Our Love Story: Hard to Guard Against the Sudden Love Strike-Chapter 471 - 449: Habits (11 Updates)

Sienna Thornton listened to all this, but her expression remained indifferent.

Quentin Thorne seemed to have some complicated thoughts, his expression quite intricate.

Ian Grant, upon hearing how much the Forresters could profit in a year, seemed a bit jealous. He glanced at Sienna Thornton with disdain and snorted, "No matter how much money they earn, it’s still the husband’s family’s money. Can it be given to the wife?"

This wasn’t wrong. Everyone present had lived for more than half a lifetime and understood the unspoken rules of marriage. Even in ordinary families, finances need to be clearly distinguished, let alone in a wealthy family like the Forresters.

Everyone just laughed and didn’t continue the topic.

The atmosphere quieted down.

Mina Thorne, who had been silent, suddenly spoke in a calm voice, "Not every woman who marries into a wealthy family is after their money."

Sienna Thornton glanced at her.

Ian Grant said, "Mina, you’re not married yet, what do you know? If a man doesn’t give money to a woman, it means he doesn’t love her!"

After speaking, he looked at Quentin Thorne, "Thornton, don’t you agree?"

Quentin Thorne didn’t even look at him, nor did he respond at all.

He wouldn’t discuss matters of love in front of his friends, not to mention that Ian Grant had just intentionally made the Forrester incident a big deal to embarrass Sienna Thornton, and put him in an awkward position. The fact that he didn’t retaliate was already very forgiving. How could he possibly respond to such a provoking question directed at Sienna Thornton?

Not receiving a response from her husband, Ian Grant felt embarrassed and gave Quentin Thorne a resentful glare.

Knowing Quentin Thorne was dissatisfied with their elder daughter’s partner, everyone, because they liked the well-behaved Sienna Thornton, tried to speak positively, but realizing Ian Grant was deliberately causing trouble for Quentin Thorne, they simply changed the topic.

The birthday dinner continued until after eleven o’clock, with a dozen guests finishing over a dozen bottles of strong liquor, leaving everyone a bit tipsy. Fortunately, they had all brought drivers with them.

Quentin Thorne called the drivers inside to lead their bosses to the car, meanwhile thoughtfully putting two bottles of red wine in each trunk.

Returning home, Sienna Thornton was helping Ian Grant and her daughter tidy up the dining room.

Quentin Thorne was a bit surprised, having thought that Sienna Thornton wouldn’t help Ian Grant with any household chores. He was quite pleased, thinking this elder daughter was indeed sensible and generous.

He walked over, greeted them: "Annie, Mina, once you’re done, go upstairs to sleep, you have work tomorrow."

His tone was gentle, but when he turned to look at Ian Grant, both his expression and voice turned a bit cold: "Ian Grant! Come with me!"

Ian Grant tossed her gloves onto the stove irritably and followed Quentin Thorne into the study.

Soon after, Sienna Thornton heard Quentin Thorne’s shouting and Ian Grant’s crying and cursing from the study. She glanced at Mina Thorne, noticing that the latter seemed used to it, not reacting at all, continuing to clear the dishes.

Sienna Thornton joined in cleaning, but the escalating shouting from the study made her scalp tingle and her heart uncomfortable, reminiscent of feeling anxious when Felix Raines had his outbursts.

After a while, she couldn’t resist asking Mina Thorne, "Does Thornton often argue with your mom?"

"Pretty much."

Sienna Thornton wondered, how deep a grudge must they have to argue like this?

If it weren’t for today, she honestly wouldn’t have imagined that Quentin Thorne, who was usually so gentle to her and Melinda Linton, could be so frightening when angry.

Sienna Thornton didn’t want to listen to Quentin Thorne and his wife’s quarrel any longer, so she quickly cleared the dining table and placed the dishes into the dishwasher, leaving the dining room.

Before going upstairs, as she passed the study, she heard Quentin Thorne shouting, "Divorce! Go file tomorrow!"

Then came Ian Grant’s breakdown of crying.

Sienna Thornton: "..."

-

The next day, when Sienna Thornton went downstairs, she didn’t see Ian Grant, and it was Quentin Thorne who had made breakfast.

She thought Ian Grant might not have gotten up to make breakfast out of spite after arguing with Quentin Thorne, but when she came back that night, Ian Grant was still nowhere to be seen.

Mina Thorne hadn’t arrived home yet, and the living room was empty, making the whole house feel quiet and deserted.

The study door was ajar, with a bit of dim light shining through the crack. Sienna Thornton changed her slippers and walked over, knocking on the door.

"Come in."

Sienna Thornton pushed the door open and saw Quentin Thorne sitting at the desk writing something.

This was the first time she entered Quentin Thorne’s study. She knew from the first day she stayed at the Thorne Family that Quentin Thorne slept in the study, so she had never ventured in without a reason.

This was her chance to see his living environment.

The study was large, and from the position of the load-bearing beams, it was evident that it was two rooms merged into one.

Quentin Thorne’s desk was diagonal to the room’s entrance, with an old-fashioned window behind it. On either side of the window were bookshelves, and there were tall bookcases on the walls beside and opposite the desk.

The innermost wall had a two-panel wooden sliding door in the middle, currently open, allowing a view of the bed and wardrobe inside.

Overall, it appeared very clean and tidy, much like the impression Quentin Thorne gave people.

Sienna Thornton’s eyes wandered around as Quentin Thorne noticed and stopped what he was doing, smiling: "This room is quite convenient; when I’m tired from work at night, I can directly go to the inner room to sleep."

Sienna Thornton smiled but said nothing, going over to sit opposite him, asking, "Where did Aunt Grant go?"

"I let her stay at her family’s place for a while."

"Is it because of me that you two argued?"

Quentin Thorne answered without hesitation: "No!"

Perhaps thinking of Sienna Thornton as exceptionally intelligent, he added, "The issues between your Aunt Mina and me have been there from the start. We separated rooms when Mina was two or three years old."

Sienna Thornton was taken aback, completely unexpected that Quentin Thorne had separated rooms with Ian Grant so early in his life.

She felt somewhat unsettled in her heart.

In hindsight, not only did she and Melinda Linton have an unhappy past, but Quentin Thorne’s family didn’t seem to be living blissfully either.

Ah, fate.

Sienna Thornton didn’t let her thoughts stray too far, quickly getting to the point: "Are you still not quite happy about me marrying Simon Forrester?"

Quentin Thorne didn’t hold back, frankly saying, "The Forrester Family tends to calculate everything carefully. I’m worried that when I’m gone, they might bully you."

Sienna Thornton smiled: "You’re younger than the Forrester elders, if you’re not around, they wouldn’t be either, who’d bully me?"

Quentin Thorne, filled with worry for many days, found himself at a loss for words after Sienna Thornton’s simple response.

But then, thinking about it, Sienna Thornton’s words seemed reasonable. Old Master Forrester was nearing ninety, and Zane Forrester and his wife were in their sixties, even slightly older than he was. If he wasn’t there, the Forresters would probably have long departed to another world as well.

Quentin Thorne felt a subtle sense of relief, his face showing a faint smile. He then asked Sienna Thornton, "What do you think of Rex? Does he have any obvious shortcomings?"