Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 190

Serena took a deep breath and remarked, "Yes, it's much better than in our day."

As she spoke, her eyes drifted to the stage where Rock was standing. His confident demeanor, the way he carried himself, reminded her of Aaron from years ago.

In the audience, Cynthia Lynwood watched Rock and murmured, "Doesn't that student look familiar? Oh, wasn't he the one standing next to Serena when we got out of the car? Serena really has a knack for attracting admirers..."

Aaron glanced at Cynthia with a cold expression before turning his attention back to Rock on stage, his gaze unreadable.

After a few minutes, Rock's speech concluded. He descended from the stage and walked straight to Serena. "So, Serena, how did I do?"

He didn't care about anyone else's opinion, but Serena's mattered a great deal to him.

"You did wonderfully!" Serena replied sincerely. "Your speech was well-paced and fluid, and most importantly, your perspective was unique. It's rare to have such insight at your age."

for the compliment, Serena." Rock smiled, showing his most genuine smile of

a pang of envy. Her eyes fell on Serena's half- empty

let's welcome Joy to

stood up, "It's my

go on up!" Samuel encouraged

Rock, hoping for some encouragement from him. However, Rock was focused on Serena, offering

Joy gone, Rock took the opportunity to speak to Serena. "Serena, I heard you restore antiques,

sudden heat surged from her stomach to

been curious about how restorers do their magic. Serena, could you give me

Rock one of those charming, manipulative types? Samuel's instincts

his throat, "There are plenty of videos online about

Samuel returned it with a

between the two.