Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 107

His sister was three years older than him, around the same age as Serena. She had always been kind to him. But when she turned ten, she suddenly vanished without a trace. It was as if she had evaporated from the world, and she was never found again.

Becoming a private detective was partly Rock's quest to find his sister. He shook off the memories and refocused, responding to Serena's message.

Serena was running a bath when she heard the notification. She picked up her phone.

"Could you check this private hospital for me? I need to know when I did a kidney match with a woman named Cynthia Lynwood, and what the results were."

Rock replied quickly, "Got it."

Serena turned off the tap and placed her phone on the shelf, sinking into the bath. She added a few drops of rose oil, the fragrance wafting through the room, slowly easing the tension in her muscles. She leaned back, closed her eyes, and savored the rare moment of tranquility.

Aaron, reeking of alcohol, staggered in. His shirt collar was undone, revealing a well-defined

her into his gaze. Before she could react, Aaron's towering figure moved toward her, and his

was to bite Aaron, but he seemed to anticipate her move, holding her jaw firmly. She was trapped, forced to endure

most vulnerable spot. She squeezed her

pained groan echoed through

expression darkening as the alcohol's haze

Serena wrapped a towel around herself. "Serves you right!" she snapped,

temples, his gaze growing more foreboding. He followed her out, watching her retreating figure. "You agreed to the substitute marriage because your sister's

in her search for clothes. "What do

he's still Young Master William. Marrying him

for the

parted slightly. That wasn't