Our Love Story: Hard to Guard Against the Sudden Love Strike-Chapter 484 - 462: Tiger Child

Sienna Thornton obediently leaned over, resting her head on Simon Forrester’s lap.

He began massaging her scalp, and after a while, it indeed greatly relieved her discomfort.

Sienna Thornton pressed her chest and took deep breaths, saying fearfully, "I was so scared. I thought my soul had left my body. I could see you all but couldn’t interact or speak with you. Thank goodness you brought me into the room later, so I could move."

Simon Forrester continued to soothe her scalp, "It’s just that you worked too hard in October, and your body hasn’t fully recovered. You worked overtime again last week, and your body had issues."

Sienna Thornton didn’t respond, thinking, "I can’t just not work."

Simon Forrester massaged for a while longer, then switched to a hairdryer to help dry her hair.

She occasionally glanced at him and sometimes looked down to think about her own matters.

Once her hair was dry, Simon Forrester put away the hairdryer, "After the New Year, around the seventh day, I’ll take you to the hospital for a check-up."

"On the eighth, the wedding gifts need to be delivered. Can you spare the time on the seventh?"

"Yes, I’ll arrange it in advance."

"Alright."

They put away the hairdryer and embraced each other affectionately for a while until Melinda Linton knocked on the door, calling them out for dinner. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

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With two more people this year, New Year’s Eve was noticeably livelier.

Simon Forrester and Quentin Thorne drank wine and chatted, while Sienna Thornton also had a little red wine, sometimes joining their conversation, sometimes talking with Melinda Linton.

Sienna Thornton was quite emotional, her eyes even reddening at one point.

She had been looking forward to this day for over twenty years.

She didn’t want to think about the New Year’s Eves she spent at the Raines Family’s; those were nightmares for her. After leaving the Raines Family, she spent each New Year alone. It wasn’t until she was with Simon Forrester that she experienced what celebrating the New Year and gathering around the stove meant.

And now, her father was by her side, chatting happily with her mother about her marriage to Simon Forrester, even planning for when they retire to help with grandchildren, wanting to give their grandchildren the best resources and make them the most successful people.

These were just ordinary conversations that weren’t hard for a regular family to have during a reunion meal.

But all of this was truly difficult for Sienna Thornton.

She reflected on this, her mind wandering.

Simon Forrester suddenly asked her, "Do you want me to take a family photo for you all?"

"Hmm?" She snapped back, joyfully saying, "Sure!"

As the gathering around the stove came to an end, everyone had settled into chatting and sipping on some drinks.

Sienna Thornton went behind her parents, placed a hand on each of their shoulders, bent slightly, and smiled, "Let’s take a picture of the three of us together."

Quentin Thorne agreed right away, "Sure!" He glanced at the background of the liquor cabinet and kitchen door and asked, "Do you want to take it in the living room where it’s nicer?"

When he turned back and faced the camera, Simon Forrester pressed the shutter at the same time.

Sienna Thornton leaned in again, her arms on her parent’s shoulders, "Let’s take a few pictures here, and then a few in the living room later."

Melinda Linton and Quentin Thorne had no objections, and the three of them smiled at the camera.

After taking the photos, Sienna Thornton eagerly ran to Simon Forrester to look at them.

In the photos, she had the precise features of Quentin Thorne but also had Melinda Linton’s gentle and bright smile. She posed affectionately with her parents, standing slightly behind them, while in the photo, Quentin Thorne’s handsome and dignified look was overshadowed by the evident happiness in his eyes.

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That night, Simon Forrester thought Quentin Thorne would stay over after drinking, but he didn’t. Quentin later called his secretary to take him home.

Simon Forrester could tell he wanted to stay, but there wasn’t an extra room in the apartment, and it was too cold to stay in the living room. Plus, no one invited him to stay, so late at night, he still had to leave the warm place filled with love and family, returning to the cold, unpleasant memory-laden villa in the suburbs.

While feeling sympathy for Quentin Thorne, Simon Forrester also felt fortunate.

The Forrester Family couldn’t control him, giving him a lot of freedom. Even though the elders kept reminding him not to stay at the bride’s house before the wedding, he insisted on staying with Sienna Thornton, the four elders of the Forrester Family could only do as he wished.

So at this moment, he embraced Sienna Thornton, lying in the warm bed, filled with emotions. Meanwhile, Sienna Thornton, who couldn’t hold her liquor, was already drifting into sleep after some fussing around.

The tablet left on the bed was playing the countdown of the New Year’s Gala: "10, 9, 8... 3, 2, 1! Happy New Year! Wishing you a prosperous Year of the Tiger!"

Outside, the sound of celebratory firecrackers roared, echoing for a long time...

Sienna Thornton turned in Simon Forrester’s arms, grabbing his large hand to cover her ears, then wrapped her arms around his waist, greedily drawing warmth from him.

When the firecracker noise stopped, she, in a daze, seemed to hear Simon Forrester say beside her ear, "In the Year of the Tiger, can we have a little one born in this year?"

She didn’t respond.

He continued, "Or, a little girl born in the Year of the Rabbit would be nice too, certainly very cute..."

"I think someone born in the Year of the Dragon would be great too..."

"How about one Tiger and one Dragon?..."

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During the New Year, Simon Forrester, besides attending necessary visits and gatherings during the day, spent almost every night at Melinda Linton’s with Sienna Thornton.

On the third day, Sienna Thornton had a high school reunion, so they took a trip to Z City, verbally inviting a few close friends of Sienna to attend their wedding in Brimfield on the fifteenth of the first month.

Most of Sienna’s friends were elites in various fields, and a lot of them were overseas, many of whom would leave the country soon, making it impossible to attend their wedding.

Simon Forrester made a quick decision, booking a banquet hall at the Z City Hotel for the next noon to host Sienna’s classmates and teachers, as an early celebration.

Sienna Thornton noted down the friends who could attend the wedding and planned to deliver formal invitations and wedding candies a few days before the wedding.

A few more days passed, and it was the eighth day of the lunar month, the day the Forrester Family was to deliver the wedding gifts.

On this day, Quentin Thorne got up early before dawn, dressed up, and left his house to pick up Old Mrs. Thorne to deliver the dowry to Sienna Thornton. They also picked up a few close family friends to go to the Warm Spring Apartments and wait for the Forrester Family to come with the wedding gifts.

The delivery of wedding gifts is a grand and solemn occasion for the bride’s family. Apart from the groom’s family bringing wedding cakes, candies, gifts, and other traditional wedding items, the bride’s family also needed to organize two big boxes of new clothes, wedding items, and dowry to be sent back with the groom’s family.

Therefore, on this day, Quentin Thorne and Old Mrs. Thorne were very cautious and arrived early in the morning.