I Forgot I Ever Loved You (Zoe and Hayden) novel Chapter 252

"Isn't it the truth?" Hayden asked.

Zoe stared at them. They looked like a pair of dogs mating in public—completely devoid of morals or basic decency.

She seriously wanted to curse them out.

Her marriage to Hayden was a fantasy?

Was he out of his mind?

Zoe stood next to Garrett, entirely unbothered and unyielding.

"Whether Mr. Thorne is right or not, I don't care. But no matter how shameless I might be, I'd never stoop to sleeping with my brother-in-law. And no matter how blind Mr. Stone might be, he'd never seduce his sister-in-law. Unlike you, Vice President Winters. You play dirty, but you still expect to be treated like a lady.

"I think the only one with delusions here is you. Bragging to Professor Layne about being someone's wife? You really are sick. By the way, Grandmother Thorne's birthday banquet is tomorrow. What a coincidence, I received an invitation too."

Zoe usually couldn't be bothered to waste breath on trash, but Sienna was a special kind of vile. Letting her off the hook would be a disservice to the universe.

"Since you're so righteous and confident, tomorrow is the perfect opportunity. You and Mr. Thorne are such tragic, star-crossed lovers. Why don't you use the banquet to announce your epic romance to the world?"

Zoe kept smiling. A smile so sharp it made Sienna's heart pound in panic.

"If you don't go public, who knows? I might get upset and start blurting out the truth. Isn't that right, Mr. Thorne?"

Zoe's eyes flashed with a clear warning.

If Hayden didn't leash his woman, he shouldn't blame her for playing dirty.

Weren't they obsessed with their reputations and saving face?

Her reputation had been dragged through the mud years ago. If they pushed her into a corner while Hayden dragged his feet on the divorce, she would absolutely hand out photocopies of their marriage certificate to every guest at the banquet.

Sienna's smug face burned as if she had been violently slapped.

Zoe couldn't be bothered with them anymore. She turned to Garrett.

"Shall we go?"

Seeing that Zoe had no intention of exposing the truth on the spot or claiming her title as Mrs. Thorne, Garrett decided it wasn't his place as an outsider to intervene in their family drama.

Sienna's perfect mood was completely ruined.

She glared venomously at Zoe and Hayden's retreating backs.

"Is Garrett really falling for her? How could someone with Zoe's background ever match the Kendall family's military and political prestige?"

Hayden's face was freezing cold. He had noticed Zoe lingering at the men's luxury counter earlier. He pulled his arm from Sienna's grasp and walked over there.

Confused by his sudden movement, Sienna quickly followed him.

"What did that lady just buy?"

The clerk recognized Hayden and didn't dare hide anything.

"Mr. Thorne, Ms. Lynd bought a men's tie clip and a pair of silver cufflinks. It was the exact set you were looking at last time. She bought the whole set."

The rigid tension in Hayden's jaw relaxed slightly.

Only then did Sienna remember her main objective for the day. She planned to wear the diamond necklace she had chosen to the banquet, ensuring everyone witnessed her glory as Mrs. Thorne.

Word was that Grandmother Thorne had invited every heavyweight in high society's political and business circles. How could she not take this seriously?

She was the daughter-in-law of the Thorne family, the one and only Mrs. Thorne.

She had just officially entered elite society this year as the executive CEO of Easton Group. Maybe Grandmother Thorne was trying to pave the way for her, officially elevating her status.

The more Sienna thought about it, the more triumphant she felt.

No one in the Thorne family liked Zoe. Zoe boldly claimed she got an invitation, but it was Nita Thorne who wrote them out. Zoe's name had never been on that list! Let her try to make a scene at the banquet.

When Hayden and Zoe married, they signed an agreement to absolutely keep their marriage a secret. Yet Zoe dared to threaten her? She had to tell Grandmother Thorne about this, let the old lady see Zoe's vicious intentions. The Thorne family could not tolerate a woman like that.

Best case scenario, she could use this to accelerate Hayden and Zoe's divorce.

Then, she could finally be with Hayden openly and officially.

On the day of the birthday banquet, Grandmother Thorne explicitly called Zoe, instructing her to bring Lily and come with Hayden to the estate.

Zoe glanced at the empty driveway. Hayden's car was nowhere to be seen.

Which meant he hadn't come home all night.

There was no way he was driving her to the estate.

Zoe didn't complain about him to Grandmother Thorne. She honestly couldn't care less if Hayden was home or not.