Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 183

"Aaron?" Serena stared in panic at Aaron as he slowly approached, feeling as if someone had gripped her throat, making it hard to breathe.

Could it be that he already knew the secret beneath the old oak tree?

The mere thought that Aaron might have already seen those notes made her feel even more suffocated.

"How did you find this place?" she asked, trying to keep her voice steady.

"I followed you, of course," Aaron replied, narrowing his eyes. "You seemed so flustered, like you were hiding something."

Serena finally relaxed. It seemed Aaron had no idea about this spot after all.

This place was a discovery she made before she and Aaron were together. There was no way he could know about it.

Back then, she went to great lengths to find this little hollow, just to keep her sappy notes hidden from prying eyes.

"I'm not like Mr. Vance, spending my days doing shady things and suspecting everyone else of the same," she said, glancing at a large rock to ensure everything was in order before walking past Aaron, heading out of the grove.

Serena's wrist. "Do you really want to

they say there's no honest business, and Mr. Vance exemplifies that perfectly. You promised me that once you returned, we wouldn't meet

be at the reunion today!"

offering a faint smile. "Then... if we meet by chance, shouldn't

stepping aside, Aaron had followed her

uncertain why he himself had

watched her retreating figure, feeling his heart sink inch by

rock nearby, his gaze growing more

he had come here, either. He had just felt restless at the thought of Serena's smile

behind the crowd of flatterers and wandered slowly around the campus, reminiscing about his college days with

he found himself

pursuing him, she would often

turning over the rock that Serena had

a multitude of small

up one

but the