Chapter 56

After eating, Joshua went to the bedroom to continue composing. He wasn’t there now.

Cain agreed with his two brothers. “Jamar is too outrageous. That’s harming Sienna.”

Hearing their words, Elliot was a little confused. “It takes two to make a quarrel. How could these three brothers blame it all on their younger brother!”

He couldn’t help but ask, “Don’t you think their actions are too intimate?”

Cain replied without hesitation, “I don’t think so. We can tell Jamar is comforting Sienna. Normally, when Sienna is wronged, we coax her like this.” Sienna was their sister. He thought such intimate comfort could only mean that they were close. He didn’t think much of it.

Elliot had been busy with the corporation all these years. On average, he was only home three days a week. Moreover, he only had dinner with his family when he was home. They worked separately during the day. Therefore, he did not know that the relationship between his sons and his adopted daughter was like this.

‘Did he need to do this to comfort his sister? Am I getting old?” Elliot wondered.

With a dark expression, he asked, “Will you also hug and marry Sienna like this?”

Ollie and Leon noticed that something was wrong with their father’s expression. Just as they were about to deny it, Cain said matter-of-factly, “Yes, what’s wrong with that?”

Ollie and Leon were speechless. They secretly complained that Cain was such a fool.

Elliot was furious when he saw Cain’s expression and heard his words. He raised his hand and slammed it on the table again. “You’re outrageous! You guys are out of line.”

Cain argued, “It’s precisely because we’re siblings that we did that. It means our relationship is good.”

He complained helplessly, “Dad, can you not overthink this?”

Elliot was speechless. How could he not think much about it! Most importantly, even if he did not think much about it, outsiders would. How embarrassing it would be if the people in their circle found out!

He narrowed his eyes and asked, “Do you treat your biological sister, Phoebe, the same way?”

Cain shook his head. “How could we do this to her? Our relationship with her isn’t that good. And she won’t take the initiative to be so close to us.” Phoebe would usually show them concern, but she would never have intimate contact with them. Unlike Sienna, who relied on them so much.

Elliot was infuriated by Cain’s self-righteous words. “Phoebe is more like a normal sister, okay!” He saw the unconvinced expression on his fourth son’s face. Elliot knew that they would not listen to him at all. He could only turn to look at Lydia and reprimand, “Look at the good son and adopted daughter you raised.”

With that, he stood up with a dark expression and went upstairs to the study. He had to think carefully about how to deal with the relationship between his sons and his adopted daughter.

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Lydia looked at her husband, who left unhappily. She felt extremely aggrieved. She knew that her sons and adopted daughter had a good relationship, but she had no idea they interacted like this in private.

She looked at her three sons and said, “Sienna is still young, she doesn’t know anything. But you’re all elder brothers. How can you be so intimate?”

She emphasized, “When Sienna is back, you’re not allowed to hug her like that anymore, not even kiss her affectionately.”

Camy was still unconvinced. “Why can’t we be so close to our beloved sister!”

Just as he was about to retort, Ollie stopped him. He looked at Lydia and said perfunctorily, “Mom, we understand.”

It was normal for parents to be unable to accept such intimacy. It was fine as long as they were not as careless as Jamar. Ollie thought they could still be close to Sienna behind their parents' backs.

She noticed the dissatisfaction on Cain’s face and Ollie’s perfunctory attitude. For the first time, she felt an indescribable resentment toward Sienna.

Lyda thought, She is a gullible child. Why is she so casual and so intimate with her brothers? Phoebe is not like this. She always keeps a distance from men, even if they’re her biological brothers. She sighed at the thought. Considering their identities and sternness, her biological daughter Phoebe was less worrisome in other aspects. She thought, except for snatching Sienna’s…

“Hurry up and settle this matter. Don’t make a big deal out of it,” she continued, addressing Ollie and Leon. “Otherwise, if the circle finds out, our family can’t afford to embarrass ourselves.”

The two of them nodded. “Okay.”

Lydia felt tired and got up to go back to her room to rest. Ollie and Leon took out their phones and started making calls. One asked someone to remove the trending topics, while the other asked the paid posters to release news about many other celebrities to divert everyone’s attention.

After the call, both of them felt mentally exhausted. At the same time, they felt a little regretful. They shouldn’t have let Jamar take Sienna on this variety show. Jamar and Sienna appeared on this variety show, and they had endless messes to clean up. This matter had nothing to do with Phoebe. Both of them complained that Jamar was too careless.

However, things did not go according to their plan. The video of the two of them and the trending topic had just disappeared when new videos and headlines with different titles appeared again. The other celebrity’s gossip was exposed. But it did not completely snatch away the popularity. Because of the intimate video of Jamar and Sienna, the discussion on the internet became even more intense.

In the courtyard, at the door to enter the other guests’ rooms, after Sienna finished speaking, the assistant director brought the cameraman and knocked on the door. They also interviewed other guests. Everyone spoke briefly about their feelings, which made Sienna appear to be deliberate because she said so much. After asking each guest how they felt, the production team turned off the live broadcast again and left the courtyard. Seeing the live broadcast end, Leon couldn’t help but call Jamar and scold him.

Chapter 56

Jamar felt wronged and aggrieved when he was scolded. He also became aware that Sienna was frightened and asked him to go out and comfort her. This was how they usually comforted and interacted with Sienna. Sienna also liked them to coat her like this.

How would he know that the production team would launch a surprise attack? “I can’t believe Leon and the rest were blaming him. How infuriating!” Jamar thought.

They argued over the phone and finally parted on bad terms. Leon was also furious as he watched public opinion on the internet develop in an uncontrollable direction. He wanted Jamar to bring Sienna to participate in this variety show. He planned to make the audience think Sienna was cute and sweet. That way, she could become popular from the variety show onward. Next, he would continue to arrange resources for her. She would be able to become an A-list celebrity next year.

Unexpectedly, things did not go as planned. Not only did Sienna not become popular, but she was also overshadowed by Phoebe. His reputation was also affected. For a moment, he did not know how to resolve this matter.

After sitting in the study for half a night, he suddenly came up with an idea. Then, he called Jamar.

Jamar tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. When he heard his phone ring, he picked it up. “It’s already so late, Leon, what are you doing?” Jamar asked.

Leon did not waste his breath on him. “I have something to discuss with Reece. Give him the phone.”

Jamar was very puzzled. “Leon wants to talk to Reece in the middle of the night?” However, he did not ask further and shouted to Reece.

His ringtone had woken Reece up. Reece asked, “What’s the matter?”

Jamar handed the phone to him. “Leon wants to talk to you.”

Reece did not know that Jamar and Sienna were hugging in the courtyard and were broadcast live. Hence, inexplicably, he took the phone and asked, “It’s so late. What’s up?”

Leon recounted what had happened and the ferment on the internet. Then, he said, “There’s only one way to draw everyone’s attention away.”

Reece frowned and asked, “What is it!”

Since Leon had asked him to answer the phone so late at night, Reece guessed that this method should be related to him. As expected, Leon quickly said, “Expose your relationship with Phoebe.”