Chapter 332
Sienna stood at the top of the stairs, taking a moment to orient herself.
Suddenly, she spotted the maid from earlier scrambling frantically from the other side of the landing.
She was making a mad dash in blind panic toward a room at the end of the hall.
Sienna trailed right behind her.
The instant Greta tried to slam the bedroom door shut, Sienna stepped up and wedged her foot firmly against the frame.
Before the lock could click into place, she shoved the door open and walked right in.
“M-Madam is sleeping, you can’t just barge in here!” Greta tried to block her.
Sienna shoved her aside and walked straight ahead without blinking.
The room was softly lit, the blackout curtains half-drawn.
Celeste Carlyle had clearly just woken up from her afternoon nap, her mind still hazy.
Without properly seeing who had walked in, she threw herself toward the doorway with zero hesitation.
Her voice was sickeningly sweet and clingy. “Jarred, why are you home so early today p>
The sugary tone abruptly cut off.
The warm embrace she expected never materialized. Instead, she was met with an aura of chilling, unapproachable frost.
Celeste froze and snapped her head up.
Her gaze collided with Sienna’s cool, emotionless eyes, which carried a hint of naked mockery.
She stumbled backward several times, her steps frantic and messy, nearly tripping over the plush rug.
However, there wasn’t a trace of genuine panic in her eyes; if anything, it looked like outright provocation.
“Sorry about that. Force of habit,” Celeste said softly.
The maid standing by the door had her jaw practically unhinged the moment she saw Celeste throw herself at Sienna.
She was never this clingy normally. Why did she throw herself at someone today of all days?
Sienna stood rooted to the spot, not shifting her stance by an inch.
She stared down at Celeste, a mocking curve playing on her lips.
From the moment she breached the gate until now, they had made enough noise to wake the dead. Hier bodyguards were basically tearing the first floor apart.
Even if Celeste slept like a log, there was no way she didn’t hear a single thing.
Not to mention, Sienna and the maid had just been shouting right outside.
Yet Celeste deliberately put on this pathetic show right in front of her.
Throwing herself forward, wrapping her arms around her—every single action was calculated to be perfectly disgusting.
Sienna wasn’t angry; she actually found it amusing.
Human nature was funny like that. The less someone actually possessed, the more desperately they tried to flaunt it.
Shedding her fragile victim act, Celeste’s expression shifted to pure arrogance.
She was entirely convinced she had the upper hand, certain that Sienna couldn’t do a damn thing to her.
She met Sienna’s eyes directly, a victor’s smirk tugging at her lips. “You moved fast. I didn’t expect you to find this place so quickly p>
Sienna studied the woman standing before her.
Every pore on Celeste’s body practically screamed defiance.
Sienna had calculated every single person in Jarred’s inner circle, but she had forgotten that the most dangerous place was often the safest.
She had entirely overlooked Declan Ward.
Declan had followed Jarred for years. He was his most trusted confidant, the one who managed all his hidden private assets.
Properties that weren’t tied to the Sterling Group and remained outside the family’s jurisdiction were registered squarely under Declan’s name.
Untraceable. Unknown.
This hidden sanctuary was one of them.
Realizing this, a frigid apathy settled over Sienna’s heart.
Seeing her silence, Celeste grew even more smug.
She turned slowly, strutting over to the sofa and sitting down with an air of lazy arrogance.
“You can’t kick me out, Sienna. This property belongs to Jarred. It’s his personal asset, completely separate from the Sterlings You have absolutely no right to interfere. But you p>
She cast her gaze around the room, her eyes gleaming with wicked. calculation. “You broke into a private residence, ordered your mento assauft people and destroyed property. I’m calling the cops right now p>