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

he spoke, his voice low. "The watch did

Serena frowned in confusion.

probably know about my parents'

Serena nodded.

William's parents were

gap between their 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 an arranged marriage with someone from

found out, she left Northspire without

Garnett took over the Grayson Group and had two

thought Garnett and William's mother were

on his second son's fifth birthday, in front of a room

divorcing his wife

Graysons created a scandal that rocked

wedding only fueled the gossip, and soon, their love story became the stuff of

even been born yet; everything she knew was just stories passed

the wall. Half his

a child, my parents were always off traveling together, leaving me behind in Northspire. My two brothers didn't like me. Whenever my parents

when I got a little older, my father resigned as CEO of the company, took my mother, and left Northspire for good. He

loved my mother. But his world was so small, it only had room for