Our Love Story: Hard to Guard Against the Sudden Love Strike-Chapter 482 - 460: The Year-End

Sienna Thornton felt a deep ache in her heart for Quentin Thorne, but there was nothing she could do to help him.

Quentin Thorne continued, "Mina’s grandfather agreed to let Mina’s mom and me live separately for now, without going public. We will still appear as a married couple at some occasions until Mina gets married. Then, we can discuss whether it’s necessary to maintain this marriage."

Sienna Thornton asked, "So, Aunt Grant won’t be staying here anymore, right?"

Quentin Thorne nodded, "Not for a while."

"I was planning to move back to my mom’s place tomorrow, but since Aunt Grant is not coming back, I’ll stay here for now and move as planned before the new year," Sienna Thornton said.

The main reason for not moving was that Ian Grant wouldn’t be causing her any trouble, and she still wanted to spend as much time as possible with Quentin Thorne before she got married.

It was only after moving into this house that she realized how hard it was for Quentin Thorne.

In his younger years, he was almost like living alone, having to face a daughter who hardly spoke and a wife who was nearly on the verge of a meltdown. Honestly, for a man like Quentin Thorne, it was really difficult.

He himself was a very gentle and soft-tempered man, and such people least liked to argue. Even if they win an argument, it takes a great deal of emotional energy, and over time, both the body and mind can’t bear it.

Sienna Thornton couldn’t bear to leave Quentin Thorne, so even though she wanted to return to Melinda Linton’s place, she was willing to stay and accompany him during this time. After all, once she marries Simon Forrester, she won’t have many chances to stay here again.

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Since that day, Ian Grant indeed never showed up again, and Mina Thorne stayed here during the weekdays. On weekends, she disappeared, probably to be with Ian Grant at the Grant Family.

Sienna Thornton and Quentin Thorne got along very well. Simon Forrester occasionally came over to stay the night, and perhaps due to spending a lot of time with Quentin Thorne, he wasn’t as sharp-tongued in his words, and a sort of father-in-law and son-in-law relationship seemed to be developing.

Sienna Thornton noticed that Quentin Thorne’s current mental and health state had improved significantly, his complexion was back to its rosy and healthy look, and he no longer seemed so tired.

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Father and daughter went to Melinda Linton’s place on Saturday morning. Since Sienna Thornton wanted to spend more time with Quentin Thorne, she returned with him to Thorne Family on Saturday night and went back on Sunday morning.

A month passed by serenely, the hotel, guest list for the banquet, and wedding customs were all prepared, just waiting for the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to send Sienna Thornton off in marriage. And Sienna Thornton, the weekend before the new year, moved out from the Thorne Family to return to Melinda Linton’s place.

She had lived with Quentin Thorne for over two months and got along with him very well, so Quentin Thorne was quite unwilling to see her leaving back to Melinda Linton’s. Though he was in his fifties, watching his eldest daughter packing up her things, he quietly turned away to wipe away his tears.

Sienna Thornton saw this and felt terribly sad inside. After a few seconds, she took out most of the clothes she had already packed in her suitcase.

She locked the half-empty suitcase and said, "Dad, I’ll leave some clothes and things here so I can occasionally stay for a few days and wear them."

Quentin Thorne, who thought this time his daughter left, she wouldn’t have any opportunity to stay again, felt a surge of joy, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and dared not turn around to look at Sienna Thornton, trying to keep his tone as normal as possible: "Alright, that’s fine."

He returned to his study with reddened eyes, closing the door, and silently cried.

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Sienna Thornton could only take a holiday on New Year’s Eve, but fortunately, Auntie King agreed to clean the house and prepare the New Year’s essentials before returning to her hometown.

This time, Sienna Thornton is planning to take a break from New Year’s Eve until the end of February before returning to work, so she was particularly busy the week before the holiday, going into crazy overtime mode.

She and Simon Forrester decided to stay at the fourth floor of the design studio that week.

The Forrester Family was going on holiday a few days earlier, but even so, she and Simon Forrester had little time to spend together intimately.

Being the eldest grandson of the Forrester Family, Simon Forrester had quite a few traditional tasks during festivals, not only helping with putting up spring couplets and going to the cemetery to pay respects to his ancestors but also taking Old Master Forrester to deliver gifts to his friends, and managing some last-minute things at The Fenmore Villa, given that they would be moving in after half a month.

He still, as in past years, had Harrison Rowe send a ten thousand yuan red envelope along with some cigarettes and liquor to Felix Raines. Harrison Rowe returned to say that Felix Raines and the woman from the card room seemed to be living quite comfortably. When he delivered the money and things, Felix even boasted to the woman about having a successful daughter and son-in-law living in a big city.

When Simon Forrester told Sienna Thornton about this, Sienna Thornton said, "The average annual income in Wrayhaven is less than fifty thousand yuan, and Felix Raines now earns a hundred thousand a year because of you. In town, that’s like being a managerial level, no wonder the woman doesn’t want to leave."

Seeing Simon Forrester just smiled without arguing, she angrily pinched his thigh and said, "From next year onward, don’t send him any money!"

At that time, they were living on the fourth floor of the design studio, both curled up on the sofa, and Simon Forrester pulled her into his arms, kissing her nose softly and said with a smile, "If we stop sending money, that woman will leave him, and he’ll come bothering you and Auntie."

"Let him be, he won’t find us."

"Then if he calls you every day, would you get annoyed? Not only does he call himself, but he gets his sons and daughters to call as well, calling you every day for ten years..."

Before he finished speaking, Sienna Thornton covered his mouth.

With one hand covering Simon Forrester’s mouth and the other over her ear, she shook her head irritably, "It’s terrifying! I would be driven mad!"

Simon Forrester laughed while holding her, and after a while, he adopted a serious face and said earnestly, "Can’t we afford that ten thousand yuan? Spending ten thousand yuan to buy a year of peace, isn’t that worthwhile?"

Sienna Thornton understood his point, and knew his way was the right one, but she still held a grudge against Felix Raines. Every time she heard about this, she’d get inexplicably annoyed.

She sighed deeply, nestling comfortably into Simon Forrester’s arms, and said, "In the future, you handle these things yourself, don’t bother telling me about it, it’s better for me not to hear."

"Alright." Simon Forrester kissed her ear gently and whispered, "Then let me tell you something else..."

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Busy days always fly by quickly.

The night before New Year’s Eve, Sienna Thornton and Simon Forrester dined out and watched a movie, then returned to their respective homes.

Since the wedding was to take place on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Old Mrs. Thorne and Quentin Thorne reminded Sienna Thornton repeatedly not to spend the New Year with the Forrester Family this year.

Sienna Thornton had not planned to go anyway, as she definitely wanted to be with Melinda Linton, who would be alone at home.