Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 280

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After Aaron left that night, Serena barely slept for days.

And no, it wasn't because of Aaron himself.

It was what he'd said that kept her awake.

If it hadn't been for Aaron pushing Penelope to sue her, Serena honestly couldn't imagine who else would've done it.

"Serena..."

Abby's voice suddenly cut through her thoughts, making Serena jump.

She turned to see Abby grinning from ear to ear.

"It's the final episode today. Are you ready?"

Serena nodded slightly, still a little out of it.

Abby, on the other hand, looked downright jubilant. She shot a glance at the makeup artist, signaling for her to step outside.

Once the door closed, Abby lowered her voice, practically giddy. "I just spoke with the producers. They said this show's online popularity is all thanks to you. So, that spot for the international art exchange in Eldoria? It's yours! Oh, and the higher- ups know Miss Lynwood was Mr. Vance's pick, but the whole internet can see she's just a pretty face. You're the real deal. When you're on air later, don't be nervous. Just... try not to make Miss Lynwood look too bad, okay?"

Serena smiled faintly and didn't reply.

agreement and bustled out to get

as the

Serena seemed like a different

Rosa Pike, she'd always kept things polite,

speed round before

Serena didn't give Cynthia Lynwood

about antiques. At first, during the standard Q&A, she barely scraped by-only managing to answer because the producers had slipped her the questions

rapid-fire round started, she was completely out of her

answer, she

made her

monitors,

a worried look

even going

Swable

to be

could only manage a rueful smile. Honestly,

she couldn't bring herself to cut

Abby finally said, "Let's just keep

message to the host, and the show went

over, there was no suspense about the winner:

walked out of the studio, feeling nothing

wasn't what she

she wanted was the chance