

"What did you say?" Frances Bennett’s vision swam, and her legs gave out. If Damian Hawthorne hadn’t caught her in time, she would have collapsed.

’Everyone knows...’

’My reputation... It’s completely ruined.’

Caleb Kramer took out his phone with a wide grin and scanned the trending topics again.

"Oh, congratulations. You’re not trending anymore. A new topic is dominating the feed now."

However, Frances Bennett’s expression didn’t improve in the slightest.

’I was already a trending topic. Everyone already knows. What’s the difference whether I’m still trending or not?’

"The top trending topic now is about Miss Selina Nathan of Aethelgard getting married to the superstar Miles Sinclair."

Frances Bennett was speechless.

"What? Selina Nathan is still marrying him? Miles Sinclair is just an actor. What’s gotten into her, wanting to marry someone like him?"

Damian Hawthorne frowned.

’He remembered Hugo Grant telling him that Cecilia had called off the wedding with Miles Sinclair. Why is she marrying him now?’

At the thought of Cecilia marrying a man like that, Damian Hawthorne’s fists clenched tightly.

"Damian, you should go talk to Cecilia. I know she has a problem with me and doesn’t want me as a mother-in-law. But you should go explain to her that I won’t be her mother-in-law anymore. Maybe she’ll reconsider."

The thought of Cecilia’s transformation in status made Frances Bennett’s chest ache, making it hard to breathe.

’She’d always prided herself on her eye for a good investment, but it seemed to have failed her completely when it came to Cecilia.’

’She never imagined that Cecilia was actually Selina Nathan.’

’Everyone was mocking her for being so blind, and she couldn’t even argue.’

’She really had been blind!’

’No wonder Hugo Grant’s mother had laughed at her so mercilessly.’

Recalling what Cecilia had said at the hospital, Damian Hawthorne lowered his gaze, his voice ice-cold. "There’s no need. Who she marries is her business. It has nothing to do with me."

"Damian!" Frances Bennett pleaded anxiously. "I know you have feelings for her. To be honest, I’ve accepted it. The Hawthorne family’s future shouldn’t be staked on your marriage. It was Mo... It was your aunt who let you down. Go and talk to her. Cecilia likes you so much; she’ll definitely come back to you."

Seeing Frances Bennett’s desperate expression, Caleb Kramer couldn’t help but scoff. "Mrs. Bennett, after the way you treated her, expecting her to come back now is just wishful thinking."

"Shut up!" Frances Bennett shot him a glare. "I haven’t even settled the score with you yet. Stop making your snide remarks. Besides, our family business is no place for you to talk!"

As Frances Bennett continued to babble, Damian Hawthorne’s brow twitched in annoyance.

Just then, Hugo Grant sent him a text.

The incessant buzzing of his phone forced Damian Hawthorne to read Hugo Grant’s message.

"Heard Miles Sinclair is proposing at The Korsyth Pearl Tower. Ceremony’s worth tens of millions. It’s going to be the talk of Veridia after tonight."

"Damian, if you don’t stop them this time, you may never get another chance."

Damian Hawthorne scoffed at Hugo Grant’s message and promptly deleted it.

’What did Miles Sinclair’s proposal have to do with him?’

’Did Hugo really expect him to go and crash the proposal?’

Just as Damian Hawthorne was putting his phone back in his pocket, Caleb Kramer, who was still scrolling through the trending topics, suddenly let out a curious "Huh?"

Damian Hawthorne’s gaze shifted to him.

Caleb Kramer tapped on Miles Sinclair’s photo, zoomed in, and his eyes widened in shock.

"This... This guy..."

"What’s wrong?" Frances Bennett glanced at his phone and sneered, "The kid’s not bad looking, I suppose. About on par with our Damian."

"This guy... he looks so familiar!" Caleb Kramer tilted his head, racking his brain in frustration. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Suddenly, it hit him.

He covered half of Miles Sinclair’s face on the screen with his finger, and his eyes lit up with realization.

"It’s him! The guy... it was him!"

Caleb Kramer looked up to tell them, only to find he was talking to an empty room.

"Huh? Where did they go?"

...

Damian Hawthorne and Frances Bennett were already in the car.

"Damian, where are we going?" Frances Bennett asked as the car headed downtown. Her lips parted slightly. "Are you really going to find Cecilia?"

Damian Hawthorne said nothing.

’He hadn’t planned on getting involved in this so-called proposal between Miles Sinclair and Cecilia.’

’But Hugo Grant wouldn’t stop texting him.’

’It was all just a bunch of nonsense about whether he’d live to regret it.’

’But what he found even more intolerable was that Hugo said he was going too.’

’Damian, I can stand her marrying anyone else, but not Miles Sinclair.’

’Why was Hugo so dead set against Miles Sinclair?’

’Because, just like Hugo, he didn’t think Miles Sinclair was a good person.’

’And after Caleb Kramer mentioned the mastermind’s surname was "Sinclair," he was even more convinced that Cecilia couldn’t marry Miles.’

’Didn’t she want to marry a rich man?’

’There were plenty of rich men out there. Why did it have to be Miles Sinclair?’

Damian didn’t even understand what he was getting so worked up about.

’He wasn’t like Hugo Grant.’

’He wouldn’t be happy about Cecilia marrying anyone... unless it was him.’

’He, Damian Hawthorne, was not that generous a man.’