Chapter 542 I Guess It Was My Gift Too
In that moment, every one of Sienna’s deepest suspicions seemed to be confirmed.
Her hands, hanging loosely by her sides, curled unconsciously into fists.
There was no joy. No surprise. Only an overwhelmingplexity churning silently in her chest.
Dominic and Winston exchanged sharp nces as the girl in front of them uttered the words “biological mother.” Their eyes widened instantly.
They weren’t fools. Just one sentence, paired with that unmistakable resemnce-the eyes, the features- was enough to make the truth snap into ce.
So… there was another child of the Ginger family? A daughter who had been lost to the world?
None of the Ginger brothers thought to connect this to Jean. Instead, their thoughts went to some long- hidden scandal from Sienna’s past-some child she’d secretly lost and never told them about.
But Sienna knew better.
Her face had gone pale. Her gaze seemed distant and unfocused.
Because she knew, deep in her soul, that she had only ever given birth to one daughter.
If this girl in front of her was truly her child-then who was Jean?
Meanwhile, Jean watched the whole thing unfold from a distance, expression unreadable.
She had known this day woulde. Sarah was always destined to find her way to the Ginger family. That was how it had yed out in the novel too.
She just didn’t expect it to happen this soon.
ording to the original plot, Sarah didn’t show up until muchter to reveal her identity. Had something changed? Had she been pressured or forced to act early? Was it the buildup of mistreatment and hardship that drove her here ahead of schedule?
And then there was that painting-the twin phoenixes.
That hadn’t existed in the novel.
After all, the original Jean had never cared enough to do something so symbolic. She wouldn’t havemissioned it, and it certainly wouldn’t have been unveiled at Sienna’s birthday banquet.
A painting of the “true and false phoenix,” Sarah’s premature reunion with her birth family-everything was spinning off course. Jean hadn’t expected any of this, but she quickly calmed herself and epted it.
It was going to happen eventually. Whether sooner orter didn’t matter. She’d already prepared he
At the center of the room, Sienna stood frozen in silence.
Sarah’s expression tensed, her eyes flickering with confusion.
She couldn’t read Sienna’s reaction at all.
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Then her gaze shifted-toward the painting in the butler’s hands. Her voice was light, almost casual – Fhi painting…”
Sienna followed her line of sight. Her reply was soft and vague. “Is something wrong with it?
Sarah nced at her, as if deciding how far to push.
Sienna studied the painting more carefully this time.
Before, she’d only admired the technique and color. But now, as she really looked, she noticed the stark contrast between the two phoenixes-one vivid and brilliant, the other shadowed and uncertain.
True and false.
She almost wanted tough.
“This was…” Sienna began, then stopped. Her lips pressed into a tight line before she continued. “This was a gift from my daughter.”
She still didn’t know why Jean had asked Tyler to paint something like this. Why this image?
It was a strangely perfect reflection of what was unfolding now.
The true and false phoenixes.
Sarah chuckled.
It sounded light-almost amused-but there was something else beneath it. Something sharp.
“Actually,” she said, her clear gazending directly on Sienna, “I guess it was a gift from me, too.”
Her lips curved with a cool, effortless smile. “Because-I’m Tyler. I painted it myself.”
Sienna’s pupils contracted. Her whole body went rigid, shoulders stiff.
Hiding behind the small side window, Jean furrowed her brows in shock. Even she hadn’t seen thating.
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