Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 288

Chapter 290

Giles was silent for a moment, then finally gave a nod.

After a brief pause, William suggested, "Since everything's settled, why don't we head back?"

Giles was the first to leave.

Gabrielle lingered, clearly worried about Serena and wanting to stay behind. But

after exchanging a glance with William, she changed her mind.

She realized if she stuck around, she'd only be a third wheel.

"Hey, Mr. Handsome, wait for me..." she called out, hurrying after Giles.

Giles picked up his pace, and soon the two of them disappeared, leaving the courtroom quiet once more.

Serena finally couldn't hold herself upright any longer. She slumped into a chair, exhausted, as if she'd just fought an endless battle.

William wheeled himself over to her side, his voice as gentle as a summer breeze. "Come on. Let me take you somewhere."

puzzled look, but her legs seemed to move on their own, following William out to the

an hour later, they

glanced at the neon sign above the door: *Last

mine," William explained. "The bartenders here are famous both here and abroad. Maybe

surprised that William had brought her to a bar. In his wheelchair, he was bound to attract

for her to protest.

to wall, voices

Despite the crowd, William's

het

immediate

kept

the

him stand out.

stepped in front of William,

this is a bar, man. Shouldn't you be somewhere...

started forward, but William caught

a rule against wheelchairs in this bar?" William asked, his

man hesitated, caught off guard, then sneered, "Rule or not, people like you don't belong here. This is a place for us to

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