Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 121

Serena stood there, biting her lip as she faced the roguishly charming man in front of her.

Frederick!

He was Aaron's closest friend.

Though their encounters had been few, Serena had never liked Frederick.

He was notorious for his cavalier attitude toward relationships, changing partners more often than he changed his clothes. Even though he was generous with breakup settlements, the way he treated love as a game was exactly the sort of behavior Serena despised.

"Mr. Foster, are you trying to stop me?" Serena took a deep breath, her expression softening slightly as she spoke.

Frederick gave a slight, rakish smile. "I am."

"And what if I insist on leaving?" Serena asked.

"Then I'm afraid I'll have to be less than courteous."

At his words, a group of bodyguards emerged from behind Frederick.

Immediately, William's men stepped forward, encircling Serena protectively. Tension crackled in the air as both sides stood ready to clash.

Suddenly, the sound of a wheelchair rolling across the floor cut through the standoff, followed by a voice as warm as a spring breeze. "Mr. Foster."

William had arrived.

"Before Aaron left, he told me you might try to take Serena away. I didn't believe it then, but seeing you

longer loves Aaron. Letting her go would be best for both of them. As Aaron's friend, you know what the right

sparkling with amusement, dimmed for a

didn't truly want to

Aaron was his

Aaron

between them, it's their business,

tilted his head slightly.

steely glint flashed in

beside him, Finn reacted swiftly, aiming a strike

signal for action sent William's men surging forward like

side, naturally unwilling to back down, charged as

erupted

caught in the center, was jostled and pushed until

in the car," William instructed,

toward the car, shielded by

men were too

evenly

long, William's men began to falter under

wheelchair,

but also the Foster family's are

was Alderburg,

even Frederick was backing him