CHAPTER 23: CHAPTER 23: THE MAN SHE SAVED

Who is that woman?

Hayden Crawford is a mature man, that’s his private phone, if it weren’t for a close relationship, how could someone answer it?

Besides, he’s showering...

Is that woman his lover?

What is she doing?

Serena Sterling doesn’t know what she’s doing at all?

What is her relationship with Hayden Crawford, why is Hayden helping her?

She’s just a substitute bride, the two of them have a peace agreement, it’s normal for him to have a lover outside.

Serena Sterling broke out in cold sweat, her life changed abruptly when she was nine, abandoned by everyone. Over the ten long years, she trained herself to grow independently, adapted to loneliness and strength. Besides Leah Thorne, she no longer dared to entrust her true feelings to anyone.

She didn’t want to be stabbed in the back by her closest and dearest people again, pushed into eternal doom by them.

However, this man named Hayden Crawford broke into her life so forcefully and overbearingly, in such a short time, he shattered what she spent ten years learning, making her dependent on him.

Dependency becomes a habit, making oneself weak.

Serena Sterling’s hands and feet were cold, but she calmed down. She took out her phone and sent Seth Sullivan a text: see you tonight!

...

Abroad, in the presidential suite, PR Director Rhonda Wallace curiously looked at the phone in her hand. At that moment, Ivan Yarrow walked over, "Director Wallace, who let you into the president’s room and answered the president’s call?"

Rhonda Wallace put down a piece of emergency data, "Secretary Yarrow, this is an urgent file the president needs, I just brought it in."

"The president doesn’t like people entering his room and touching his personal belongings. Next time, hand the urgent file directly to me, remember, it can’t happen again, hurry out now."

"Yes, Secretary Yarrow."

"By the way, who called just now?" Ivan Yarrow asked.

Rhonda Wallace shook her head, "I don’t know, the person didn’t say a word and just hung up the phone."

Ivan Yarrow didn’t pay much attention, waved his hand, "Get back to work, the president has moved up his return schedule."

"Secretary Yarrow, why is the president in such a rush to return?"

"Director Wallace, do your job and don’t try to guess the president’s intentions."

Rhonda Wallace left, Ivan Yarrow couldn’t help but think privately, the president maybe hiding a woman in a golden house, just now a photo really caught his attention.

...

The next day.

Serena Sterling went to the appointment, standing outside the door of Suite 8206, she rang the doorbell.

Soon, the door opened, Seth Sullivan stood in the doorway.

Serena Sterling walked in, Seth Sullivan closed the door of the presidential suite.

"Seth Sullivan, where is Aunt Jacqueline? How do I know you aren’t lying to me, make a call, I want to hear Aunt Jacqueline’s voice." Serena Sterling got straight to the point.

Seth Sullivan nodded, took out his phone, dialed a number.

Soon, it connected, Seth Sullivan handed the phone to Serena Sterling, who held it to her ear, Aunt Jacqueline’s familiar voice quickly transmitted, "Hello... hello, is it Young Master Sullivan? Why aren’t you speaking... when will you let me see Little Miss..."

Aunt Jacqueline always referred to Serena Sterling’s mommy as Miss, Serena Sterling is Little Miss. Ten years have passed, Serena Sterling has grown up, but Aunt Jacqueline still calls her Little Miss.

Serena Sterling’s eyes immediately reddened, everyone changed, but Aunt Jacqueline who loved her hasn’t changed at all, "Hi, Aunt Jacqueline, it’s me, it’s me."

"Little Miss, is it really you? Cough, cough, cough..." On the other end, Aunt Jacqueline began to cough violently.

Serena Sterling immediately knew the body of Aunt Jacqueline had become very weak over the years; it seemed she couldn’t take it much longer.

She grabbed the phone nervously, "Aunt Jacqueline, Aunt..."

Seth Sullivan directly snatched the phone away, hung up the call, "Confirmed, I wasn’t lying to you."

With that, Seth Sullivan stepped closer to Serena Sterling.

Serena Sterling took a step back, "Stop there, our deal is for you to give Aunt Jacqueline to me, then I’ll spend the night with you."

Seth Sullivan frowned, his expression darkened, "Serena Sterling, haven’t you figured out the situation, you are the one pleading me to give Aunt Jacqueline to you!"

"Seth Sullivan, the person who hasn’t figured out the situation is you, you’re the one pleading for me to spend the night with you!"

"Serena Sterling, where does your confidence come from?"

Serena Sterling sneered, "Last night you slept with Vanessa, but in the middle of the night, you called me, wanting me to come tonight. That unsatisfied look on your face is my greatest confidence."

Seth Sullivan quickly pressed his thin lips into a cold arc.

Serena Sterling grabbed her bag and left, "That’s all for today, once you bring Aunt Jacqueline over, we’ll make the deal."

"Serena Sterling, don’t push me!" Seth Sullivan tried to grab her.

But Serena Sterling was already prepared, she forcefully threw her bag at Seth Sullivan’s handsome face, "Seth Sullivan, who exactly is pushing whom, ten years ago you testified against me, causing me to become the target of public criticism, and now ten years later you are using Aunt Jacqueline to push me to spend the night with you. Can you justify doing this to my mom’s love, to my calling you Brother Seth?"

Seth Sullivan suddenly froze in place.

Serena Sterling with red eyes stared at him like an angry little beast.

After a long time, Seth Sullivan stepped forward, placed his hands on Serena Sterling’s shoulders, "After all, you are still unwilling to spend the night with me, I don’t understand why, why can other men, but not me?"

Looking at his obsessive looks, Serena Sterling didn’t refute, she just quietly asked, "When did you know I was with another man?"

Seth Sullivan wasn’t willing to discuss this topic, he held Serena Sterling’s shoulder with strength, tendons bulging, "Ha, did you really think your dirty deeds would remain unknown, that winter I went to the countryside to find you, you stayed out all night, I searched all night, nearly went berserk searching, until Vanessa told me you spent the night in a cave with a wild man, when I rushed over, I saw you lying together!"

Serena Sterling finally understood why. That winter, she saved a man from icy conditions.

The man was unconscious, roads were sealed by snow, couldn’t return home, she sheltered him in a cave for a night.

So, that’s it, Vanessa said she spent a night entangled with that man, and he believed it.

"Ha, hahaha..." Serena Sterling suddenly laughed, she almost laughed herself into tears.

"Why are you laughing?" Seth Sullivan asked.

Serena Sterling forcefully pushed him away, then picked up her bag from the carpet, "Nothing, as I said, give me Aunt Jacqueline, then I’ll make a deal with you, think about it."

Serena Sterling left.

...

Back at Orchid Court, Leah Thorne cursed Seth Sullivan directly on WeChat, calling him a dumbass. At that time, how old were you, how vile could these people be. But Serena, do you still remember the man you saved?