Our Love Story: Hard to Guard Against the Sudden Love Strike-Chapter 368 - 349: Seth Sutton Confronts Quentin Thorne

Chapter 368: Chapter 349: Seth Sutton Confronts Quentin Thorne

Although Simon Forrester organized a team of hackers to deal with the negative content about Sienna Thornton surfacing online, posts accusing Sienna of being responsible for Nina Sinclair’s death continued to emerge like ghosts from all corners of the internet.

Some people even made videos, not only showing the engagement ceremony held by the Forrester Family for Nina and a certain Forrester at The Imperial Court Club, but also featuring photos of a certain Forrester entering and exiting apartments with Sienna together.

The video directly accused Sienna Thornton of being a low-born homewrecker with great ambitions, not only seducing a married partner at Vantage, ultimately leading to his divorce and his wife’s imprisonment, but also of going after Nina’s fiancé, a certain Forrester, when the married partner refused to marry her, and even harboring desires to enter the entertainment industry after taking him.

The video included edited footage of Sienna’s past appearances on the show "Lawyer Speaks," even incorporating clips of her returning to Brimfield and participating in the show to search for her biological father.

When the video first surfaced, Simon Forrester’s team attempted to hack into the website, but due to the website’s strong defenses, even after they finally took down the video, it had already been downloaded thousands of times.

Those thousands of people spread and reposted the video on various platforms, and in the end, even an entire team of hackers working overnight couldn’t completely erase it.

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"Can Lawyer Thornton tell us more about your father? Our show has viewers from all over the country, and maybe someone actually knows something about your father."

"I’m Sienna Thornton, born in April 1991. My mother’s name is Melinda Linton, from Linton Village in Wrayhaven."

"Is there anything else you’d like to add, like more specific information about your father?"

"No need. If he’s still alive and wants to reunite with me, he would understand just from this information."

On screen, Sienna Thornton’s eyes glistened with tears, that pitiable yet stubborn appearance was exactly the same as when she was at the police station, aware she was not a suspect.

Seth Sutton watched with growing irritation, slamming his palm on the keyboard’s space bar, freezing the image of Sienna’s almost tearful but incredibly beautiful face.

Feeling as if bugs were crawling under his skin, Seth switched off the computer screen, propping his police boots on the desk.

After pondering for a while, he eventually called Mina Thorne.

When Mina Thorne answered, she thought Seth calling meant he was reconsidering their breakup, and though she feigned anger, she couldn’t hide her happiness: "Didn’t we break up? Why are you calling me now?"

Seth, aware of her thoughts, played dumb and simply demanded, "Send me Uncle Thorne’s phone number."

"Why?" Mina raised her voice, "Are you going to tell my dad we’re breaking up?"

Tired of her paranoia, Seth snapped, "Work-related, just send me the number!"

With that, he hung up the phone.

Shortly after, Mina’s message arrived. Seth immediately called the number from the message, and Quentin Thorne soon answered.

Quentin Thorne’s single greeting of "Hello" was enough for Seth to sense his cheerful demeanor, reminiscent of Sienna Thornton’s poised smile during his repeated inquiries over the past two days.

Seth cleared his throat: "Uncle Thorne, it’s Sutton."

"Oh, Sutton, hello, hello."

Without wasting words, Seth bluntly asked, "Did you ever visit Linton Village in Wrayhaven in July 1990?"

Silence stretched over the phone after his question.

Seth understood and was about to hang up when Quentin Thorne’s restrained voice came through: "Sutton, why are you asking this?"

Seth, straightforward by nature, knew about the Thorne family’s strained relationships through Mina over the years. He wasn’t one to beat around the bush; he just wanted the truth!

Clutching his phone tightly, he enunciated clearly, "Because I find that the past suspect in the ’western suburbs case,’ Sienna Thornton, resembles Mina a lot, and she’s searching for her birth father. The girl is from a small place, and it’s not easy for her, especially now amidst all this, could you offer some help or clues..."

After his words, dead silence fell over the line again.

Just as Seth was about to end the call, Quentin Thorne suddenly spoke in a low voice, asking, "Have you discussed this with Mina?"

"No. Mina and I have broken up."

Quentin Thorne sounded shocked: "Why? After all these years, why break up now?"

Seth gave a cold laugh: "I’m too busy with work to cater to your dear daughter. Alright, I understand what you mean, hanging up now."

Though blunt, Seth was not unwise. Quentin Thorne’s question, "Have you discussed this with Mina?" clearly implied acknowledgment of his connection to Sienna Thornton.

This revelation left Seth thrilled.

Firstly, the long-standing mystery was finally solved, and secondly, who would’ve thought his ex-girlfriend has a high-profile sister.

Seth reopened his computer screen.

In the dim office late at night, light from the computer illuminated his rugged yet handsome face. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Half-squinting, he looked at Sienna Thornton’s exquisite face on the screen, clicking his tongue: "Harvard Law JD, Brimfield’s ’Gentle Knife’ in the legal circles, bed-and-breakfast owner, Forrester Group’s Chief Legal Officer, law firm partner, the illegitimate daughter of the Court G dean... truly remarkable!"

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"The case discussed last Friday is off again..." Aurora Buckley added milk and sugar to her coffee, turned around, leaning against the tea table, took a sip of the hot coffee, and asked Rhonda Wagner, who was sitting at the table drinking tea, "Does it affect your side?"

Rhonda chuckled, "On the contrary, I’ve even taken on more murder defense cases these past few days... Interestingly, the public believes Lawyer Thornton is guilty, while I can get her out, making them think we have our ways, so they all come to me..."

Aurora sighed, placing her coffee cup on the tea table, crossing her arms, and pondered, "I can’t tell if this is good or bad in the long run."

"Let’s take it one step at a time, don’t overthink it..."

Rhonda was speaking when she noticed someone standing at the tea room entrance and instinctively paused, turning her head to see it was Sienna Thornton, quickly motioning her over: "Lawyer Thornton, come in and have some tea."

Sienna gave them a smile and walked in, just about to make herself a cup of coffee when Rochelle Linwood suddenly approached, "Lawyer Thornton, there’s a Mr. Sutton who wants to see you."

Sienna didn’t turn around, pressing the coffee machine, and asked, "Which Mr. Sutton?"