Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 215

"Because..... what?" Serena parted her lips, her tongue tingling with anticipation.

"Because we're the same," William replied.

Serena froze. "The same?"

He nodded, tilting his head back. "Yeah. You and I-we're both the kind of kids nobody ever wanted."

He offered her an apologetic smile. "I hope you don't mind me saying that?"

"Not at all." Serena shook her head softly, because William was right. She really was a child nobody wanted.

But...

At least William still had his parents...

Almost as if he could read the doubt flickering in her eyes, William continued with a gentle smile, "After I turned fifteen, they never came back. Not even once."

Serena stiffened, her gaze drifting down to William's legs.

Even after the

could hear

him, a complicated feeling welling up inside her-something

really, helping you is just like helping myself." William's tone lightened, like the sun

unravel. She felt lighter, as if

Grayson, are

voice called from the

but saw no one. Two seconds later, Gabrielle

must be starving after waiting all night. I

puzzled. Hadn't he said Gabrielle stayed all night? But from the way Gabrielle spoke, it sounded like William had

He turned

looked the same as always, but Serena could sense a faint distance in his demeanor when he spoke

she just imagining

and the delicious aroma filled

Serena's stomach grumbled loudly.

William faded away, replaced by a sudden, overwhelming focus

pork, and a hearty chicken soup. Simple, but everything looked and smelled

phone rang. Finn was calling, asking him to return to the office for a

have