Chapter 1378


    “Even if you hadn''t bent over backwards to get close to them, just based on the love of the past


    eighteen years, you''re still the apple of their eyes. Take a good look at yourself. Since I''ve returned to


    this family, have your living expenses been cut back at all?"


    "No, but I''ve had less than you, Arabe” Serena shot back angrily, "Mom, Dad, my brother and sister-


    inw, grandparents, do they treat you the same as they treat me?"


    “Isn''t what they''ve given you over these eighteen years enough?” Arabe''s gaze turned icy as she


    suddenly realized this person was too greedy.


    “Let''s put it this way, if they bought you a purse, and they got me the same one, I wouldn''t have any


    But they order you hundreds of limited edition pieces! They give you a credit card with no spending


    limit! They hand over thepany for you to manage, let you call the shots on everything, and even


    when there''s a g, I''m not invited! How can you say they treat me like family with such tant


    favoritism?"


    Arabe knew exactly which event Serena was referring to. "Not taking you is for your own good."


    Serena scoffed, “Then why are you always included? Are they not good to you?"


    “lL serve my purpose."


    "So what you''re saying is, I''m useless and just drag them down?"


    “If that''s how you want to interpret it."


    Serena nearlyughed out of sheer frustration. "Arabe, do you know what I hate about you? I hate


    that holier-than-thou attitude of yours! As if you''re the only one capable of handling things, while I''m just


    trash inparison!"


    Arabe didn''t say anything.


    “All I want is to stay in this family, not to be cast aside." Serena''s voice broke, her distress palpable,


    "Why is that so hard? Why does it have to be so difficult?"


    Arabe watched her unravel, unable to help but ask, “What''s so hard about it? Is someone driving you


    away?


    Has anyone treated you like trash?"


    Serena lifted her eyes to meet Arabe’s steady gaze.


    "Does anyone look down on you because I understand medicine and you don''t? Has anyone stopped


    you from going to school because you''re not a straight-A student? When the family visited me at


    school, did they not visit you too? Isn''t what they''ve done so far enough? What more do you want?


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    Should I have a Romeo, and you should have one too?"


    Serena''s tears halted, stunned.


    “Even if I hadn''te back, Romeo wouldn''t have fallen for you. That night, he came to the Collins


    family to call off your engagement."


    Serena''s expression froze. Call off the engagement?


    “He told me himself.” Arabe locked eyes with Serena, enunciating each word, “It wasn''t me who stole


    your man or your things. What''s yours can never be taken by anyone else, and what''s not meant for


    you will leave you eventually.


    Serena couldn''t believe it. That night, Romeo brought so many gifts to the Collins family to break off the


    engagement with her.


    Then why did heter change his story, iming it was to visit his fiancée?


    Could it be that by then, he had already fallen for Arabe at first sight?


    With that thought, Serena''s heart twisted in unwillingness as she scrutinized Arabe. What was so


    great about her that everyone, including Romeo, her parents, and grandparents, even her brother and


    sister-inw, favored her?


    Was it just because of blood ties and those few skills she possessed?


    Just then, Arabe''s phone buzzed. It was Romeo calling.


    She tapped to answer, hearing Romeo''s charming voice on the other end, "How''s your grandpa


    feeling?"


    "There''s been a bit of a mishap."


    Hearing this, Serena''s face shifted hues, anxious that Arabe might sully her image in Romeo''s eyes.