Chapter 69
From the very first moment she laid eyes on Mason, Amanda’s heart had completely fallen for him.
Especially after overhearing her parents jokingly slip and mention the childhood engagement between the Cooper and Brown families, she had taken Mason as her fiancé in her heart.
She was determined that one day she would marry Mason and enter the Brown family.
Her feelings were impossible for her family not to know.
Her family should stand up for her, at least they should feel sorry for all the effort she’s put in over the years.
But all she saw was the Cooper family members, faces full of approval, nodding slightly at Mason.
Clearly, even though everyone in the Cooper family did not support Mason’s predatory interest in their precious little princess.
However, in their opinion, Mason’s clear boundaries with the opposite sex were definitely a plus.
No one noticed Amanda’s mood. All they could see, all they could think about, was everything related to Sienna.
No one defended her. No one even thought that Mason humiliating her like that in public was wrong. They seemed to think he was right.
Amanda was shaking with anger, her eyes growing redder and redder.
She clenched her fists tightly, letting her carefully manicured nails dig into her flesh, barely suppressing the resentment and grievance that welled up inside her.
She pitifully shuffled over to Pansy, clutching her adoptive mother’s arm. She used a coquettish, joking voice. “Mom… look at Mason! Now that he’s seen Sienna, this is how he treats me. You and Dad once said that if…”
She wanted to remind Pansy that when they slipped up before, they had agreed that if the Brown family asked them to fulfill the marriage contract and their biological daughter, Sienna, was unavailable, then the adopted daughter, Amanda, would take her place.
Then, this marriage contract should have belonged to her.
Pansy was held by Amanda’s arm and felt her adopted daughter’s slightly trembling body, and couldn’t help but sigh in her heart.
She gently patted Amanda’s hand and spoke softly. “Amanda, we never said that you had to sacrifice your own marriage in place of Sienna’s. Whether it’s Sienna or you, your romantic relationships or marriage are entirely up to your own wishes.”
She added, “And besides, Mason personally told both grandfathers at his coming-of-age ceremony that the engagement was canceled. That is a fact. You must understand that.”
Chapter 69
Amanda’s pupils constricted violently twice before she suddenly lifted her gaze toward Mason.
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So Mason had personally canceled the engagement, just to stop her from ever calling herself Mason’s fiancée,
‘Does he hate me that much?’ This realization made Amanda feel even more humiliated than when Mason had just ignored her moments earlier.
It was as if to him, she was a plague to be avoided at all costs.
The intense shame made the usually proud Amanda want to run out of the room crying.
But then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Mason leaning slightly toward Sienna, one hand casually braced on the back of her chair, speaking softly to her.
In those rippling eyes of his, the tender affection was so deep it could drown someone.
That was a tenderness she had never once received, even in her dreams.
A surge of unwillingness made her bite her lip hard. She couldn’t leave.
She thought ‘No! I can’t leave! If I leave, wouldn’t that make that country girl even more smug? Wouldn’t I miss how that country girl is trying to seduce Mason!’
Beatriz was right. Sienna was indeed very skillful.
She would stay and watch with her own eyes how Sienna seduced her Mason, and wait for the chance to rip off Sienna’s fake, “cold and aloof” mask.
And soon, Amanda regretted her decision.
The feast at Moon Restaurant was gradually being served, and the dishes Sienna had personally prepared were naturally placed in the most prominent and conspicuous positions.
Rolf couldn’t wait to put up a sign on the dishes Sienna had personally cooked, to show off his precious granddaughter’s cooking skills.
The atmosphere gradually became harmonious.
Amanda took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed all her emotions, and kept looking for opportunities, trying to show herself, wanting to be closer to Mason.
“Mason… Mr. Brown.” Amanda wanted to put the crab meat she had peeled herself into the plate in front of Mason. “This crab is Moon Restaurant’s specialty and tastes very good. I peeled it for you, try it.”
Before the crab meat could even be placed on the plate, he dragged his plate aside.
The crab meat missed its mark.
Mason didn’t even raise his eyelids. His voice was indifferent. “Thank you, but no need.”
Distant, yet polite.
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And just at this moment, he used his hands with distinct joints to pick up a shrimp and naturally began to peel it.
Those hands, worthy of a work of art, moved with elegance and speed.
After peeling a small bowl of shrimp meat, he pushed it in front of Sienna. “Try this. It’s very fresh.”
He also thoughtfully placed a small dish of special dipping sauce next to it.
His gaze remained on Sienna.
Amanda’s hand froze awkwardly in mid-air, her smile completely frozen.
In the end, Pansy took the crab meat from Amanda’s hand with a bowl and raised a smile to defuse the situation. “Amanda, you’re so considerate.”
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