The Tired Bird Rests

Sienna Lewis had been with Sea City’s cold and distant CEO, Zayden Scott, for four years, but he still refused to let his guard down.

So, she called her mother.

“Mom, you can go ahead and arrange that pilot interview for me now.”

On the other end, Helen Bennett sounded shocked.

“Really? Didn’t you want to stay in Sea City and get married? You even gave up your dream of becoming a pilot.”

Sienna looked at Zayden under the dim lights. He was madly obsessed with that girl and terrified of losing her.

She smiled self-deprecatingly.

Once she returned to Helmswick, her career would pick up again.

From then on, nothing would hold her back. She would be Sienna Lewis, the pilot, again, not some pathetic woman—trapped in a forbidden love affair.

Sienna Lewis had been with Sea City’s cold and distant CEO, Zayden Scott, for four years, but he still refused to get close to her.

So, she called her mother. “Mom, you can go ahead and arrange that pilot interview for me now.”

On the other end, Helen Bennett sounded shocked. “Really? Didn’t you want to stay in Sea City and marry Zayden? You even gave up your dream of becoming a pilot.”

Thinking about the stupid things she had done four years ago, Sienna smiled self-deprecatingly.

She had given up her career for Zayden.

But in the end, it was all for nothing.

“I was just too full of myself.”

She thought he would warm up to her.

But she had lost completely.

Helen chuckled and said, “Silly girl, when your career takes off, you’ll have any man you want. Don’t waste yourself on just one man. Leave Zayden and come back to Helmswick.”

“Okay. I’ll get ready.”

With that, Sienna hung up.

The sounds of pleasure from the next room continued without an end in sight. When she reached the door, she heard Zayden’s low, muffled groans.

Peeking through the crack, she saw the dimly lit study in utter chaos. A white dress hung around Zayden’s waist as his hand moved up and down.

In the end, he leaned his head back and softly called out a name.

“Riley.”

A strawberry brooch was pinned to the white dress.

Sienna recognized it instantly. The dress belonged to Zayden’s adopted daughter, Riley Scott.

Sienna clenched her fists. The pain of her nails digging into her flesh was nothing compared to the stabbing ache in her heart.

This had happened a dozen times in the past month.

At first, she was shocked. Then, she broke down.

In the end, she felt nothing but disgust.

So, the heir of the Scott family in Sea City, who everyone said was cold, distant, and acted high and mighty, actually had urges he could not control. Also, the person he used to satisfy them was not his girlfriend, Sienna, but his own adopted daughter.

Sienna numbly walked back to her room.

She looked at their photo hanging on the wall, and her mind