Chapter 16

When Jeffery heard Clay's voice, he thought he was hallucinating. He asked me in disbelief, "Sienna, why is there a man with you?" I paused before answering, "Is that a problem?" "Of course it is! You're my wife, yet you're sneaking around with another man. You even ran away with him to a country so far away from home! How could you do this to me?" Jeffery raised his voice, breaking his composed character. His question was the funniest thing I'd heard all year. I responded sarcastically, "When you lied to me about Ford Group going bankrupt and married Jessica, did you wonder whether it would hurt me? Jeffery, don't be such a hypocrite." He clearly hadn't expected me to know about that. There was a long stretch of silence before he finally spoke again, his voice trembling. "When did you find out about it all?" I didn't respond but merely let him scramble for excuses. "I can explain. Jessica is gravely ill and only has a month to live. Her biggest dream was to marry me. As her brot