readease Chapter 680: This Is Her Choice
Chapter 680: This Is Her Choice
Because she knows herself too well.
All her secret, dirty thoughts are laid bare in front of Selena Kensington.
This makes Roxanne Sutton feel very suppressed.
But she feels helpless against Selena.
This contradictory mentality has fostered her hostility towards Selena.
Just as Selena and Roxanne settled their talk, Lark Mayfield and Miles Goodman walked out from the main residence.
Annelise Mayfield saw the two coming out and swiftly walked over.
"Aunt!"
Even before she reached Lark Mayfield, she hurriedly shouted.
Lark Mayfield raised her eyes to look over.
Seeing Annelise, her gaze paused.
Then she looked beyond Annelise towards Selena and Roxanne.
She glanced at them briefly then withdrew her gaze.
"Where are you staying in Aethelgard?"
Lark Mayfield lazily glanced at Annelise.
Annelise was stunned, and when she saw the mysterious look in Lark Mayfield’s eyes, she seemed to understand something.
She quickly replied, "In an apartment complex next to my agency, the environment there is pretty good, I’m planning to have Roxanne live with me there."
After saying this, Annelise glanced at Miles beside Lark, then paused.
"But there are only two rooms, so aunt might..."
Before Annelise could finish, Lark nudged Miles with her elbow.
"You see, if you don’t take me, I’ll be left wandering the streets."
Lark blinked and said this with a straight face and unwavering demeanor.
"..."
Annelise was so shocked she couldn’t close her mouth.
Is this the cold, stern aunt she remembered?!
How...
The difference is too immense!
Annelise couldn’t help glancing at Miles, wondering what about him had enraptured her aunt...
For him, the aunt even uttered such things.
It’s well understood that as the Family Head of the Mayfield Family.
In front of outsiders and family members, she always maintained an icy and prideful image.
To have such casual words, with even a hint of coyness in her tone, spoken to a man.
This was the first time Annelise saw it.
Miles, of course, knew Lark’s mind.
Yet he didn’t expose her.
Miles gently nodded, a soft smile at the corner of his mouth, "Won’t let you be left wandering the streets."
Lark was immediately satisfied, even her imposing, cold demeanor relaxed significantly.
Annelise, having witnessed all this, was speechless.
At this point, Selena and Roxanne approached.
Roxanne seemed still afraid of Lark, hesitant to get too close.
Selena glanced at Lark and Miles, then noticed their intertwined hands, raising her eyebrows slightly.
"Miles, are you leaving?"
She casually brought up a topic.
Miles slightly nodded, "You’ve just recovered from the first time, the second won’t come so quickly. Conveniently, Timothy will return from Mount Nimbus in the next few days, I’ll cooperate with them to handle those herbs."
Selena smiled and nodded, "Thank you."
After asking Miles, she then looked towards Lark Mayfield, "Patriarch Mayfield, can I borrow someone from you?"
Lark glanced at Selena, then looked towards Roxanne.
With Lark’s gaze, Roxanne instinctively straightened her posture.
She had a deep-seated fear of Lark.
Lark merely glanced at Roxanne then withdrew her sight.
She chuckled lightly, "It’s her choice, no need to ask me."
After chuckling, she returned to her indifferent demeanor.
Roxanne was stunned hearing Lark’s words.
Selena offered a smiling nod, "Thank you."
Annelise, on the other hand, had a bit of impatience, she kept recalling what Roxanne had said earlier.
She remarked how the Mayfield family didn’t value her, treating her like a pet for entertainment.
And Lark had them locked up in Westport with no future in sight.
Yet Annelise disagreed.
So she instinctively refuted Roxanne’s words.
"Aunt!..."
The young girl exclaimed urgently.
When Lark looked over, Annelise gazed into the calm eyes, feeling full safety.
So she spoke without hesitation.
"Aunt, did Roxanne say the Mayfield family has always ignored her, keeping her closed in Westport to destroy her future, is this true?"
Annelise looked with yearning and urgency at Lark Mayfield.
Roxanne didn’t expect Annelise to ask so openly; her body stiffened.
Then she slightly turned her face as if avoiding Lark’s gaze.
But she instinctively clenched her hands hidden behind her back.
Lark heard Annelise’s question and looked at Roxanne.
Roxanne’s little actions didn’t escape Lark’s notice.
She calmly spoke, "Is this what you think?"
Upon hearing this, the atmosphere remained quiet for a long time.
Only when Roxanne snapped back to reality did she realize Lark was addressing her.
Roxanne hesitated, finding herself diving into Lark’s steady gaze, as if a deep pool with no ripples, she suddenly couldn’t speak.
"This was your mother’s will."
Lark spoke lightly.
What she said left Roxanne completely stunned.
"You don’t bear any blood of the Mayfield family, your mother hoped you would grow up like a normal person, thus I never required you to adhere to the Mayfield family identity."
"When you initially wanted to leave Westport, I didn’t stop you, it was your choice."
"And when you returned to Westport distressed, I also said nothing, I simply honored your mother’s will, protecting you when necessary."
This was Lark’s longest speech since arriving in Aethelgard.
She spoke gently.
She wasn’t explaining; she didn’t like explaining.
Only Annelise’s mention had prompted her to recall this matter.
Roxanne’s mother saved Lark, even bringing Lark back to the Mayfield family.
After her mother died, Lark, in gratitude, had adhered to her will ever since.
Once Lark finished, Roxanne fell into complete silence.
Selena also hadn’t expected such origins.
Yet, if Roxanne’s mother had favored Lark, it explained why Lark acted against Selena in the past; after all, she owed Roxanne’s mother.
With Roxanne’s mother deceased, this indebtedness naturally fell upon Roxanne herself.
Later, when Lark and Miles left, Annelise stayed with Roxanne standing there.
After standing for a long period, Roxanne finally came to her senses.
"Let’s go..."
Roxanne said with a slightly hoarse voice.