Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 214

William visibly stiffened.

A moment later, he turned around, his eyes soft and warm, like sunlight streaming through a window. "Just give me the watch," he said gently.

"Why won't you let me meet the owner of the watch?" Serena pressed.

"That's not what I meant-"

"Is it because you're the owner?" she asked.

William's words caught in his throat. He looked at Serena, the gentle expression

on his face giving way to a sudden chill in his eyes.

"Serena, what are you talking about?"

“That watch—it was a keepsake from your parents, wasn't it? Why didn't you ever tell me the truth?"

William's gaze sharpened.

long pause

low. "The watch did

Serena frowned in confusion.

my parents' story, don't you?" he

Serena nodded.

were nothing short

backgrounds was insurmountable. The Grayson family had refused to allow William's mother to marry into their elite clan, and forced William's father, Garnett Grayson, into

found out, she left

took over the Grayson Group and had two sons

people thought Garnett and William's mother were

son's fifth birthday, in

stunning announcement: he was divorcing his wife

Graysons created a

lavish wedding only fueled the gossip, and soon, their

hadn't even been born yet; everything she knew was just stories passed

have parents so deeply in love," William said, his gaze fixed on the wall. Half his face was bathed in sunlight,

traveling together, leaving me behind in Northspire. My two brothers didn't like

I got a little older, my father resigned as CEO of the company, took my mother, and left Northspire for good. He called it 'making it up

loved my mother. But his world was so small, it only had room for her. My mother's world was just as tiny—so small