Our Love Story: Hard to Guard Against the Sudden Love Strike-Chapter 369 - 350: Such a Coincidence

Rochelle Linwood: "He said his name is Seth Sutton."

Rhonda Wagner was startled, put down the teacup, and looked at Rochelle Linwood: "Did he say what it was about?"

Rochelle Linwood: "He said he has a private matter with Lawyer Thornton."

Hearing the name Seth Sutton, Sienna Thornton’s heart inexplicably began to race, as if she had a foreboding. She should have refused to meet, but somehow she told Rochelle Linwood, "Please show him to my office."

As she spoke, she didn’t even bother to make coffee and just wanted to leave the office.

Rhonda Wagner stood up and grabbed her arm: "Do you need me to be there?"

Sienna Thornton shook her head: "Rhonda, thank you. If I need you, I’ll call you, then you can come in."

After saying that, she went back to her office.

Soon, Seth Sutton knocked and came in.

He was still wearing his signature black trench coat, but the stubble on his face was cleaned up, and he wore a playful smile. He glanced at the sofa by the door and the guest chair in front of Sienna Thornton’s desk and asked, "Where should I sit?"

Sienna Thornton turned around and looked at him expressionlessly, nodding towards the chair in front of her desk: "Officer Sutton, please sit here."

Seth Sutton walked over, looking at her all the way, with an unapparent smile on the corner of his mouth.

Today she wore a black rough-wool round-neck jacket with gold grid lines, paired with a white shirt underneath, her makeup was exquisite.

To an unperceptive man, it was hard to understand her style, only knowing her eyes behind the delicately made-up face were sharp and cold, as if aiming a thousand swords towards him.

But those corners of her lips slightly curved upwards, her eyes smiling. Those unfamiliar with her true nature might think she appeared friendly.

Just like she was cast from the same mold as Quentin Thorne!

Not only the facial features and smile but even the calm demeanor in the face of a crisis was just like Quentin Thorne.

Even Mina Thorne, Quient Thorne’s legitimate daughter whom he educated since childhood, didn’t achieve such true inheritance.

Genes are truly hard to explain.

Seth Sutton snapped out of his thoughts, sat openly on the chair in front of Sienna Thornton, and said nothing, his hand reaching into the pocket of his trench coat to fish for something.

Seeing the coat that once held a crumpled tissue for her, Sienna Thornton felt a physiological disgust and wanted to warn him not to spread germs from his pocket onto her chair, but then he pulled out a photo, pushing it onto her desk.

It’s common for police to show photos, usually about a case.

Sienna Thornton did not take it, glanced at it, and saw it was a picture of a girl, she asked flatly, "What does this mean?"

Seth Sutton gestured with his eyes at the photo on the desk: "Pick it up and have a look."

Sienna Thornton showed a hint of impatience, furrowed her brows, and picked up the enlarged ID photo of the girl to look...

In just a few seconds, she saw that the girl in the photo looked very much like her. The eyes and mouth were practically identical, the only differences were the girl’s nose was a bit lower, and her nose tip was a bit larger, and the girl’s bone structure was a bit bigger.

If an unrelated person had this photo, they would only think the two have some resemblance without thinking much else. But for Sienna Thornton, who has never given up looking for her biological father over the past twenty years, she was very sensitive and almost instinctively connected the girl in the photo with herself, suspecting a possible blood relation.

She tried hard to suppress her excitement and looked up at Seth Sutton, asking calmly, "Who is this person?"

"A prosecutor at the City Prosecutor’s Office—Mina Thorne." Seth Sutton deliberately emphasized the surname "Thorne."

The surname "Thorne" is extremely rare, and Sienna Thornton, in all her life, only knew one person with that surname—Quentin Thorne, who also worked in the judicial field.

A lawyer’s mind is sharp, and Sienna Thornton immediately asked, "This Prosecutor Thorne, what’s her relation to Dean Thorne of Court G?"

Seth Sutton looked sharply at her, not missing a single change in her expression: "Mina Thorne is Quentin Thorne’s only daughter, and she’s the same age as you."

Sienna Thornton: "..."

She fell silent, quietly reading Mina Thorne’s photo for a long time. Her emotions grew increasingly complicated. She asked Seth Sutton, "What are you trying to say?"

Seth Sutton lifted the corner of his mouth in a smile that contained hidden achievements and fame: "Aren’t you looking for your father? Do you think Quentin Thorne is your dad?"

Sienna Thornton did not answer.

She couldn’t be sure, nor dared to imagine herself as Quentin Thorne’s daughter.

She truly did not dare to imagine... that’s why, even after nearly a year of knowing Quentin Thorne, she never dared to think in that direction.

But these connections seemed to force her into suspicion.

Online information shows Quentin Thorne is two years older than her biological father, which could likely mean Quentin’s parents declared an older age for schooling purposes.

Melinda Linton mentioned her biological father often talked about legal topics, and the Thorne Family being a distinguished family means he indeed came from a high-ranking background. This aligns with what Melinda said about her father loving law and living in a house with a yard.

She and Cyrus had always searched for her father by the surnames starting with "Tang," never considering that in Wrayhaven’s dialect, "Thorne" and "Tang" sound identical. To an illiterate Melinda with a heavy accent, she could easily have registered the wrong surname. Furthermore, an illiterate Melinda could have confused "Professor Thorne" with "Mr. Thornton."

If these were mere coincidences, then what about Mina Thorne, who looks so similar to her? Could that also be coincidental?

At this point, Sienna Thornton already had the answer in her heart.

Why did Quentin Thorne always show so much concern for her life and career in each meeting, even advising her to enter politics, and when she was taken by the police, he actively intervened on her behalf? 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

If all these could only be explained as Quentin Thorne seeing her as a promising junior, it seemed quite far-fetched.

And what of Cyrus, who once surprisingly gifted Quentin Thorne a multimillion-dollar watch...

Thinking till here, Sienna Thornton was shocked, could it be that Cyrus already knew something?

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"Why aren’t you speaking?" Seth Sutton suddenly asked.

It took a long time for Sienna Thornton to come back to her senses; she was truly too shocked!

Her hands under the table were clenched tight in fists, trying to control her slightly trembling limbs, using all her power to stay calm: "I am looking for my dad, but Dean Thorne is not him."

Seth Sutton nodded at the photo in her hand: "How do you explain the girl in the photo who looks like your twin sister then?"

Sienna Thornton just pushed the photo back to him: "There are billions of people in the world, looking alike is normal. Haven’t you ever heard the saying, ’On the other side of the world, there is another you’?"

Seth Sutton shrugged: "Never heard of it."

He stood up to leave, and just before exiting, he turned back to smile at Sienna Thornton: "Consider this my apology. If you find your biological father because of this, don’t be angry with me anymore, okay?"

Sienna Thornton didn’t respond, having no mood and no desire to engage with him.

Seth Sutton felt a bit awkward, but still had a roguish smile on his face, held up his right hand with the index and middle fingers together, and waved them at Sienna Thornton before leaving her office.

As soon as the door closed, Sienna Thornton felt as if all strength was drained from her body; her legs went weak, and she collapsed into the chair behind her, unable to recover for a long time...