Wyatt whipped his head around to look at Shannon, his face a mask of utter disbelief.
His Shannon, his kindhearted sister...
How could she say something so slanderous?
A wave of panic washed over Shannon, and she hastily defended herself, "Third Brother, it’s not like that! It’s not true!"
However, the recording continued to play, giving her no chance to argue.
From the recording pen, Sienna’s kind advice could be heard. "Shannon, are you sure you want to do this?"
Shannon’s voice, laced with a sneer and full of provocation, replied, "Sister, it’s useless even if you try to stop me. You know Third Brother only ever believes me. He will never believe you."
"Sob, sob... Third Brother, hurry! Sister is trying to push me down the stairs! She said I don’t deserve to be a daughter of the Everett Family, that I don’t deserve to be in this house... Sister is trying to kick me out! I’m so scared... Sob... Third Brother, come save me!"
After hearing all this, Wyatt understood everything perfectly.
Sienna... never pushed Shannon at all!
Shannon had staged the entire thing!
It was Shannon who deliberately walked to the top of the stairs, pretended to be pushed, and framed Sienna, smearing her name!
And Sienna had been innocent from start to finish!
He had wrongly accused his own sister!
Wyatt stared at Sienna in a daze. A moment later, his brow furrowed. "Sienna, even if I misunderstood you, why didn’t you explain yourself from the beginning?"
Hearing this, a careless, mocking glint appeared in Sienna’s eyes.
See? Her own brother knew he had wronged her, yet he turned around and blamed her for not explaining.
"Wyatt, it seems you’re not old yet, but your memory has already started to go."
"I..."
Wyatt was instantly rendered speechless by her retort.
He remembered now. Just a few minutes ago, Sienna had tried to explain, telling him she hadn’t pushed Shannon.
But what had he done?
Not only had he refused to believe Sienna, he hadn’t even had the patience to hear her out before grabbing a glass and hurling it at her! The spot on her foot, cut by the glass, was still bleeding even now!
Wyatt dazedly turned his head, his eyes filled with disappointment as he looked at Shannon.
Shannon’s eyes reddened in fear, and tears instantly began to fall. "Third Brother, I know I was wrong! I shouldn’t have framed Sister! I just... I just don’t want to lose you and Dad and Mom!"
Wyatt froze. "What did you say?"
Seeing that he was willing to listen to her explanation, Shannon knew there was still a chance to salvage the situation. Her expression immediately grew more sorrowful, and tears streamed down her face like broken pearls.
"Third Brother, I grew up in the Everett Family. I’ve always thought of you as my real brother, and Dad and Mom as my real parents..."
"Ever since Sister came back, I’ve always been afraid that you and Mom and Dad wouldn’t want me anymore, afraid that you would abandon me... After all, Sister is prettier than me, and she has a closer blood relationship with you all..."
"I was just so scared of losing you all that I wasn’t in my right mind and did such a thing to Sister! Third Brother, I know I was wrong. I’ll never do it again!"
The moment Wyatt saw Shannon’s tears, his heart had already begun to soften.
Now, hearing Shannon’s touching words, he was even more moved.
What bad intentions could Shannon possibly have?
She just cared too much about her family!
Wyatt immediately made up his mind. He turned to Sienna and said, "Shannon only framed you because she wasn’t in her right mind for a moment. In any case, you weren’t seriously hurt. You’re the older sister, so be the bigger person and don’t hold it against her! Just forgive her this once!"
Sienna wanted to laugh when she heard this.
Her own brother knew she had been framed, but not only did he not help her, he was demanding she be magnanimous and forgive Shannon!
Ha, how ridiculous!
She didn’t want to stay in this house for another second.
Just looking at the hypocritical faces of the Everetts made her sick!
Wyatt, feeling no fault of his own, looked down on her with a superior air. "Sienna, if you keep being so petty and refuse to forgive Shannon, don’t blame me for kicking you out of this family!"
Sienna’s exquisitely beautiful face was devoid of expression, her gaze as cold as a blade.
"Wyatt, you don’t need to kick me out. Starting today, I am cutting all ties with the Everett Family!"
"I will not spend another minute in this house!"
With that said, Sienna ignored Wyatt’s expression and went straight to her room to pack her bags.
It was a sad fact that after living with the Everett Family for two years, she had so few things to take with her that she couldn’t even fill a single suitcase.
She had never been legally registered as part of the Everett family, which was just as well. She wouldn’t be needing it anymore.
After quickly packing her bags and various documents, Sienna wiped the blood from the gash on her calf with a tissue. There was no time to disinfect it, so she just slapped on a few Band-Aids for the time being, then changed into a long dress to hide the obvious wound.
Once she had done all this, Sienna pulled her suitcase and left the room that had remained cold and unwelcoming even after two years.
When Wyatt saw Sienna emerge from her room with a suitcase, he finally realized she wasn’t just throwing a tantrum.
Was she really leaving?
Cutting all ties with the Everett Family?
Wyatt’s face turned livid with anger. "Sienna, you’d better think this through! If you leave this house today, don’t even think about coming back! You’ll regret this!"
Without a backward glance, Sienna enunciated each word with finality, "I will never regret it!"
Excellent! That bitch Sienna was finally being kicked out! Shannon could barely contain her smugness and secret joy.
From now on, everything that belonged to the Everett Family would be hers!
The Everetts’ affection, the Everett Family’s fortune—it would all be hers!
The elation in Shannon’s heart was about to burst, but her face was a mask of anxiety. "Third Brother, hurry and convince Sister to come back! How will a young woman like her survive on her own after leaving the Everett Family? What if someone bullies her!"
"Don’t worry about her!" Wyatt snorted, his expression arrogant. "It won’t be more than a few days before she comes crying back on her own! I’ll teach her a good lesson then!"
The words had barely left his mouth when a bodyguard rushed in from outside.
The bodyguard saw Sienna heading out with her suitcase but paid her no mind. Everyone knew that this "true heiress" held no status in the Everett Family; she didn’t warrant any respect.
It was the "fake heiress," Shannon, who was the apple of the family’s eye!
The bodyguard stumbled into the living room, his face ecstatic. "Third Young Master, Miss Shannon! We have distinguished guests! A car is parked at the gate, and from the license plate, I think it’s the Forrester Family’s car!"
The Forrester Family?
Wyatt and Shannon exchanged a look, both seeing the shock and ecstasy in the other’s eyes.
Who were the Forresters? The top aristocratic family in Aethelburg!
Their Everett Family was also wealthy and prominent in high society, but compared to the Forrester Family, they were nothing more than a firefly to the brilliant moon.
A top-tier family like the Forresters had a lineage stretching back centuries, with deep roots and influence that spread far and wide. The Everett Family couldn’t even be mentioned in the same breath.
For years, the Everett Family had been trying to build a relationship with the Forresters and establish a business partnership, but unfortunately, their repeated overtures had led to nothing.
They never expected the Forrester Family to actually pay them a visit in person!
"Quick, let’s go greet them!" Wyatt’s hands trembled with excitement. He quickly straightened his clothes and told the bodyguard to lead the way.
Shannon also adjusted her dress, a shy blush coloring her pretty face as she lifted her skirt and followed him.
I wonder who from the Forrester Family is here today. Could it be... him?