"Of course, you don’t need to say it outright; you just need to make them dislike ."
Seraphina Redgrave smiled faintly, "Just like that exam. You deliberately praised in front of your group of friends so I’d do poorly and drop out of The Law School, claiming you want to join Elite Society, instilling anxiety and jealousy in them."
She understood too well the jealousy of those people. As long as she made such a claim, they would definitely play tricks, preventing her from completing the exams properly.
Upon hearing this, Selena Quinn imdiately beca unhappy, "Sylvia Shaw, I’ve never said such things, and you shouldn’t maliciously speculate. I’ve never had such thoughts."
"Shut up."
Seraphina interrupted her with a smile, the corners of her eyes raised, "Student Quinn, didn’t your parents tell you that interrupting others is very impolite?"
Selena stood in place, looking extrely displeased.
"Then I hit you with an sss, slapped your face. You must hate a lot, right? But unfortunately, you can’t show it, so you had to invite to join Elite Society."
Seraphina continued, "It was quite a coincidence that Caleb Crawford and the others ca to watch and mocked . You must have been really pleased behind my back, right?"
Selena bit her lip, tears welled up in her eyes, "You clearly have bad intentions toward , and now you’re turning it around? You’re too much!"
Hiss.
Green tea indeed.
Quite amusing.
"I believe in coincidences, but I don’t believe in repeated coincidences." Seraphina looked at Selena, sneering, "Does Student Quinn have a bad brain or think others have a bad brain?"
"You!"
Selena looked as though she was about to burst into tears.
"But up until now, I can only guess that your goal and Ryan Sterling’s differ. You don’t want Ethan Sterling’s life, but you also don’t seem to want to nd the relationship as you say. So, I don’t know why you’re against ."
Seraphina wasn’t affected at all, she walked up to her and stared directly into her eyes, speaking slowly and deliberately, "Until the night at The Sterling Family’s old house, I finally understood the reason."
Once Seraphina said this, Selena’s expression showed a slight crack. She couldn’t help but take two steps back and leaned against the tree, her face turning pale.
"You don’t consider Ethan Sterling your brother, do you? You like Ethan Sterling?"
Seraphina didn’t mince words; she struck directly.
Her voice wasn’t loud but inexplicably sent a shiver down one’s spine.
After Seraphina finished speaking, she saw Selena’s perfect mask being peeled away bit by bit, unable to maintain her previous weak disposition, only showing a face full of tension.
Selena’s gaze montarily shifted to fear when she looked at Seraphina, as if contemplating sothing terrifying.
But soon, Selena avoided Seraphina’s gaze, struggling to control herself not to tremble, "What are you talking about? I don’t understand. He’s my brother, how could I have romantic feelings for him?"
Upon hearing this, Seraphina’s smile broadened, she closed in on Selena step by step, just like that day on the rooftop.
Seraphina’s soft lips brushed against Selena’s ear, speaking one word at a ti, "After Ethan and I entered the pool, I noticed your eyes were red. But unlike now, you were genuinely sad then."
At that ti, she unintentionally caught Selena’s expression.
It wasn’t surprise but pain.
That was absolutely not the reaction a sister has upon seeing her brother with a woman.
"I’m not..."
Selena continued to desperately struggle.
Seraphina didn’t retort, "One mont you’re befriending , inviting to The Sterling Family’s banquet, hoping Ethan would co because of so you could see him again; another mont your hatred for is almost uncontainable, wanting to disrupt my success, so you arranged for Elite Society’s people to share a welco room with , having Serena Lowell and Caleb Crawford humiliate , even trying to create misunderstandings between Ethan, Leo Lynch, and ."
Suddenly, Selena started coughing violently, her breath ragged.
"Sadly, your tricks didn’t succeed. Instead, you paved a path for , allowing to establish The Defiance Society and even advertise it to so extent."
As Seraphina spoke, she comforted her while curling her lips, "If I were you, this habit of coughing out of nervousness would probably never get better."
Selena looked at Seraphina, her coughing escalating, her eyes reddening as she spoke, "What do you an?"
"Stop pretending, are you afraid I’ll record it and show Ethan?" Seraphina saw through Selena’s little tricks, "Don’t you have one yourself?"
She already knew why Selena ca to find her today.
Simply put, she wanted a video of Seraphina speaking from the heart to get out.
Seraphina subconsciously clenched her book, her pupils trembling.
"You should stop playing these harmless little tricks. If you truly want to win Ethan back from , then compete with openly and honestly. Let your Elite Society match up against my Defiance Society," Seraphina began, "That way, you’d be a respectable opponent."
Selena stood under the tree, a gust of wind blew, casting mottled shadows on Seraphina’s face.
She had grown so confident.
Not afraid of losing Ethan, not afraid of Defiance Society losing.
Selena looked at Seraphina, her face pale.
"I need to get back to class."
Seraphina turned, leaving without looking back.
Watching Seraphina’s departing figure, Selena’s tightly clutching hand on the book relaxed, slowly walking to the stone bench to sit down. When she opened the book, she revealed a long hole inside, containing a voice recorder.
Every word Seraphina had spoken, Selena couldn’t release publicly; she completely veered off the script, making even editing impossible.
The branches swayed incessantly in the wind.
Selena sat under the tree, her black hair blowing in the breeze, the pale face no longer resembling a delicate flower seeking sympathy.
Seraphina had indeed cunningly discovered her liking for Ethan.
Yes.
She liked Ethan.
Ever since entering The Sterling Family, she had never seen her father’s other two children until Ethan stord into the mansion, wielding a gun to seize power.
She sat on the sofa, watching this domineering man walk into the house with a gun, and from then on, Ethan’s presence beca unforgettable in her mind.
Even today, she could vividly recount every detail of that day concerning Ethan.
That day marked the end of her good tis, and it was also when she fell in love with Ethan.
Selena knew her love was twisted, but she couldn’t control it.
Whenever Ethan and Ryan fought, she would always take Ethan’s side.
Yet Ethan rely regarded her and Chloe Quinn as re survivors who had bowed to life.
Such a love was agonizing; she barely saw Ethan a few tis, but each encounter was so precious.
She initially thought, with enough ti, Ethan would accept her.
Until Ethan brought Seraphina back to The Sterling Family’s old house.
How could there be another woman by his side, he even allowed her into the hot spring left by his late mother.
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