Chapter 49\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hayden stiffened slightly when he felt the weight on his shoulder. Then, he couldn\u2019t help but laugh.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHey. Your wife fell asleep,\u201d he said to Clayton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton turned his head and frowned at the sight. He reached out to shake Sienna awake.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIs it over already?\u201d Sienna jolted awake and straightened up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton\u2019s expression remained unchanged as he said sternly, \u201cNo. There\u2019s still more than half of the performance left. Sit properly and watch.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna sighed and mumbled a rant like an old woman. \u201cLife is so hard. At my age, I still have to suffer through this. Money is so hard to earn.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hayden chuckled. \u201cYou make it sound like you\u2019re an old lady.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Miles turned around and made a \u201czip it\u201d gesture. With that, Sienna shut up. She did like to sleep anywhere and anytime, but\u00a0<\/p>\n
she still had basic manners.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, this stage play was far too sleep\u2013inducing. It was like a math class, and it made her drowsy no matter how hard she tried to stay awake.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She forced herself to watch for a bit. Onstage, the plot reached the point where Paige had a huge fight with Shaun and went to confront Wynter. Their argument became heated. Then, a fire broke out, and Paige fled alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton suddenly nudged her and asked in a low voice, \u201cWhy did Paige run away by herself? She clearly had a chance to take Wynter with her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Half\u2013asleep, Sienna yawned and answered listlessly, \u201cShe was probably terrified. Plus, she was already breaking down\u00a0<\/p>\n
mentally. It\u2019s a natural reaction for her to save herself. Besides, Wynter didn\u2019t really treat her like a true best friend anyway. Why should she risk her life for her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton\u2019s gaze deepened. \u201cMaybe she really wanted Wynter to die.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow would I know? Go ask the director,\u201d Sienna said with a huff. She hadn\u2019t expected him to actually discuss the plot with\u00a0<\/p>\n
her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton pressed, \u201cWhat if it were you? What would you do?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna snorted. \u201cIf it were me, I\u2019d let Wynter burn along with that scumbag. Neither of them is any good anyway.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton raised a brow. \u201cYou\u2019re ruthless, aren\u2019t you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna ignored him. Onstage, Wynter was back to being all pretentious and giving mixed signals to Shaun. It was ridiculous and unbearable to watch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before long, her eyelids grew heavy again. Once again, her head tilted back onto Hayden\u2019s shoulder.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hayden sensed that she was genuinely out cold this time and simply let her lean on him. Clayton had just finished replying to a work message on his phone. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the irritating scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Why was she leaning on Hayden again? Did he have spikes on his shoulder or something?\u00a0<\/p>\n
This time, he didn\u2019t wake her. Instead, he gently cupped her cheek and shifted her head onto his own shoulder.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna frowned slightly, but she was sleeping too deeply to resist him. In the end, her head settled on his shoulder while she remained fast asleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hayden watched every move Clayton made closely. One corner of his mouth curved upward into a teasing smirk.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Y CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 49\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton turned to face the front as if nothing had happened and pretended not to notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When the play ended and the lights came back on, the audience began to file out. Sienna, however, was still sleeping soundly against Clayton\u2019s shoulder.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He reached out and pinched her cheek. He said with disdain, \u201cHey. Wake up already. You\u2019re drooling all over my shoulder.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna woke up and instinctively wiped the corner of her mouth. There was nothing there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Annoyed, she snapped, \u201cYou\u2019re the one drooling.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She even deliberately rubbed her hand on his suit jacket. \u201cYou would still drool even if you went and got the condition treated.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton chuckled softly and replied, \u201cThen I must have gotten it from you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hayden raised an eyebrow. \u201cAre you saying it\u2019s transmitted by kissing?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Suddenly, Sienna asked, \u201cWhy can\u2019t I seem to find the words I want to say?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hayden answered seriously, \u201cBecause you just woke up, and your brain\u2019s all fuzzy?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She got the divorce and bolted 49 Chapter 49\u00a0 Hayden stiffened slightly when he felt the weight on his shoulder. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-she-got-the-divorce-and-bolted-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}