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.

you. He claimed he didn't care about Cynthia Lynwood, yet

How ironic.

her things and

to her apartment complex, she spotted a sleek Lamborghini

walked up and tapped on the

down to

tugged at Serena's lips. "You're

and came right over. You're back sooner than

opened the door and climbed

in a few days. Are you nervous?" William asked as

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

faintly. "Let's

with a quick "Yes, sir." He'd long since given up saying anything about William cutting meetings short to pick

Not that Miss Sullivan seemed interested in

them arrived at

Giles was determined to leave nothing to chance. He'd called William and

go wrong in court, so we can't get complacent," Giles said, handing them each a thick

been nervous before, suddenly

restroom real quick," she mumbled, slipping out