Chapter 172: Double Crematorium! Sisters Before Misters

Chapter 172: Chapter 172: Double Crematorium! Sisters Before Misters

The sight of Isabelle Sutton’s pained, stoic expression made Sienna Everett’s heart ache.

She hurried over. "Did Lucas Everett bully you?"

"No." Isabelle Sutton bit her lip until it was white, and a subtle sob could be heard in her voice. "I just finished talking with Lucas Everett. I’m not going to contact him anymore."

"——It’ll be as if we never met."

"Isabelle, actually, you..." Sienna Everett felt a pang of unease. She reached up to wipe a tear from the corner of Isabelle’s eye. "If you have feelings for him..."

"No." Isabelle Sutton grabbed her hand, clutching it tightly in her own.

She looked at Sienna Everett, her eyes shimmering with tears.

"Sienna, even though I... have feelings for Liam Lynn... Lucas Everett must have done so many things to bully you in the past. You’re my best friend. If I have to choose between the Everetts and you, of course I’ll choose you."

Sienna Everett’s heartstrings trembled, and she couldn’t help but pull her into a hug.

"Isabelle..."

Isabelle Sutton hugged Sienna Everett back, her arms trembling slightly with the force of her grip. She buried her forehead in Sienna’s shoulder as tears streamed uncontrollably down her face. "I just... I never expected that I’d already met him two years ago..."

Just now, Lucas Everett had said that it didn’t matter if she came to despise him in the future.

He would always remember that snowy Christmas Eve.

He would always remember the little girl who handed him a red apple.

He also said he had been looking for her for two whole years.

’But Isabelle Sutton couldn’t understand. How could Lucas Everett care so much about her, a stranger, but not treat his own sister, Sienna, even a little bit better?’

’Why would he treat a stranger better than his own family?’

’If only he had treated Sienna Everett well, she wouldn’t be so against him...’

Not far away, Lucas Everett watched Sienna Everett and Isabelle Sutton embracing, his brow deeply furrowed.

’He didn’t know when Sienna Everett had gotten interested in car racing.’

’If Sienna Everett hadn’t wanted to come see the race, he could have continued using the fake name Liam Lynn and spent more time with Isabelle Sutton.’

’Great. Now Isabelle Sutton knew he was Lucas Everett and had decisively chosen to side with Sienna Everett, wanting nothing more to do with him.’

’What if... what if he started treating Sienna Everett well from now on? Would Isabelle not despise him so much then?’

’No.’

’Why the hell should he be nice to Sienna Everett?’

’It was all that jinx Sienna Everett’s fault!’

’She’s the reason Isabelle Sutton can’t stand him!’

...

Sienna Everett led Isabelle Sutton back to their seats.

Keith Sterling sized her up, raising an eyebrow in surprise. "What happened? Why does Isabelle Sutton look like she’s been crying?"

"I wasn’t crying." Isabelle Sutton wasn’t actually crying anymore, but her eyes were still a little red.

"Still playing tough, huh? Your eyes are as red as a rabbit’s." Keith Sterling crossed his legs, looked over at Sienna Everett, and teased with a grin, "Don’t tell me she’s heartbroken?"

Sienna Everett: "..."

’Keith Sterling and his big mouth. He just had to bring up the one thing he shouldn’t.’

Isabelle Sutton pursed her lips. "I haven’t even been in a relationship. How could I be heartbroken?"

"Being heartbroken is no big deal. It’s not the end of the world." Keith Sterling snapped his fingers coolly. "There are plenty of handsome men out there. When I have a moment, I’ll introduce one to you!"

"You’ll introduce someone?" Evan Shelby couldn’t help but retort, "Give me a break. A guy like you would just introduce her to another playboy. Don’t go corrupting an innocent girl."

Keith Sterling was instantly indignant. "How the hell am I a player? I’ve never done anything immoral like cheating or meddling in someone else’s relationship! Orion Hawthorne, you vouch for me!"

Orion Hawthorne glanced at him, a sudden smirk playing on his lips. "I think it was last year. I happened to see Mr. Sterling laughing and getting a bit handsy with a few girls..."

"What the hell? Stop your damn slandering!" Keith Sterling immediately flew off the handle, wishing he could tape Orion Hawthorne’s mouth shut.

"Alright, alright, quiet down for a second." Sienna Everett massaged her temples, a headache forming. ’How did this turn into setting someone up with a boyfriend?’

Isabelle Sutton linked her arm through Sienna Everett’s and said softly, "Let’s just forget about the whole ’introducing me to a guy’ thing."

’Guys are nowhere near as important as my best friend.’

Sienna Everett, keeping a close eye on Isabelle Sutton’s mood, gently patted the back of her hand. "Do you still want to watch the race? If not, we can head back."

"No need to go back." Isabelle Sutton immediately shook her head. "We’re already here, it’d be a shame not to watch. Besides, Sienna, aren’t you really interested in racing? That’s all the more reason for us to see it through to the end."

"Okay, we’ll watch until it’s over then." Sienna Everett’s heart softened, and she couldn’t resist reaching out to pinch her friend’s cheek.

Ian Prescott, sitting beside them, glanced at the way Sienna Everett and Isabelle Sutton were interacting and quickly guessed what had happened. "You two went to find Lucas Everett just now?"

"Mhm," Sienna Everett confirmed.

"Lucas Everett..." Ian Prescott murmured the name, a frigid indifference flashing in the depths of his eyes.

’Another one of the Everetts who used to bully Sienna Everett...’

Before long, the race began, and the atmosphere at the venue became electric.

The competing cars shot off from the starting line at lightning speed.

Sienna Everett was already interested in racing and knew Lucas Everett’s skill level well. However, after watching for a while, she couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.

’Lucas Everett’s form is off today; he’s not performing at his usual level.’

As he went through the first corner, he was successively overtaken by two other cars.

’At Lucas Everett’s normal skill level, there’s no way he’d be passed so easily.’

Although Lucas Everett tried to adjust and pull ahead again, he was still outpaced by other drivers on the subsequent turns.

Furthermore, in his haste, he nearly flipped his car.

By the time he reached the finish line, Lucas Everett hadn’t even placed in the top three, only managing to secure fifth.

As soon as the race ended, Lucas Everett’s teammates swarmed him, looking utterly distressed.

"Lucas, what was with you today? This is nowhere near your actual skill level!"

"Yeah, you should have taken first place without a doubt, but instead..."

"Lucas, besides Zephyr, the God of Racing, no one is a better driver than you. But you only got a measly fifth place today. This isn’t like you at all! What on earth happened?"

For a professional racing team, taking first place wasn’t just about honor; it also meant a hefty prize purse.

Now, they had neither.

Lucas Everett grabbed his hair in frustration, his ruggedly handsome face etched with defeat.

’Of course he knew he’d choked today.’

’It was because he couldn’t stop thinking about Sienna Everett and Isabelle Sutton...’

Lucas Everett cursed under his breath and kicked a nearby wall in frustration, then looked up toward the stands in Sienna Everett’s direction.

But he found that Sienna Everett wasn’t even looking at him.

This feeling of being ignored, especially by Sienna Everett, made Lucas Everett’s anger flare.

He looked toward Isabelle Sutton, who was next to Sienna Everett.

But the moment their eyes met, Isabelle Sutton immediately and coldly looked away.

In that instant, it felt as if Lucas Everett’s heart had been squeezed, wringing out a dull, throbbing ache.

’How had he ended up like this?’