Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 244

Hearing Aaron's oh-so-obvious denial, Serena couldn't help but laugh even harder.

"Aaron, this is Northspire, not Alderburg. You don't get to make the rules here!" she shot back.

She had been a little disheartened when she realized Abby had lied to her, but now that Aaron was trying to control things, she was more determined than ever to win first place.

Aaron watched Serena, stubborn as ever, and his brow furrowed. "Do you always have to contradict me?"

"Who's contradicting whom?" Serena's voice was icy. "I wanted a life with you, but you couldn't see past Cynthia Lynwood. Now that I've finally let you go, you won't leave me alone. Aaron, don't you think this is a little pathetic?"

Aaron's scowl deepened. He rubbed his forehead, then looked up at Serena, enunciating each word: "You really won't drop out of the competition?"

"No, I won't."

"Fine." Aaron stood up, his gaze steely. "Don't say I didn't warn you.”

With that, he swept out of the room.

Serena watched him go, her smile dropping the moment the door closed behind him.

yet here he was, trying to push Serena out

How ironic.

her things and

her apartment complex, she spotted a sleek Lamborghini parked outside. Her

walked up and tapped

slid down to

smile tugged at Serena's lips. "You're

up work and came right over. You're back sooner than I

opened the

trial's in a few days. Are you nervous?" William asked

and she'd looked over his previous case files. Aside from that one loss to Nestor Leighton, his

smiled faintly. "Let's

He'd long since given

in love with her. Not that Miss Sullivan seemed interested

of them arrived

the trial just around the corner, Giles was determined to leave nothing to chance. He'd called William

a million things that can go wrong in court, so we can't get complacent," Giles said, handing them each a thick stack of papers. "Remember, on the stand, you can't afford a

who hadn't been nervous before, suddenly felt

quick," she