Love After a Steamy Affair

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11 The Rivers Family’s Banquet
Due to this reason, between her two daughters, Benjamin loved Selena a little more and was only lukewarm towards Serenity.

In addition, Serenity’s father didn’t like her, so she was sent to live with her grandmother. She returned home only when she was 13, after her grandmother died.

Serenity stood stiffly while Helena tried to speak up for her. “Dad, your 80th birthday is in half a month. Serenity came specifically to wish you a long life,” she said, giving her a meaningful look.

Serenity pretended not to notice and continued to stand quietly. If not for Helena’s repeated cajoling, she wouldn’t have bothered to return for an insignificant birthday celebration.

In this whole family, only Helena and Selena treated her well… but ever since Selena and John got married, there had been a gap between the two.

To be fair, though, this gap was something only she perceived.

Selena treated her the way she always did, reminding her to take care when she was sick and being concerned over her eating habits.

a barrier in her heart that she couldn’t overcome, so she intentionally stayed away from Selena… The two of them weren’t as close as they used

didn’t want the whole household to be uneasy because of her return, so he followed Helena’s instructions and said, “Dad, Serene called me a few days ago to ask what gifts you’d like. She spared a lot of thought

luckily, there had still been half a month, which had been enough time for her to prepare

himself from getting angry, but

memories, he had always

she got along with him was when she was 16, having been accepted into a good high school with the best grades in school while Selena had had to rely on family connections

in the living room rang, and Helena was the closest to

for a moment, she smiled and replied,

knew you were coming today, so they booked a hotel room for you to

Samson’s face softened. “Selena’s so

John arrived at the Rivers family house

her makeup enhancing her features, took Master Samson’s arm and sat down

I’ve missed you. Are you doing