Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown novel Chapter 240

"Then why are you—"

"Because when winter comes," William turned his head to look at Serena, "spring is just around the corner. Just like you—after this long winter of heartbreak, spring will come for you too."

Serena managed a small smile.

"Why do you keep encouraging me to move on?"

William stiffened slightly. "Do I?"

"This isn't the first time you've said something like that," Serena's eyes lost a bit of their warmth. "Honestly, I don't have the slightest interest in love right now."

William's gaze sharpened, but then he forced a smile. "That's fine. You're still young—plenty of time to explore the world."

But his fingers curled slowly into a fist at his side.

When Serena got home, she found a message from her old college class president.

After graduation, she’d cut ties with everyone from her class. She hadn’t expected to ever hear from any of them again.

She opened the message to find two screenshots attached.

They were of Cynthia Lynwood and Aaron’s social media profiles.

The two of them had matching profile pictures—a clear sign.

Serena smiled faintly.

She remembered once wanting to use matching profile pictures with Aaron too, back when they were together.

But Aaron had brushed it off, saying it was too much trouble.

So they never did.

Looking at it now, she realized—it hadn’t been about trouble.

It just hadn’t been about her.

Ding-dong—

Another message popped up from the class president:

[Serena, I saw Mr. Vance changed his profile pic to match someone’s, so I asked him about it. He said it was his girlfriend’s idea. Uh... did you change your username or something?]

Serena glanced at the message.

Just from the words, she couldn’t tell what this old classmate really wanted after years of silence.