Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 19

When Shannon finished speaking, a look of bewilderment flashed across Adam's usually calm face.

It was as if he hadn't understood what she meant just now.

They were talking about switching rooms, right? Why did it turn into moving out?

Scott and the others were in disbelief as well. They felt that Shannon was making mountains out of molehills.

"Do you really have to go that far?"

It wasn't even anything serious!

Hank had a disdainful look on his face. "You're not a kid anymore. Running away from home won't have any effect on the Jensens."

He felt that Shannon didn't mean it. After all, the Jensens were different from the Grays. They were one of the top wealthy merchant families in Seatone City. Hank doubted that Shannon would want to leave.

Nearby, Linda said hypocritically, "Shannon, you did something wrong, and Adam just gave you a gentle reminder. Why do you have to go so far as to threaten to run away from home? You have such a terrible temper."

It was only at that moment that Adam sensed that something was off.

He did notice Scott's attitude toward Shannon yesterday, but he just assumed that Scott was still young and couldn't get used to a sudden addition to the family. But now, Adam could see that Hank, Caleb, and even Linda weren't quite friendly toward Shannon.

If they were already saying such things with him around, how much worse would it be in his absence?

"Shannon, you—"

Frowning, Adam wanted to get to the bottom of this, but Shannon didn't intend to continue listening.

Turning around, she suddenly called out to something in the house. Soon, a small white fox with a round body instantly leaped into her arms.

Shannon caught it straight away. Then, she grabbed her bag, which she had just brought back from her rented house. She didn't even open her bag, leaving it exactly how it was when she came. Turning around, she went downstairs.

It was only then that Adam realized that he must have done something wrong just now. He hastily reached out to stop Shannon.

"Shannon, if you were mistreated in any way, please tell me. Don't…"

Adam wanted to tell Shannon not to let her emotions cloud her judgment.

But Shannon just looked at him with a calm look in her eyes.

"I'm fine."

She had simply given up.

Shannon had always known that she would never have strong familial ties.

In the past 18 years, she had never experienced familial bonds in the Gray family, so she wouldn't expect to get them in the Jensen family.

Perhaps Hector had sincerely accepted her, but the Jensen family didn't belong to him alone.

Since they couldn't get along, Shannon decided to stop trying.

She had finally broken free from the chains of the Gray family. In the future, she would live her life however she wanted.

With the little fox in her arms, Shannon walked around Adam. She didn't even spare a glance back at them as she left without hesitation.

"What… She got into trouble, but she left just like that? How irresponsible!"

Scott was shocked to see that Shannon had left like she said she would. He couldn't help but complain under his breath, but as soon as he said those words, Adrian slapped him on the head.

"How does this concern you at all? You keep yapping non-stop every day. Just shut up for once!"

With violent suppression from his father, Scott finally shut up obediently.

Hector had been silent all this while. At that moment, he finally did something and went after Shannon.

Shannon thought that he was trying to get her to stay, but to her surprise, Hector turned around and told the butler to get a car ready to see her off.