Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown novel Chapter 199

It took a considerable amount of time before Aaron finally lifted his head and met Serena's gaze.

He casually propped his legs up on the table. "Let's discuss it here."

"I'm afraid that's not appropriate," Serena countered.

"There's nothing inappropriate about it. Or perhaps," Aaron swirled the wine in his glass, a devilish grin playing on his lips, "Cynthia is just your excuse."

Serena remained silent.

"What I want to say is, when Miss Lynwood supposedly had a compatibility test with me, I checked at the hospital. No such test was ever conducted between us..."

Aaron's eyes narrowed. After a moment, he set down his glass and stood, his voice icy, "Follow me."

Serena watched Aaron walk past her and then glanced at the others in the private room.

Her eyes were calm, disturbingly so, as if she were looking at ghosts.

Everyone held their breath, too afraid to speak.

It wasn't until Serena's figure disappeared from the doorway for quite some time that someone dared to voice a hesitant question.

"Was that really the Serena we know?"

The group exchanged confused looks, unable to answer.

In the shadows of the room, Frederick watched the door with keen interest.

He had assumed Serena would eventually come crawling back to Aaron.

To his surprise…

A smirk appeared on his lips.

It seemed his understanding of Serena was rather shallow.

In the adjoining room, after the door closed, Aaron's clenched arm was still pulsing with tension.

"What do you want to say?" he demanded.

Serena calmly took out her phone and played a recording.

At first, Aaron listened with a frown, but when he heard Matthew mention Cynthia Lynwood, his brow furrowed deeper.

The recording ended.