Chapter 1

After the scholarship student Lily appeared, my three childhood friends stopped clinging to me.

At a banquet, my dad suddenly asked me:

"Sienna, tell Dad who you like, bring him over, and I'll arrange your engagement today!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone at the banquet looked toward the three wealthy heirs who used to dote on me.

But they acted as if they hadn't heard a thing.

Ethan was feeding Lily food, Lucas was making Lily laugh, and Ryan was massaging Lily's shoulders.

The scene became awkward, and Dad's expression stiffened.

I quickly spoke up: "Dad, my boyfriend is overseas. I'll bring him to meet you when the time comes."

The three childhood friends heard my words and scoffed mockingly, glancing at me.

I knew they didn't believe I had a boyfriend.

They thought I was just trying to save face.

But actually, I really did have a boyfriend.

The next time I went to the three childhood friends' homes, it was to deliver my wedding invitations.

While I was having tea with Mrs. Ashford in the living room, Ethan came downstairs.

Mrs. Ashford called to him: "Ethan, we were just talking about Sienna's wedding—"

Ethan, exuding the aura of a CEO, glared at me coldly: "Sienna Walsh, who said I was going to marry you?"

"Don't ask my mom to be your mediator. I told you I'm not interested in you. You better give up on that idea!"

After saying this, he left the house impatiently.

Mrs. Ashford sighed helplessly: "This child only hears half of what people say. Who said she was marrying him?"

She looked at me apologetically because of Ethan's rudeness. "Sienna, I'm sorry. I don't know what's gotten into Ethan. He used to care for you so much, competing and arguing with those other two boys to treat you well."

"I originally thought if you were to become my daughter-in-law, Ethan would have to work hard to beat those two boys, but who would have thought..."

I smiled and shook my head: "If there's no chemistry, there's nothing we can do. Well, Auntie, I'll be going now."

"Alright, we'll attend your wedding."

After leaving the Ashford home, I went to the Sterling residence.

When the servant led me in, Lucas was on a phone call. When he saw me, a mocking smile curved at the corner of his mouth.

He walked over: "Ethan just called saying you went to his house trying to force him into marriage, and now that he rejected you, you've come to me?"

He had always worn a mask of gentleness: "Sienna, I thought the last banquet made it very clear. We don't like you and won't marry you. You shouldn't pester us like this."

I smiled and nodded: "That's why I'm just here to deliver my wedding invitation."

He froze, then mockingly curled his lips: "Is Sienna trying to pull the same stunt your dad did last time, announcing things without asking first, then appointing one of us as the groom at the wedding, thinking we won't embarrass you and will help you stage a fake wedding?"

"Tsk tsk, Sienna, haven't you learned your lesson from last time?"

"I've told you, we don't like you. To avoid Lily misunderstanding, we won't give you face. When you can't get off the stage, it'll be too late to make up another fake boyfriend."

I shook my head and was about to speak when his phone rang again.

When he saw the caller ID, his expression softened. He answered: "Hello, Lily."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

After responding gently, he looked at me, silently mouthed "take care of yourself," and walked past me to leave.

I sighed helplessly. It seemed that because of the incident at the last banquet when my dad asked me to publicly acknowledge a boyfriend, they were convinced I was trying to force one of them to marry me this time too.

Whatever. They'd find out eventually.

Mrs. Sterling came out, warmly received me, accepted my invitation, and sighed, "My Lucas doesn't have the good fortune."

I came to deliver the invitations in person because, setting aside the friendship between me and the three childhood friends that no longer existed, their parents had treated me extremely well.

When Mom died and Dad was busy with his career, I had rotated between their three homes. I wouldn't forget the warmth from those times.

I suddenly saw Lily's social media post—she had posted photos of the four of them at an amusement park.

So I felt confident going to the third childhood friend's home.