Female Novel
Chapter 774: Pretense
Chapter 774: Pretense
Is it because it's too sweet that you feel compelled to share?
Sienna said, "I think you're just trying to show off how in love you are with Ayan and intentionally
making me jealous. With that man by your side, you have totally forgot about me. Camille, you wicked
woman! I hate you!"
Sienna was getting more and more hilariously upset the more she thought about it, especially since
Mario had been driving her crazy lately.
She sniffled and continued venting: "Camille, are you deliberately trying to make me angry? Are you
making me envy your relationship with Ayan? You wicked woman! Just wait for me; I'm going to buy a
plane ticket right now and come find you in Hance City."
"You're coming back now? But didn't you say that before returning home from Flento City, everything
needed to be resolved first? If Rex thinks that these things have been resolved, won't he feel
disappointed?"
"Camille!!!" Sienna was starting to feel frustrated.
Camille quickly apologized: "I'm sorry; I just wanted to talk about it with someone. I really didn't mean
any harm or bragging."
"Well, then come see me in Flento City so we can hang out."
Camille fell silent; she had fallen into Sienna's trap.
This woman was deliberately playing the victim card.
Camille said: "It's getting late; let's stop here for today. I'm tired."
"Cami, please come see me soon. I've been really annoyed lately. I've started working at King Group.
Every day Mario is around me, and his ex-fiancée always comes to me and akeds me to persuade him
to go backto her. You don't know how close I am losing my mind," Sienna said.
Thinking about those things made her even more irritable than usual. She felt like she might be falling
into depression soon if something didn't change soon enough.
She talked much about what happened recently. Although they were trivial, Camille could still sense the
immense pressure weighing down on her.
"Do you want me to talk to Rex so he can go and accompany you?" asked Camilla.
"No need," replied Sienna firmly. "We agreed this time around that this is something only I can handle
myself."
"Well then, let me check on my project progress before giving a specific date to visit you."
"You are such a good friend who won't leave me behind during tough times," exclaimed Sienna happily,
knowing full well how much better life would be once Camilla came to keep her in company. Even if
only briefly, half a day or less would suffice as long as there's someone close by whom she trusts
implicitly.
Camille comforted her, "Don't push yourself too hard. You've done enough for the King family."
"I understand. Actually, I don't feel like I owe the King family anything, because I never intended to
abandon them, just because they raised me up. If there's ever a time when the King family needs me,
I'll give it my all. I just want to resolve things between Mario and me. I want him to know that we can't
go back anymore."
If Mario doesn't agree, he will definitely cause trouble for her and hurt Rex, which she cannot accept or
forgive herself for.
After chatting with Camille for a while and feeling slightly better, Sienna ended the call since it was
getting late.
However, she couldn't sleep at all throughout the night since returning to Flento City; most nights were
spent relying on alcohol and sleeping pills.
But she didn't tell anyone about it; she didn't want those who cared about her to worry. So everything
was digested alone by herself.
After putting down her phone, Sienna still couldn't fall asleep; instead she sat by the window staring
outside in a daze as tears streamed down her face.
She was strong enough to bear all sadness and worries alone while being good at managing emotions
without revealing them except in front of close friends or loved ones.
That night Sienna stayed up very late before finally falling asleep only to be woken up early by a phone
call next morning.
Without looking at who called on her phone screen, she held it close against ear with eyes closed:
"Hello?"
"Aren't you up yet?" A man's deep voice came through from the other end of phone speaker
His voice hit both ears as well as brain directly, making Sienna suddenly awake but also immediately sit
up from bed.
She opened wide eyes looking around dim room before hoarsely asking: "What's going on?"
"Come downstairs," he said simply but firmly.
"I'm not ready yet. You go ahead, I can drive myself later. You don't need to come to pick me up, I still
know the way to the company," replied Sienna coldly, with an expression that showed resistance
towards his request. But the man didn't seem to have listened to her at all, and just continued saying,
"Half an hour is enough. If you still haven't come down after half an hour, then I'll have to go up myself.
Sienna, let's not fight early in the morning, okay?"
Sienna pursed her lips tightly and took a deep breath without making a sound. Her expression was
extremely cold, and the call had already been hung up on the other end. She weakly threw her phone
onto the bed and covered her face with both hands for almost half a minute before finally getting out of
bed.
After tidying up briefly and changing clothes, she left.
It had only been about twenty minutes.
As soon as she left the apartment building, she saw a black Mercedes parked at the entrance. She bit
her lip slightly and took a deep breath as if summoning great courage before walking over to open the
passenger door.
The man in the driver's seat was answering his phone but looked over when he saw her get into the
car. After she fastened her seatbelt, his call ended too.
Instead of immediately starting up the car, though, he turned sideways from his seat in back and
handed Sienna a sandwich: "Breakfast."
Sienna frowned slightly, but didn't reach out immediately. She gave him probing glances that promptednovelbin
him to look back at her with dark eyes. Carrying some pressure as he said: "Sienna? Are you trying to
tell me you want me to feed you?"
Only then did Sienna reach out for it: "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"But I don't eat breakfast normally, so don't bring it next time, please. Also, I have a car. I can go to the
office by myself. You don't have to pick me up," she repeated what she'd said on their call earlier, trying
hard to distance herself from him.
The man quirked his lips slightly before looking calmly at Sienna: "You're my secretary now, also part of
the Kings, so there's no problem with us going together like this. If you don't want to see me though...
I'm sorry, but I can hardly do anything about that."
Silently cursing Mario inside herself again for being such an asshole who never cared about anyone
else's feelings while doing anything, Sienna struggled with emotions hidden within herself before
speaking slowly: "Doesn't it mean that even my freedom or personal space are lost now? Or are you
going to force me to live with you in a little while? That way, you'll completely take over my work and
personal space, Mr. King. You're really annoying like that. I'm an individual human, not your plaything. I
need my own freedom and space too. You're really starting to annoy me now. I've already agreed to
work at King Group, isn't that enough?"
Sienna's emotions were getting out of control as she spoke, her face full of anger because she had just
woken up and her fair complexion was flushed with redness. She didn't know how tempting she looked
right now.
Mario remained calm as he cleared his throat slightly and his deep eyes narrowed under his eyelids as
he asked in a low voice, "Are we no longer pretending?"