Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 67

Chapter 68

"There's a celebration dinner on Friday. You need to be there."

Another order.

Serena clenched her fists. "I'm not going!"

"You have to!" Aaron's tone was authoritative, leaving no room for argument.

"And what if I just don't go?" Serena bit her lip defiantly.

"There is no 'what if." With that, Aaron turned and walked away, disappearing through the doorway.

Serena picked up the glass in her hand and hurled it toward the door. "Aaron, you're such a jerk!"

Downstairs, Aaron paused briefly before leaving the house.

Over an hour later.

Serena finally composed herself and went downstairs.

The breakfast had gone cold.

Used to fending for herself, Serena headed to the kitchen.

But as she reached for the eggs, she noticed Olivia standing in the doorway.

in silence, the

Finally, Olivia spoke. "Pasta?"

Serena nodded.

into the kitchen. "You should

took out

for

said, gently nudging Serena out

Serena realized

and before long, a steaming bowl of pasta was placed in front of

"Thank you," Serena said.

just turned back to the

didn't hold back, diving

cooking was excellent, and Serena quickly finished the generous

carried the bowl back to

reached for the faucet, a sharp

her grasp, shattering on

Serena crouched on

Olivia.

struggling to speak.

panicked. "Mr. Vance has

911..." Serena managed to

she

Olivia caring for her

you have a stress ulcer. Luckily, it was caught early, so medication should help," Olivia explained, handing a bowl of soup to Serena. "He also mentioned it's stress-related, so you need to manage your emotions

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