Chapter 1012 - 1004: First Encounter with Laura (Part 4)

Chapter 1012: Chapter 1004: First Encounter with Laura (Part 4)

The thought of Laura’s tragic death made her a bit melancholic.

Seeing this, everyone thought Laura’s words resonated deeply with her.

Vincent Ford walked over to her and whispered, "Vanessa has no ill intentions. She doesn’t know the truth, so her words were harsh. Tiana, don’t take it to heart. Once she gets to know you, she’ll like you."

Upon hearing this, Tiana Thorne just chuckled softly without saying anything.

In her past life, Laura was never thoughtless with her words. If she didn’t like someone, she would say it outright, never hiding it.

So, Vanessa must truly dislike her to have made that phone call.

She disdained hiding her true emotions.

Aiden Shaw seemed to notice her discomfort. He intertwined his fingers with hers, holding her hand tightly: "Tell her the truth."

He could tell that she seemed to have a deep affection for Vanessa.

Especially since she had just inadvertently mentioned Laura’s name, he seemed to have heard her murmur something unconsciously about her before.

She and Vanessa might have known each other for a long time.

Tiana shook her head: "No need, the fewer people who know about this, the better. Laura... knowing wouldn’t do Vanessa any good."

She almost blurted out: Laura...

"Alright."

Julian Ford raised his hand, his gaze no longer cold towards Vanessa, but his voice still a bit hoarse: "Come over to brother’s side."

Tiana Thorne walked over and called out: "Second brother, do you feel any better? Are you going to be okay?"

His charming eyes slightly lifted, and his smile was warm: "I haven’t seen my little sister Poppy in a wedding dress yet, how could anything happen?"

Upon hearing this, Tiana felt a wave of sorrow spreading through her heart: "Second brother."

Maxim Ford walked over to her, gently patted her shoulder: "Little sister, the doctor said, your second brother is recovering well. As long as he rests properly, he will recover and there won’t be any aftereffects, so don’t look like you’re mourning."

She nodded, then smiled with relief: "Okay."

She glanced at her eldest brother, noticing his tired but gentle face. These days, he had been by her second brother’s side, tirelessly.

Feeling a bit heartache: "Big brother, why don’t you go rest with the third, fifth, sixth, and Theo? I and fourth brother are well-rested, let us take over."

Aiden Shaw also walked over: "I’m with second brother here."

With Julian Ford out of danger, his worries eased significantly, he nodded: "Alright, okay."

Aiden Shaw continued: "But first, we have to discuss something important."

Theo Ford slightly squinted his beautiful eyes and walked to Aiden Shaw: "The most important thing is how to distinguish the fake Tiana from our true little sister."

Aiden Shaw nodded: "Yes."

Sebastian Ford curled his lips into a smile, snapped his fingers: "Simple."

Everyone looked at him: "What do you mean?" ℯℯ𝘭.

"We need a secret that only we siblings know about the true little sister."

Saying this, he walked over to Tiana Thorne, scrutinized her, frowned slightly, and said with concern: "You’ve gotten skinnier."

Tiana couldn’t help but laugh, feeling that the family was still the same as before, unchanged.

"Come on, fifth brother, with you all around, how could I not be well-fed? Tell me, what’s your plan to perfectly avoid the fake Tiana?"

Sebastian Ford looked at her face: "You don’t have a mole on your ear."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately understood his idea.

Tiana touched her earlobe and whispered: "You mean to suggest I put a little fake mole on my ear so that everyone will know it’s me, Poppy, and if the fake Tiana appears, they’ll recognize her instantly?"

"Smart."

Tiana shook her head with a smile, truly impressed by her fifth brother, he indeed was the highly intelligent hacker brother.

Sebastian Ford reminded her again: "Just remember, never remove the mole on your ear."

"No problem, I have waterproof and sweat-proof eyeliner."

Theo Ford, being a meticulous lawyer, further added: "This subtle detail, if unnoticed by those around, let’s prepare a second measure by having a small red mole on the palm."

"Good."

Maxim Ford adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, finding a method to deal with it, and said: "This must not be mentioned to others."

They nodded in agreement: "Alright."

Afterward, Maxim Ford took his younger brothers away.

Julian Ford felt better today, so Tiana Thorne stayed to talk with him for a while.

Actually, she wanted to know more about Vanessa.

Thinking of this, she softly asked: "Second brother, Vanessa seems to care about you a lot."

"Yes, she cares about everyone in the Ford family."

Upon hearing this, Tiana disagreed. For someone to find their past life lover after millenniums, even having forgotten their past life memories, there’s still something special in their hearts.

She could tell Vanessa genuinely cared about her second brother.

It reminded her of Laura in her past life, who, after falling in love with Jensen, lived every second for him alone, even dying for him.

"Second brother, the relationship between Vanessa and you all seems quite good."

Aiden Shaw looked at her, speaking softly: "She is Eddy Hawthorne’s daughter, Linden Hawthorne’s dear sister."

Upon hearing this, Tiana was slightly stunned, completely unexpected.

Eddy Hawthorne, Linden Hawthorne...

She had always heard about Eddy and Linden, or Eddy’s wife, Faith Hollis, but never knew the Hawthorne family had a young lady, Vanessa.

"No wonder..."

Uncle Quinn would tell her why the second brother got hurt.

She didn’t expect that in this life, Laura and Jensen were childhood sweethearts.

Selfishly, she wished for her second brother and his past life lover, Laura, to rekindle their fate, casually asking: "Second brother, what do you think of Vanessa as a person?"

Julian Ford frowned with some distaste: "She’s a rough girl."

Tiana Thorne: "..."

It seems, second brother truly doesn’t like Vanessa.

"She was actually worried about you just now. If I were her and saw a childhood friend from a noble family hurt like this, I might be as angry as she was."

Julian Ford’s charming eyes narrowed slightly, Tiana is his bottom line. No matter who is mean to her, it’s opposing him.

"Even if I was really hurt by you, it’s a matter between siblings, nothing to do with her, an outsider."

Upon hearing this, Tiana didn’t pursue the topic of Vanessa further, fearing it might cause second brother to dislike her more.

Afterward, Tiana brought up the main topic: "Second brother, do you remember what the fake Tiana said when she stabbed you?"

Julian Ford nodded, he clearly remembered it thinking it was Poppy, he recounted it verbatim.

It seemed this woman wanted to drive a wedge between her and the Ford family.

Knock knock knock—

Just then, the sound of knocking came from the door.