hapter 48 Deration


    A dazzling smile, both charming and dangerous, lit Seraphina''s face under the soft and bright lights. Her beautiful eyes were ice-cold and indifferent. She stood firm on the ground.


    "Mr. Dros, what if it''s true? Do you want your sister and mother to bow and apologise to me? Have they done myundry and cooked for me like servants?


    "Or are you nning to get rid of your penniless ex-wife, who didn''t even have a dowry with some money?"


    Everyone was stunned. They had thought that by this point there would be mutual apologies and a way to smooth things over, but Seraphina dared to speak her mind so boldly,


    With the Dros family''s wealth, Orion''s wife''s dowry shouldn''t matter. But in high society,parisons of status are omnipresent, even if they are rarely discussed openly. This situation had be an unresolvable drama.


    "Apologise? In your dreams!"


    Hannah snarled and refused to back down. In front of so many people, she would never apologise to Seraphina.


    That was wishful thinking!


    Hannah defiantly red at Seraphina. She dered, "I''ll never apologise, let alone bow to you! Serve you like a servant? Keep dreaming!"


    "Enough!"


    Orion yanked Hannah back. His force caused her to hit the railing, and it was unclear whether he did that intentionally. Tears welled up in Hannah''s eyes from the pain. Unfazed, Orion turned his head away and looked at Seraphina withplex emotions in his dark eyes. He couldn''t meet any of her conditions.


    Exceptpensated her financially.


    But did Seraphina even care about that?


    For the first time, he felt a deep sense of helplessness.


    "Seraphina, I..."


    "Mr. Dros, if you can''t do anything, then stop pretending to be remorseful. Apologies are worthless. Do you need to y the victim? How lowly is that?" Seraphina''s coldugh cut through the air. She nced at Hannah, her gaze dark and sinister. Then she lowered her eyes.


    "Ms. Dros keeps bringing up this disgraceful incident. Is that an attempt to humiliate me?


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    "The disgrace isn''t mine; it''s your family''s fault for treating a daughter-inw like a servant. Who would want to marry into your family!


    ''Well, it''s not going to be you! Seraphina, you were trying to seduce my brother just now, weren''t you? Admit it!"


    That kiss during the dance must have been Seraphina''s way of seducing Orion, yet she still had the nerve to demand an apology.


    Hannah was defiant. Why should Seraphina be so arrogant?Property of N?)(velDr(a)ma.Org.


    Why didn''t even her brother side with her?


    "Ms. Dros, do you really think I was trying to seduce Me Dros?"


    Seraphina let out a softugh. She never wasted words, cutting straight to the point.


    Seduce?


    She didn''t think she had stooped that low.


    The kiss during the dance was unexpected yet impactful, nting seeds of doubt in everyone''s mind. To them, it must have seemed like Seraphina was seducing Orion. Her cold gaze swept towards Orion, a mocking smile ying on her lips.


    "Three years ago, I was blind to marrying Mr. Dros. Three yearster, I won''t make the same mistake. Even if I seduced every man in the world, it wouldn''t be Orion." The suffocating past wasn''t something she wanted to relive.


    Hannah shivered under Seraphina''s icy stare, finding the current Seraphina utterly unfamiliar. The timid,pliant Seraphina of her memory couldn''t be the same person.


    With a soft clink, Seraphina ced her ss on the table beside her. She spun around and descended the stairs under everyone''s watchful eyes. Hansen shot a cold re at the siblings before quickly following Seraphina


    Everyone watched as Orion stood there. His expression was murky, but his eyes were following Seraphina''s retreating figure. His expression was unreadable.


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