Chapter 245

At the Sinclair residence, Nora was throwing a birthday party for her precious son. Winifred and Vivian were both busy with their own things, so Sienna brought Amber along to celebrate.

“Thank you, Sienna,” Liam said directly, accepting the card and the super cool little sports car Sienna had prepared as a gift. He gave a polite smile.

“Liam, you’re such a good boy,” Sienna praised the boy.

“Enna, why are you being so formal with him? He’s just a kid. Give me the card. I’ll keep it safe for him,” Nora said, reaching out to take the card from her son’s hand. But Liam just stepped aside, his face completely blank.

“Ms. Sinclair, please don’t even think about getting your hands on my money. I’m six years old now, not some three-year-old kid,” Liam said seriously.

Nora huffed, turning to Sienna. “Enna, look at this. I went through ten months of misery to bring him into this world, and now he acts like he’s too good for his own mom.”

Nora pouted and turned to Sienna to complain, but the next second, she got smacked on the head.

“Seriously, Nora, how old are you? Snatching things from a kid? You’re really something. Now hurry up and go bring out the cake,” came a voice from behind.

It was her brother, Wayne. Nora rubbed her head, pouting, “Wayne, you’re so biased.”

“Sienna, just ignore her,” Wayne said, turning to Sienna.

“Wayne, I heard you’ve been investing in a research institute lately?” Sienna asked.

Wayne nodded. “Yeah, it’s in Frandell. It’s a bio-research place. Why? Is something up?”

Sienna’s face grew serious. “It’s nothing major, but there’s someone on their team named Iris. Do you remember her?”

At the mention of that name, Wayne’s eyes flashed with disgust.

“I didn’t even bother checking the staff. I’ll just have my assistant pull the investment,” Wayne said.

Sienna raised an eyebrow. “Not even going to think it over?”

Wayne smiled, his gaze soft as he looked at her. “Sienna, I trust you. Besides, I really can’t stand anyone from the Grant family, especially Iris.”

Just thinking about what happened back then made Wayne’s blood boil.

“Can I ask why?” Sienna asked, remembering how the Grant and Sinclair families used to be so close. The Grant family was still dead-set on sealing a marriage alliance with the Sinclair family.

Wayne hesitated, clearly uncomfortable, but after a moment, he decided to tell her everything.

“Iris had bad intentions. She tried to drug me, but it didn’t work; she couldn’t even get within three feet of me. After that, I cut off all contact with the Grant family,” Wayne said coldly.

The rest of the Grant family was no better. They shamelessly spread rumors everywhere, making a scene and insisting Wayne should take responsibility for his actions.

“So that’s how it is,” Sienna said quietly.

“Let's come over; it’s time for cake,” Amber called out to them.

“Sure.” Sienna nodded.

The birthday party was a blast. After the cake, they all moved outside to the yard for some barbecue.

Ethan was waiting at the Sinclair residence’s gate. Nora came out to see her son off; he’d just had one birthday party here, and now he'd get to have another one at the Preston residence.

My poor little boy, getting double the birthday money, Nora thought with a hint of playful humor. So lucky.

“Sweetie, grab as much cash as you can. Don’t be shy. The whole Preston family will be yours someday anyway,” Nora teased with a grin.

Liam straightened his little suit, his face serious. “Ms. Sinclair, please don’t try to teach me bad values. Goodbye.”

“Can’t you save up some money and buy me a necklace? Gloris just released a new one, and I really want it,” Nora pouted.

Liam knew exactly what his mom was up to. She just wants my dad to pay for it, Liam thought, rolling his eyes.

“You’re here. Where’s your mom?” Ethan asked, his eyes burning with longing as he tried to see past Liam, desperate for even a glimpse of the one he truly wanted to see.

But when she was nowhere in sight, the disappointment and ache in his eyes were impossible to hide.

Guess she doesn’t even want to see me anymore, Ethan thought, a wave of pain crashing over him.

“Stop staring. Sienna’s here. Mom is not coming out. Just keep grinding,” Liam said with a straight face.

Ethan let out a defeated sigh. “I want to, but she won’t even see me. What am I supposed to do?”

Liam shot him a look. “If you keep at it, you can do anything. Just make more money; that’s your only shot. Anyway, enough talk. Let’s head to the office. You still owe me a lesson on those numbers we didn’t finish last time.”

“It’s your birthday today,” Ethan said.

Liam glanced at him. Then I’ll set aside an hour for my birthday.

Meanwhile, back at the Sinclair residence, Nora was quietly snooping for gossip about Sienna. “Amber, has anything fun happened with Sienna lately?”

Amber was happily munching on her meat, totally off guard, and blurted out what was on her mind. “Yeah. There’s this guy who keeps coming to see Sienna.

"He even spent the night with her last night, and when he came out of her room, he wasn’t even wearing any clothes.”