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.

question. She looked

you would still treat me like family. But every

tears fell pitifully.

eighteen years. Are our feelings less important than those of

but it wasn’t true.

the day you set foot in the Collins family’s home, have you ever been friendly

couldn’t stand it anymore and stepped in to defend: “Bella’s always been sort of aloof, but

and said, “What’s it to you? You’re an outsider so why are you sticking your nose in other people’s business?”

“I just wanted things to stay the same, to continue having the love of my parents and brothers. What did

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 rumors about her after she came back. Did you tell our classmates she was kept by an old

a thing? If Serena really did say

whatever bad rumors there are about

push you?” Chasel looked into her eyes again, fluctuating between hope and