Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 251

Chapter 252

Of course she refused-she cried and screamed, insisting her father had to come back.

Yet somehow, her father relented in the end.

What happened after that, she could no longer recall. All that remained was the

memory of seeing her father again, this time in a hospital room.

Everything in that room was white.

Her father, swathed in bandages, was white.

The ceiling was white.

So were the bed sheets.

It was a blinding, sterile white that sent her heart racing with unease.

Later, the tall, handsome man she called her father was reduced to a small box, cradled in her trembling hands.

It felt as if a giant fist squeezed around Serena's heart.

She could barely breathe.

Hotel.

Inside the presidential suite.

Aaron Vance stared at his phone, his gaze dark and unreadable as he watched the man on the screen.

didn't say a word? Just

replied the man, whose face was utterly forgettable. He managed a nervous smile. "After I sent

eyes, a barely perceptible twitch at

onto the

"There's really no need-"

up before the man

went dark, Aaron's expression turned

really... didn't care

strode to the door, only to find Cynthia Lynwood standing there, holding a plate of

heading out?" Cynthia's voice was subdued, her eyes

reply was curt and chilly as he brushed past her, long

retreating figure, her

her, but... Serena would

leaving the hotel, Aaron drove straight to

doorbell several times, but there was

across the hall opened her

before speaking. "Excuse me, sir, are

impassive. When he noticed the neighbor seemed

smile only to watch

nervous. So

abandoned the attempt and

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demeanor. "Do

days. Ever since... I think it was three

neighbor said,

gaze and

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