Chapter 848 - 842: Mom and Dad Are Here 1

Chapter 848: Chapter 842: Mom and Dad Are Here 1

Sean Thorne turned back to look at him. People always say family scandals shouldn’t be aired in public, yet what happened today had already reached the point where it could no longer be covered up.

"Mr. Shaw, is there anything else?"

Whitney Lynch also looked at him, intimidated by the icy aura radiating from him. She replayed everything that had just happened; it had all been Aiden Shaw fanning the flames.

But what was his reason?

Just because he was that bitch Tiana Thorne’s boyfriend?

Aiden Shaw walked over to Tiana Thorne’s side, reached out, and took her small hand in his, their fingers interlaced. "With Sixteen, I have two identities."

There it was again—Sixteen.

She had heard this form of address too many times, yet in her memory, she had never given Tiana Thorne this name.

Terror-filled eyes gave rise to doubt. She looked at Tiana, only to see that her gaze was just as cold.

She bit her lip; she had never imagined that what happened back then would be laid bare like this.

She drew in a deep breath, the doubt in her eyes growing stronger. "Two identities..."

"I’m her older brother, and I’m also her fiancé."

Sean Thorne froze. "Her brother? Could it be that Tiana is from the Shaw family..."

That thought was dismissed even before he finished voicing it.

It was completely impossible.

If she were the Shaw family’s daughter, they would be blood siblings. How could they possibly be together, in a romantic relationship?

He chose to remain silent, listening to him continue.

Aiden Shaw looked at Sean Thorne. The chill in his eyes gradually receded, yet there was a kind of inviolable nobility about him.

He asked in a low voice, "Uncle, are you familiar with the Ford family?"

Hearing this, both Sean Thorne and Whitney Lynch were stunned.

Especially Whitney, whose eyes were filled with shock. She stared unblinkingly at Tiana, as if trying to confirm something.

The Ford family...

Was it the Ford family she was thinking of?

The most powerful clan in Banyria, Graham Ford and Rouge Jarvis...

No!

How could that be?

Tiana Thorne was supposed to be some low-born girl from the bottom rungs of society. How could she possibly be from the Ford family?

Aiden Shaw parted his lips again, his voice like a cutting winter wind, but when he looked at the girl beside him, his eyes were gentle like scattered stars.

"Sixteen is my mother Rouge Jarvis’s third child. My mother is devoted to doing good; she adopted a total of thirteen children, and I am one of them. Within the Ford family, she ranks sixteenth, and she is my mother’s only daughter."

Boom—

As if struck by lightning, Whitney Lynch looked at Tiana Thorne.

This wretched brat she had raised by her side since childhood—how could she possibly be the noble eldest miss of the Ford family?

Impossible...

She shook her head. "I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it!"

Sean Thorne was also stunned. So that was the meaning behind "Sixteen."

No wonder, back in the study, when he asked about Sixteen, Aiden Shaw had said it’d be better for Tiana to tell him herself.

Aiden Shaw didn’t care whether Whitney believed him or not. He spoke, his voice as cool and clear as autumn water: "As Sixteen’s fiancé, what I ought to do is protect her."

Tiana turned her head to look at him. His handsome, deep-set features were severe, yet in the instant their eyes met, she still caught the tenderness in his gaze.

Then she heard him say, "Beyond that, as Sixteen’s brother, representing the Ford family, I will punish the human traffickers who abused Sixteen. Uncle, do you have any objections?"

This was the real crux of the matter.

Whitney Lynch shook her head in panic, her pleading gaze fixed on Sean Thorne. "Help me, I’m begging you, I really know I was wrong."

But Sean Thorne’s expression was indifferent. "Do you think that even if I tried to stand in their way, the Ford family would just let this go?"