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.

moment before finally leaving

moonlit room, Serena's face

if you stop

...

day, Serena

day she was discharged from

Aaron didn't show up.

why he couldn't come to pick you up," Olivia said as she opened the car door for Serena, attempting to explain

Serena remained silent.

worsened to the point of needing emergency care, so it was

at the first intersection," Serena instructed the driver once she was

plans to pick

owner of the vase was offering a price

restore it, she'd earn a handsome

loved restoring antiques, and she loved

the driver let

Sullivan, will you be home for lunch?"

"No."

was keen to avoid Rosewood Gardens at all costs

for the unresolved kidney

have left Alderburg

"Alright."

car door,