Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 103

"Yes, you heard me right. I did it on purpose. If you want your precious Cynthia safe and sound, not getting upset, then you better call off our wedding. Otherwise, if she gets so mad she ends up in a worse state, you'll be the one feeling sorry!"

Aaron rubbed his temples, trying to stay calm. "Serena, do you realize Cynthia ended up in the emergency room? She's in recovery and can't handle any stress right now."

Serena's expression shifted slightly before she let out a cold laugh. "If you care about her that much, then cancel the wedding already!"

Aaron clenched his fists, frustration boiling over. "How did you become so unreasonable? We're talking about a life here, a living, breathing life!"

"Unreasonable?!" Serena's voice rose, matching his intensity. "When you asked me to donate a kidney, did you ever stop to think that I, too, have a life?"

"But donating a kidney won't kill you!"

Serena looked at Aaron, her smile spreading slowly like ripples across water. "Right, I'm indestructible, invincible, while Cynthia Lynwood is a fragile porcelain doll, needing all the care in the world."

Aaron's eyes darkened with regret. "That's not what I meant. I just thought..."

"Mr. Vance," Serena's gaze turned icy, "it's getting late. Do you have anything else to say?"

Aaron hesitated, words failing him.

"If not, then you can leave!"

Turning her back on him, Serena lay down.

Her indifferent figure offered no warmth or comfort.

silently for a moment

moonlit room, Serena's face

stop loving

...

Serena woke

was the day she was discharged

Aaron didn't show up.

Vance is probably busy with company matters, which is why he couldn't come to pick you up," Olivia said as she opened the car door for Serena,

Serena remained silent.

had worsened to the point of needing emergency

Serena instructed the driver once she

to pick up

that the owner of the

it, she'd earn a handsome

loved restoring antiques, and

intersection, the

will you be home for lunch?"

"No."

avoid Rosewood Gardens at

for the unresolved kidney donation issue with Cynthia

have left Alderburg

"Alright."

the car door, and