57: Chapter 57: The Sumrs Family, Truly Persistent Shadows 57: Chapter 57: The Sumrs Family, Truly Persistent Shadows Lucas Shaw gazed downward, his dark eyes brimming with tenderness.
His little girl should be cherished and pampered in the palm of soone’s hand.
How could she suffer like this?
The Sumrs Family, they truly deserve to die.
“Serena, do you want revenge?”
Serena Sumrs lifted her eyes in confusion, looking at Lucas Shaw.
Lucas Shaw chuckled softly, his rough fingertips gently caressing the delicate skin at the corner of the girl’s eyes, his deep voice laced with a dangerous timbre.
“In a week, the Parker Family and the Sumrs Family are going to have an engagent party.
Do you want to go?”
Serena: “Yes!”
She had not left the Sumrs Family even when she was bullied, not because she had nowhere else to go.
Rather, she wanted to experience emotions she had never felt before.
But she hadn’t anticipated that the Sumrs Family would only see her as a pawn to be used, without the slightest bit of affection.
“I was originally thinking of signing a severance agreent with the Sumrs Family, to completely cut ties from now on.
But I never expected…”
Serena’s lips pursed in displeasure, a hint of scorn flashing in her eyes.
Unexpectedly, the Sumrs Family still wouldn’t let her go, even fabricating lies to destroy her reputation.
So accounts, indeed, needed to be properly settled.
“By the way, honey, a lot of people took videos today.
I’m afraid that if they are posted online, they might negatively impact you and the Shaw Family.”
Serena looked up anxiously.
Shaw Group was the life’s work of Master Shaw and Lucas Shaw.
If Lucas Shaw really blad her, it would be understandable.
While Serena was lost in wild thoughts, suddenly there was a weight on her head.
A pair of broad and warm hands cradled her face, the gesture tender to the extre, “Silly girl, we are lawfully married, protected by the law.”
Lucas Shaw looked into Serena’s clear eyes, a slight smile on his lips, “Moreover, this little incident will not affect the Shaw Family.”
The Shaw Family had deep roots in Corland; their financial and social resources were beyond most people’s imagination.
Furthermore, the news of Lucas Shaw’s marriage had previously topped the trending search lists, and the Shaw Group had openly responded.
His marriage to Serena was legally protected and aboveboard.
Investnts made to the Sumrs Family were all through official channels and could withstand scrutiny.
Thus, if this incident were to blow up, it would ultimately be the Sumrs Family that suffered.
If any mber of the Sumrs Family had a bit of sense, they would not persist in clinging to Serena.
Upon hearing this, Serena’s heart, which had been suspended in anxiety, relaxed a little, and she began to ponder over the engagent party.
Ever since she was brought back to the Sumrs Family, the Parker Family had shown no indications of position, clearly intent on letting the mistake continue.
Serena had been indifferent towards Everett Parker and had readily accepted this outco.
But now she didn’t feel the sa way.
Sir Sumrs and the Parker Family had arranged the marriage using her na, Serena Sumrs.
She could accept the annulnt of the engagent, but she would not tolerate her possession being unscrupulously usurped by others.
Even if she didn’t want it, Grace Sumrs had no right to cling to this engagent under her na.
…
Serena never expected to bump into Grace Sumrs so soon.
That day, as Serena walked out of the laboratory, she held a folder in her hand.
It contained the latest experintal data.
Her research had made initial progress, so she was eager to share the good news with her older brother.
However, as she passed by the basketball court, from afar ca bursts of exclaims; nurous students gathered together, seeming to have seen sothing that filled their voices with excitent and delight.
There were even many who cheered on.
“Ah, I’m done for, the sister smiled at .”
“She’s extrely beautiful, truly befitting of a superstar.”
“Boo hoo hoo, in my lifeti, I’ve finally seen a live star!
She and Senior Parker really make a perfect match—I’m so envious!”
“Senior Parker really struck gold, to be able to marry my goddess ho!”
…
Serena Sumrs couldn’t clearly see who was at the center of the crowd.
Although curious, she was not one to join in the excitent, so she just glanced briefly and indifferently withdrew her gaze.
She quickened her pace, intending to walk around the crowd towards the office.
But she hadn’t taken more than a few steps when suddenly a familiar voice ca from behind.
“Sister?
Is it really you?”
That tone, filled with a mix of disbelief and excitent.
Upon hearing the familiar voice, Serena’s back stiffened for a mont before returning to normal.
If there was anyone in the Sumrs Family who had left the deepest impression on Serena, it was undoubtedly Grace Sumrs.
The entire Sumrs Family treated Grace like a precious jewel, their darling whom they would have loved to hold in the palms of their hands and cherish at all tis.
They dreaded her facing the slightest grievance.
During her ti with the Sumrs Family, whenever Grace showed the slightest hint of grievance or sadness on her face, or casually remarked that “it’s not sister’s fault,” everyone in the family, as if bewitched, would place all the bla squarely on her.
Serena, with no ans to defend herself, could only respond with silence.
Over ti, everyone was convinced that she was venomous at heart, always aiming to harm Grace.
But heaven knows that Serena had never laid a finger on Grace.
Recalling all this, Serena couldn’t help shaking her head, lifting her foot to leave.
She didn’t particularly want to perform another act of “deep sisterly affection” with Grace in public.
However, before she could take two steps, her hand was suddenly seized.
“Sister, it is you, isn’t it?
I thought I was seeing things!” Grace’s face, with its delicate makeup, showed concern.
But Serena knew that beneath Grace’s eyes lay only amazent and mockery.
She tried to shrug off Grace’s grip with disdain but didn’t succeed.
Grace wasn’t strong, but she knew how to use her strength cleverly.
With so many people watching, knowing Grace’s character, Serena had no doubt that if she applied a bit more force, Grace would definitely take a dramatic tumble.
Then, Grace would not only elicit a flood of sympathy but also heighten her popularity.
After all, gossip about a female star visiting her boyfriend at school only to be troubled by family and taking a fall would certainly attract many viewers.
Serena closed her eyes briefly, resisting the urge to burst out and calmly said, “Let go.”
Grace paused, then slowly loosened her grip.
She covered her mouth with both hands, feigning shock.
“Sister, what are you doing here?
You—you couldn’t possibly be here for Brother Alexander, could you?”
As she spoke, Grace lowered her eyes, appearing on the verge of tears, as though she had suffered great injustice.
“Sister, if you really like Brother Alexander, then I’ll support you.
But please, don’t run away from ho again.
Mom and Dad are not in good health; they really can’t handle it.”
Grace’s voice didn’t conceal anything, and she even subtly raised it a couple of notches.
As expected.
Her words cast a changed look from everyone present towards Serena.
What?
Intending to snatch their goddess’s boyfriend?
That’s shaless!
“Don’t even look at what you’re worth, daring to compete with my goddess for her boyfriend?”
“Coveting your own brother-in-law, how shaless is that!”
The unsavory words reached Serena’s ears, and she couldn’t help but let out a snort of helpless laughter.
The Sumrs Family, truly an inescapable shadow.
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