Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 221

Serena didn't give it much thought and simply followed Abby into the recording hall.

Inside, aside from the production crew for *Antiquities Gambit*, there were only three others present-the contestants.

There were supposed to be five contestants in total.

Which meant one person hadn't arrived yet.

At Abby's direction, Serena took a seat beside the other three.

The contestants, sizing up Serena-so young, strikingly pretty, and hardly looking

like an antiques expert-immediately seemed less interested in her.

Just then, someone called out, "She's here, she's here! Miss Lynwood just arrived!"

At the sound of "Lynwood," Serena instinctively thought of one person.

She looked up and, sure enough, saw Cynthia Lynwood gliding in from the doorway. Serena's eyes flickered, but her face gave nothing away.

Serena at once and strode over with infectious enthusiasm. "Serena! I didn't expect

hand, eager

step

tense. Awkward silence fell across the

these two shared. Doing her best to smooth things over, she quickly said, "Wow, I had no idea you two actually knew each other! Well, let me do a quick introduction. This is Cynthia Lynwood-Miss Lynwood. She's an amateur collector, not exactly an expert in the field, but the point

who asks the questions everyone at home

been bought by a very generous sponsor. That was why Abby's boss had come rushing in with last-minute changes the night

Serena-after all, she was the only contestant without

because Abby argued her case that Serena

nobody minded a well-connected contestant-after all, who in their right

of them stepped forward to shake

Except for Serena.

issue and moved on to

round man from the university's history

silver-haired, bespectacled gentleman described as

finally, Rosa Fairchild, director

saved Serena's introduction