Chapter 379
Even if you use every trick in the book to trap me in this marriage, it won’t change a thing.
It will only make me hate you more, and make me try even harder to leave you p>
Those words acted like a dull knife, sawing back and forth across Jarred’s heart.
It wasn’t a fatal blow, but it was an agonizing, drawn-out pain.
A faint smile still hovered on his lips, but only he knew how thoroughly the things beneath that smile had shattered.
“Then we’ll see if you actually manage to shake me off p>
His gaze was far too serious, carrying not a hint of a joke.
Sienna stared fixedly into his bottomless eyes, trying to find even the slightest trace of hesitation.
But all she saw was deep, unyielding stubbornness.
Sienna looked away, refusing to engage with him further.
Talking was useless.
At this point, nothing was going to change the fact that she wanted a divorce.
Without a second thought, she turned and headed toward the elevator.
Jarred didn’t rush to chase her.
He just stood there and parted his lips. “Since the outcome is the same either way, it’s only natural for me to help whoever I can p>
Sienna’s footsteps halted.
The underlying meaning behind those words was glaringly obvious.
Since she was determined to divorce him no matter what, he naturally wouldn’t just sit back and do nothing for Celeste.
She whipped around, her voice rising several pitches, thick with unrestrained fury.
“Jarred, are you out of your mind? Fine, even if Mrs. Bridges wasn’t blood-related to you and you don’t feel bad about her dying, what about the old man?
He is your biological grandfather. He treated you so well, and Celeste caused him to suffer like this. Why are you still protecting her p>
In that instant, every ounce of casual indifference vanished from Jarred’s face.
His dark eyes grew unfathomably deep. Gazing at her reddened eyes, his voice dropped low.
“Darling, up until now, you haven’t produced a single piece of concrete evidence directly proving she hurt him p>
Fueled by pure frustration, Sienna shot back immediately. “I found damp soil on Grandpa’s cane that matches the soil specifically from.. the Sweetbriar Woods!
But the maid on duty that day told me herself that Grandpa never stepped foot in the woods!
And when I went to investigate the scene, the entire Sweetbriar Woods had been demolished! Doesn’t that look incredibly suspicious to you p>
Jarred looked at her face, slightly flushed from agitation. His dark eyes darkened even further.
After a moment of silence, his voice carried a hint of helpless compromise. “Celeste mentioned cutting down the Sweetbriar trees to my mother half a mont ago. wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision p>
Sienna froze, the color draining from her face. “What p>
She couldn’t help but frown, her brain working in overdrive.
If Celeste hadn’t demolished the woods on a whim to destroy evidence after the fact p>
Then that meant… she had likely been planning to harm the old man all along?
A terrifying realization washed over Sienna. The truth might be even more horrific than she had imagined.
After a brief moment of shock, she snapped her eyes up. “Then what about Mrs. Bridges p>
Sienna took two steps forward, looking him straight in the eyes. “She was the only person who saw the confrontation between the old man and Celeste
And the very moment she told me the truth, she mysteriously died. Don’t you think the timing and method of her death are far too bizarre p>
Jarred pressed his lips tightly together, standing in silence.
His deep eyes locked onto Sienna’s clear gaze. His Adam’s apple bobbed as if he wanted to say something, but he held back.
Sienna caught the conflict in his eyes and was just about to press him further.
Suddenly, the phone in Jarred’s pocket started ringing.