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

"The watch did

Serena frowned in confusion.

parents' story, don't you?"

Serena nodded.

Northspire, William's parents were nothing short of

refused to allow William's mother to marry into their elite clan, and forced William's father,

William's mother found out, she left Northspire

over the Grayson Group and had two sons with his wife- William's

thought Garnett and William's mother were ancient

in front of a room full of

was divorcing his wife and

the first family of Northspire, the Graysons created a scandal that

their love story became the stuff of legend-envied by

everything

have parents so deeply in love," William said, his gaze fixed on the wall. Half his face was bathed in sunlight, the other half shrouded in shadow. "But I'm the only one

off traveling together, leaving me behind in Northspire. My two brothers didn't like me. Whenever my parents were away, they took every opportunity to make my

CEO of the company, took my mother, and left Northspire for good. He called

his world was so small, it only had room for her. My