Chapter 169 She Couldn’t Say!
“Present to Grayson? Why?” Sebastian asked. “Just because he gave you the ointment?”
Madeline replied, “Of course.”
What else would it be?
“If that’s the case, you should give me the present instead,” he said. “I’m the one who approached Grayson to heal your wounds, and he concocted it out of his respect for me. I’m the one whom you should give a present to, not him.”
When she heard that, she was bereft of speech.
What she had thought earlier was right at all—Mr. Hart could really end all conversations. She was at a loss of words the moment he opened his mouth.
After thinking for a long time, she said, “Grayson was the one who did the work, though. I can’t give him nothing.”
To that, Sebastian repeated, “He put in the effort because of me, though. He wouldn’t have done it otherwise!”
“Fine.” Since she couldn’t out-talk him, Michelle decided to meet him half-way. “I’ll give you both a present. As for you, I’ll give you whatever you fancy. How does that sound?”
“The most important thing in gifting is sincerity,” Sebastian reminded. “If I tell you what I want, I can just get it myself. You asked me about it and you’ll buy the exact thing later; what’s the difference with me buying it myself?”
Again, she was speechless as she really couldn’t keep the conversation going.
“Okay. I’ll think about it…” Clutching the blanket closer, she closed her eyes. “Let’s sleep; I’m sleepy. Goodnight.”
She retracted what she had said earlier in the day.
No matter how good he was, she would never fall in love with Mr. Hart!
His razor-sharp words were not something she could deal with. Even if he were the perfect catch on earth, he was still not her type!
Ann was here again after breakfast the next day.
Sebastian was as indifferent to her as usual, as if he hadn’t been the one who chased her out of the Hart Residence the day before.
She greeted him and he replied, but he neither looked into her eyes nor talked to her.
As soon as she sat down, he left the house while being accompanied by Madeline and the two children, who had all greeted Philip.
Ann had grown up under Philip’s careful eye and he even treated her like his own daughter. Hence, Sebastian never fought with her in front of Philip to not displease him.
For Sebastian, she was merely an unimportant person who was not worth his words.
As long as she minded her own business, he couldn’t care less as to whatever she did to please Philip.
Seeing that Sebastian left with Madeline and her two sons, Ann’s vessels almost burst.
When they had gone far, she couldn’t control herself any longer and asked, “Mr. Philip, what’s happening? Why does Sebastian suddenly have two sons?”
In reply, Philip laughingly told her the story that he had repeated umpteen times.
“This is impossible!” Ann said with disbelief. “I grew up with Sebastian and I’ve never seen him getting into a relationship. How would he get married to someone abroad?”
“Love is illogical, Ann, and there’s nothing impossible with love.” Philip smiled while waving his hand. “Look, Sebastian’s sons are already this big. Since you’re only a year younger than him, you should hurry up too! Do you have anyone you like when you’re abroad? Bring him back and I’ll review him for you.”
Hearing that, she was stunned with rage.
Wasn’t he asking the obvious?
Someone whom she liked? Of course she had. Everyone who knew her was aware that she had the hots for Sebastian!
At this moment, Ann was exasperated that she had no idea what to say.
In the past, she didn’t dare to express her crush on Sebastian.
Sebastian didn’t like her and he loathed her instead. He was never close to her.
She was afraid that if she expressed her liking for him, they couldn’t even remain as siblings anymore.
He had his own way of doing things. If he insisted on severing all ties with her, he would really do so and no one could convince him out of it.
As Sebastian had no feelings for her, she knew that confessing to him would result in a flat rejection, and worse, they would no longer be siblings.
That was why she had never expressed in a clear way that she liked him.
However, even though Ann had never said so, those around her knew her intention.
Now that Philip suddenly posed this question to her, she had the urge to tell him that Sebastian was the one whom she liked.
She was furious that Philip played innocent on this.
Her aunt had once instructed Philip on her deathbed to take care of her.
Philip had also promised that he would do so at that time, but what was he doing now?
He obviously knew that she liked Sebastian, but he allowed another woman to be his wife and even lied to her that the woman had long been married to Sebastian with two children born from their marriage.
Was Philip treating her like a moron?
All this while, her focus had always been on Sebastian, as if she were looking through a magnifying glass at every detail of him. If things were like what Philip claimed to be, that Sebastian had a lover and they registered abroad, she would definitely know about it.
However, Philip was now lying through his teeth in front of her.
At this instant, her hate for him rose.
She really wanted to tell him that she actually liked Sebastian just to see his reaction, but lacked the courage to do so.
What if he told her she shouldn’t invite gossip because of Sebastian’s marital status, and thus asked her not to come to the Hart Residence any longer?
Then, she would lose her only way of getting close to Sebastian. No way! I can’t tell him!
After a few deep breaths, she suppressed the rage in her heart and gave Philip a gentle smile. “Mr. Philip, I’ve not graduated yet. I’ll think about it after my graduation.”
Phillip nodded. “That’s okay.”
“I grew up with Sebastian, Mr. Philip, and I know everything that happened to him. From what I know, he had never been in a relationship before. He can’t possibly be married, could he?” She then shifted the focus to Madeline. “Mr. Philip, you lied, didn’t you? That two children were born as a result of some despicable means that Madeline employed in order to marry into the Hart Family to be the young mistress, no? Mr. Philip…”
With that, she stood up and sat beside Philip. She grabbed his arm and coquettishly said, “Listen to me, Mr. Philip. I’ve seen lots of women like her. They only have money and power in their eyes and worked hard to throw themselves at wealthy men. They would then get pregnant in order to use the child to marry into wealthy families to enjoy the riches. Sebastian is so outstanding; he deserves a woman who truly loves him. Being with such a materialistic and disgraceful woman who purposefully used her children is an insult to him!”
