The Princess and the Paupers

Chapter 673

How on earth?

Everything’s topsy–turvy?

Serena couldn’t believe that the image she had worked so hard to build had collapsed so easily. She closed her eyes tightly, took a moment to laugh, then slowly rose to her feet.

Since the cat was out of the bag, there was no need for her to keep up the pretense.

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“Yes, I am indeed the adopted child.” Serena lowered her head and took a while before lifting it to look at Arabella. There was self–mockery, heartache, and jealousy in her eyes. “She’s the real Collins family daughter.”

“What on earth is going on?” Délia and her three friends were totally bamboozled.

Serena was not in the mood to answer her question. She looked at Chasel, tears streaming

treat me like family. But every single

fell

Are our feelings less important than those

were complicated, but it

family’s home, have you ever been friendly to me?” Serena

the side, couldn’t stand it anymore and stepped in to defend: “Bella’s

you? You’re an outsider so

shed more tears of hurt and disappointment: “I just wanted things to stay the same, to continue having the love of my parents and brothers. What did I do wrong? Why did

should be here.” Chasel, as always, kept his cool, but his gaze became more complicated. “And you’ve enjoyed her life for eighteen years, but you smudged her reputation and spread

What? Was there such a thing? If Serena really did say this, that’s way too much!

whatever bad rumors there are about her, I’m the one who spread them? Let me make

Chasel looked into her eyes again,