Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 88

But who could have imagined that behind it all lay a web of intricate schemes?

No wonder when she returned to the collector, hoping to buy back the Tri-Glaze Pottery, she was told it had already been sold!

Her body trembled more violently, yet her gaze at Cynthia Lynwood was terrifyingly calm.

"I need to see Aaron."

"Why do you still cling to hope?" Cynthia Lynwood caressed the Tri-Glaze Pottery

in her hands. "Serena, my patience is wearing thin. If you don't sign, I'll smash this Tri-Glaze Pottery to pieces."

"This is your father's legacy. Can you bear to see it destroyed?"

Serena squinted her eyes. "What did you say?"

Cynthia Lynwood replied, "I'll count to three, and if you still refuse..."

"No need to count," Serena interrupted. "I agree!"

A triumphant smile appeared on Cynthia Lynwood's face. "Serena, at least you know when to concede. Sign it."

"Wait!" Serena called out. "I have a condition."

"What condition?"

can

"Cynthia!" Matthew interjected anxiously.

confident Serena couldn't cause any trouble. Rising from her wheelchair, she moved cautiously to the bedside, stopping several steps

"Let Aaron see me."

"Serena, how many times must I tell you? Aaron has no desire to

a sudden

neck was gripped tightly by

sensation of suffocation overwhelmed

"Se...Se..."

neck, her gaze coldly fixed on Matthew. "Don't come any

if it would break with the slightest

frozen,

be rash," Matthew tried to soothe Serena. "Murder is a

on the brink of death; do you think I care?"

looking from Serena

head in

a deep breath. "I'll get Aaron. Just stay

that, he rushed out of

outside, he was