Chapter 15: Why aren’t You Dressed?

　　Vicente originally had four children. 　　The eldest son, Rowdy, was born by Vicente’s first wife, who died of illness later. When Rowdy was twenty years old, Vicente married his second wife. 　　Vicente’s second wife gave birth to the second son, Noel Sloan, the third son, Winfred, and the youngest daughter, Danielle Sloan. 　　When Winfred was ten years old, his mother died in a car accident. Five years ago, Noel and Winfred accidentally caught in an explosion abroad. Unfortunately, Noel died. Winfred narrowly escaped death from the accident. 　　Regrettably, Winfred was disfigured in that explosion, making him look so horrible today. 　　Probably because Winfred personally experienced the cruel accident, coupled with the death of his brother, he left the shelter of the Sloan family since then and no longer meddled in the family business. 　　Maybe because Vicente had suffered excessive grief after his son’s death, he left everything of the Sloan Group to Rowdy and retired backstage. 　　It could be said that every decision of the group was made by Rowdy in the eyes of outsiders, but only Rowdy and Ernestine knew that only Vicente had the absolute power. Therefore, they could never afford to offend Vicente. 　　That was why Ernestine’s heart skipped a beat when she heard that Lainey was actually personally selected by Vicente for Winfred. 　　Now as Ernestine saw Vicente coming up from downstairs, she was even guiltier. 　　Vicente valued family education very much. Since Blair could be beaten so badly last night under Vicente’s nose, what Winfred said might be true. 　　Yet after all, Blair was her son. Ernestine could never tolerate it and was determined to get even with Winfred. 　　But now when Ernestine saw this warning look from Vicente, she felt weak. 　　“Dad.” 　　“Why are you arguing early in the morning here?” Vicente questioned coldly, “If you are here to make trouble because of Blair’s injury, then you can leave.” 　　“No, Dad! Blair is your grandson, how could you just stand by and watch him get beaten up like that by Winfred?” 　　Ernestine was unreconciled, “The doctor said that Blair was kicked and broke two ribs! The child screamed in pain in the hospital for the whole night! Don’t you feel sorry for him at all?” 　　“Compared to the fact that he almost caused our Sloan family to become a laughingstock, this lesson is nothing.” 　　Vicente continued coldly, ‘‘Lainey is Winfred’s wife, so she’s also Blair’s elder in all senses of the word! But what did Blair do? In the garden, he blatantly misbehaved with his elder! Do you know what kind of impact this matter will have on the Sloan family if it is spread out?” 　　Ernestine was at a loss how to retort. She glared at Lainey viciously, venting all her anger on Lainey. 　　“It must be you who deliberately seduced my son! Otherwise, how could he do such a stupid thing!” 　　With a pale face, Lainey defended herself, “I didn’t!” 　　“Ernestine, if you don’t believe us, you can call Blair here and we can all confront face to face.” 　　Winfred’s face darkened and he said so coldly as he couldn’t bear to see Ernestine slander Lainey like this. 　　Since Blair was still lying in the hospital, of course Ernestine would not let him come over for confrontation. Moreover, from Vicente’s reaction, she also basically guessed the fact. 　　Ernestine roughly guessed it was her son who did such a stupid thing, otherwise Vicente would not have been so angry. 　　Although Ernestine was unwilling to give up, under Vicente’s strong warning, she could only leave the Sloan Mansion in disgrace. 　　“A loving mother often spoils her child!” 　　Vicente snorted coldly and turned his head to look at Winfred and Lainey, looking slightly better. “Since you have got up, accompany me to have breakfast!” 　　“Okay.” 　　Fearing that Winfred would refuse, Lainey took the lead and agreed with a smile. 　　Only after Vicente went downstairs did Lainey look at Winfred worriedly and ask, “Your sister-in-law is so furious. Could it be that something happened to Blair?” 　　“Don’t worry, if anything really happened to Blair, do you think she’d be in the mood to come to get even with me?” 　　Seeing Lainey’s face full of concern for him, Winfred couldn’t help but laugh lowly. 　　Then Winfred kissed her forehead, “Come on! Let’s go downstairs and have breakfast with Dad.” 　　Vicente was happy at the breakfast table. 　　“Lainey, how are you? Did you sleep well at home last night?” 　　“Yes.” 　　Lainey honestly answered Vicente’s question, but paused after seeing the servant next to her covering her mouth and snickering. 　　Did she say something funny? 　　Then Vicente asked smilingly, “Winfred didn’t bully you last night, did he?” 　　Lainey’s face immediately turned red. 　　“No.” 　　It turned out that everyone thought she had had sex with Winfred. 　　In fact, Lainey wanted to explain, but Winfred secretly held her hand and pinched her. 　　Obviously, Winfred was signaling her not to explain. So Lainey could only shut up and lowered her head to drink milk. 　　However, it was precisely this kind of bashful behavior that made Vicente misunderstand more and more. He laughed even more happily. 　　Well, for Winfred’s sake, it was not bad to make Vicente happy. 　　After breakfast, Winfred and Lainey left the Sloan Mansion and went back to the Heyday Mansion. 　　Because the redness and swelling could still be seen on her face, and the bruises on her abdomen hadn’t completely faded, Winfred helped Lainey take two days off. 　　“I can go to school.” 　　Lainey protested weakly. 　　“No, don’t take the risk until you’re fully healed.” 　　Winfred was very overbearing and rejected her request. 　　Lainey had to listen to him. 　　Elvira called and asked Lainey about why she took leave. In order not to make the matter known in the school, Lainey lied that she had fallen and hurt herself, and that it wasn’t too convenient for her to attend classes now. 　　When Lainey hung up the phone, Winfred was no longer in the living room. Thinking that he may have gone to the study to work, Lainey didn’t think too much. She turned around and prepared to go back to the bedroom to take a shower. 　　Last night in the Sloan Mansion, Lainey didn’t take a shower because of the injuries and ointment on her body, coupled with the lack of clothing. Now she felt a little sweaty and wanted to take a shower to refresh herself. 　　Back in the bedroom, Lainey opened the wardrobe and took out her change of clothes. 　　When Rooney had someone send her here, he had asked the servants to pack her belongings and send over. That was to say, they were ready for her death at that time. But this was good. Anyway, she would never go back to face that hypocritical Rooney again. 　　At this time, the bathroom door opened with a clatter. Lainey subconsciously turned back. The next moment, her face turned red. 　　“Why… Why aren’t you dressed?” 　　It turned out that Winfred hadn’t gone to work, but had come back to take a shower first! 　　“Have you ever seen someone bathing with their clothes on?” Winfred asked, raising his eyebrows. 　　“…” Lainey didn’t know how to retort. 　　No one would do that. But it seemed no one would come out of the bathroom naked like this, either!