Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 237

The first episode was edited and ready just two days later.

Since the producers were waiting to see the audience's reaction before deciding whether to keep filming, Serena didn't need to go to the studio for now. Instead, she slipped right back into her usual routine at the antique restoration center. After work, she and William headed over to Giles's place to discuss the lawsuit. Giles still wore the same stone-faced expression he'd had when they first met- prickly and hard to approach-but when it came to analyzing the case, he took things seriously.

Neither Serena nor William knew the first thing about legal matters.

So, to avoid getting in Giles's way, they wandered out to the backyard to admire the flowers.

Out there, Serena leaned over and whispered, "So what did you actually do to change his mind?"

"I told you," William replied with a small smile, his gaze drifting toward the flowerbeds, "I reasoned with him, appealed to his emotions." He paused, surveying the withered garden. "This time of year, everything's dead."

"Yeah," Serena said, following his eyes.

Giles's backyard had a few flowers thrown in without much thought, and since no one bothered to tend them, the beds were wild and overgrown. Winter was coming, and the green leaves had long since fallen away, leaving only dry, tangled stems behind.

Suddenly, Serena had an idea. "I'm going to grab some shears and tidy up these branches a bit."

spotted a pair of

she reached for them, a sharp voice

jumped out of

at her. Serena gestured toward the backyard. "I just

snatched the scissors from her hand with

around Giles and realized that for all his frosty demeanor, he was warmer underneath. So she didn't take

could retreat, the quiet was broken by the rolling sound of wheels and a cold,

into her throat-just for a second, she

saw William's gentle, composed face,

blurted, flustered. "It was my fault, I shouldn't have

he should apologize." William's gaze never left Giles. "As a gentleman, is this really

Giles: "???"

touch with the world for so long? Did he have to apologize just for

look William gave him. For some reason, the

"...Sorry."

blinked. "It's fine-really, it's

did William seem satisfied. "Serena would