bChapter /bb53 /b

Amber timidly tugged at Jocelyn’s sleeveb. /b“Amber, she murmured, b“/bmaybe we should just stay on the first floor. bIt’s /bperfectly fine down thereb? /b

Linda shot a re at her. b“/bAmber, who told you to butt in? Get out of my sight.”

Sienna walked in just in time to hear Amber bsay/bb, /bb“/bMom, I’m sorry.”

b“/bHib, /bbMiss /bbSienna/bb,/bb” /bEbert and the maids chorused in unison.

Jocelyn and Amber both turned, and there stood Sienna.

This wasn’t the first time Jocelyn had bseen /bSienna. Ten years bago/b, Jocelyn bsaw /bher for the first time. Back bthen/bb, /bSienna was like ban /bangel, lofty, distant, andpletely out of breach/b.

Jocelyn burned with envy and resentment. Why is she bso /boutstanding, and why does she bget /bto have such a privileged familyb?/bb‘ /bshe wondered.

When bVivian /bsaw Amberb, /bba /blook bof /bwariness shed across her beyes/b. There bwas /bonly the cold distance bof /bstrangers, none of the warmth between sisters, her gaze regarding Amber bas /bif she were an enemy rather than family.

Amber stared nkly at Sienna, her heart pounding violently bas /bif tugged by some unseen force.

Those pretty beyes/b, bso /bstrikingly simr to their grandmother’s, instantly told Sienna this was her bsister/b.

Jocelyn forced a smile, stifling her envyb. /b“Let me introduce myself. I’m Jocelyn Hart. Sienna, I’m a byear /byounger than you. I’m—”

Before Jocelyn could finish, Sienna walked right past her without so much as a nceb, /bsettling into her seat indifferently.

“Miss Sienna, your bcoffee/bb./bb” /bA maid bowed respectfully bas /bshe presented the cup.

Ebert and the maids stepped forward to ask if Sienna wished to dine. With a simple refusal, she dismissed them.

Linda red at Sienna and snapped, “Jocelyn’s talking to you, Sienna. Are you ignoring her on purpose?”

Emboldened by Jocelyn’s return, Linda stared Sienna down with tant arrogance.

Vivian’s hand shot out, delivering a stinging p across Linda’s bface/b, her eyes burning with disgust. She spat, her voice dripping with contempt. “You dare bspeak /bto Sienna like that?b” /b

Vivian’s p left both Jocelyn and Amber stunned. Never in their wildest dreams had they imagined that the gentle girl would actually strike

someoneb. /b

Jocelyn was the first to breact/bb. /bBurning with rageb, /bshe lunged at Vivian, hand raised to strike. “Vivian, how dare you hit my mother? You’re dead meat,” she shouted.

Jocelyn stared at Vivian, seething with envy at the transformation before her. ‘Why isn’t she affected? She should be losing her mind right now,‘ she wondered. “Those useless good–for–nothings can’t even handle one woman. What a bunch of losers!

Seeing Vivian, who was once timid and insecure, actually dared to hit Linda, Jocelyn was bso /bshocked and unsettled that she couldn’t calm down. It was like a mouse she’d always bullied suddenly biting back.

Elisa stepped protectively in front of Vivian and barked, forcefully batting Jocelyn’s hand away, “What are you doing? How dare you strike Miss Vivian? Who do you think you areb?/bb” /b

“How dare youy hands on me?” Jocelyn’s eyes bulged in outrage bas /bshe wondered, ‘A lowly servant? How dare she touch me?‘

Jocelyn red at Siennab, /bwho sat there serenely sipping her coffee, clenching her jaw bso /bhard her teeth might shatter. “Sienna, how can you just stand by while Vivian treats my mother this way? She’s your elder.”

Sienna barely spared her a nceb, /ba faint smirk ying on her lips as if amused by a clown’s antics. “She’s no elder of mine,b” /bSienna replied coolly.

Jocelyn trembled with fury, her chest heaving violently. “This bis /boutrageous. I’m calling Dad right now.”

Jocelyn called Aiden bover /band bover/bb, /bbut bevery /bcall went unanswered.

Jocelyn noticed Amber still standing there in a daze and barked, “Amber, Vivian just pped Mom. Don’t just stand there. Hit her back, now.”

Amber stood up and lunged at Vivian. Vivian quickly stepped back a few bpaces/bb, /beyes shing. “Amber, are you crazy or something? Touch me and you’ll bregret /bit.”

Sienna bwas /bstunned. Amber bactually /bobeyed Jocelyn without hesitation.