Obedience No More He's the One I Deserved novel Chapter 230

Dawn stayed quiet for a long time. Sydney still didn't say a word.

Finally, Dawn spoke in a flat tone. "Sydney, if you called me here just to let me admire your little show, then there's no reason for me to sit here any longer."

Right before Dawn stood up, Sydney finally opened her mouth.

"Dawn, aren't you curious why Austin adopted you?"

Dawn frowned in confusion. "What do you mean?"

Sydney laughed sharply. "Hahaha ... so you really don't know!"

Seeing Dawn's reaction gave Sydney a twisted sense of balance. So what if Dawn had everything? She is still just a fool who has been kept in the dark.

Sydney's wrists were cuffed, her eyes bloodshot with rage. "I'll never tell you ... Austin is the only one who knows besides me!"

She suddenly burst into wild, manic laughter.

Dawn's brows tightened. She waited until Sydney calmed a little before speaking again.

"I never asked you to tell me anything. I don't even want to know. Sydney, I've never wronged you. What you've become today ... you brought it on yourself."

So what if Austin had his reasons for adopting me? It didn't change anything.

If Austin hadn't shown up, she probably would've grown up in an orphanage anyway.

Sydney's proud smile froze. "You're not even a little curious?"

"Why should I care about the past?"

...

Sydney clenched her hands on the table until her nails broke her skin.

After a long pause, her hoarse voice cracked with disbelief. "He ... he never really wanted to adopt you! Doesn't that bother you? Don't you want to know why?"

She had overheard Austin saying it on the phone not long ago.

And she was sure not even the Osbornes knew the truth.

Taking a deep breath, Sydney locked her eyes on Dawn, desperate to catch the tiniest flicker of emotion on her face.

But Dawn's expression stayed calm. "And if I did want to know, would you tell me?"

"I'd never tell you!"

"So what's the point?"

Had she gone brain-dead after just a few days in jail?

Dawn spread her hands. "Why don't you say what you really want to say? I'm already here. It won't be so easy to see me again next time."

"You!"

So Dawn had once been cherished like that. How could she still act so calm even if that love turned out to be fake?

She clicked her tongue twice. "But too bad. I can't cancel it anymore."

Her eyes gleamed with madness. "By tomorrow, everyone across the country will know your story with Austin. Let's see how people react when they find out you two have been hiding behind the title of uncle and niece ... "

She didn't say the last few words out loud. But her exaggerated mouth shape made it crystal clear what she meant.

Dawn had already prepared herself, but in that moment, she still couldn't hold back. She stepped forward and slapped her hard across the face.

Sydney's head snapped to the side, but she didn't move, frozen in place.

Dawn had no more patience to waste. She drew in a deep breath, towering over her.

"Sydney, there's nothing wrong with loving someone. But you ... you're just a pitiful, twisted, obsessive mess."

With that, Dawn turned and walked straight out of the visitation room.

Sydney's shrill voice followed, only to be cut off as the heavy door slammed shut.

Ethan saw how pale Dawn's face had gone. He walked over and gently held her hand.

Dawn looked back at him.

"Any news today?"

Her voice trembled so softly that he almost didn't catch it. He was about to ask her to repeat, but she steadied herself and said in a low voice, "Check your phone. See if anything's hit the news yet."