Chapter 1536


    Louisa was about to leave when Serena grabbed her in a tight embrace, her voice breaking through


    tears, "Mom, is that no matter what I say, you won''t believe me? Lindsay was a close friend of mine a


    long time ago, but then she went abroad, and we lost touch for years. It was only at tonight''s birthday


    party that we ran into each other again."


    Through her sobs, Serena exined, "The engagement between my brother-inw and me was called


    off ages ago, but only our families knew about it. When Lindsay asked, I couldn''t say the marriage was


    still on, but I also couldn''t tell her it was over. What was I supposed to say?"


    With tears streaming down her face, Serena continued, "All I could do was subtly hint to her that it''s my


    sister who is with Romeo now, and I dared not reveal anything else. But Lindsay misunderstood,


    thinking my sister stole my love and secretly told Madeline."


    Serena was utterly distraught, "It''s because they gossiped and twisted the story that it reached my


    sister. That''s why I turned so upset and came to confront Lindsay. And can you believe it? Lindsay


    pped me right there in front of everyone. You can ask around; I''m not lying to you."


    Louisa paused, and her body tensed as she looked at her daughter, who was struggling to speak


    through her tears. Half skeptical, half sympathetic, she said, "But what I heard was that you were


    impersonating a student of Queena."


    "I was talking about Mr. Quentin, the man who used to teach me the violin. Somehow Lindsay and the


    others thought I meant Queena, and they blurted it out in front of everyone, which was so embarrassing


    for me. In the end, to not ruin the party, I had to apologize."


    Serena clung to Louisa, her voice filled with a hurt so raw, "Mom, do you think if I''m not your biological


    daughter, nothing I say matters? Was all the love you showed me over the past eighteen years just for


    show? Sometimes I''m so jealous of my sister. She''s got the Collins family blood. No matter what


    happens, everyone always takes her side."Content ? provided by N?velDrama.Org.


    Louisa looked at her and felt a pang ofpassion.


    "Are you really saying you never told your friends that Be was the one who ruined your engagement


    to Romeo?" Keh, who had been listening in, couldn''t help but interject.


    "I swear, I didn''t, I really didn''t.." Serena wept as if her heart was breaking, "Do you think I''m not aware


    of my position as an adopted daughter? If I nder my sister and do anything against her, you would


    throw me out in a heartbeat. Why would I do something so thankless?"


    Keh found her argumentpelling, but still, that friend from the party had indeed imed that


    Serena was posing as Queena''s student and had told her friend Lindsay that Be had destroyed her


    engagement with Romeo, which was why she was with Martin now.


    "About what I told Lindsay, only she and I know the truth. Everyone else is just spreading hearsay. How


    credible can that be?"


    Perhaps fearing that her parents would confront Lindsay for the truth, Serena added, "Like I said


    earlier, Lindsay knows I''m not with Romeo, so she''s been sucking up to Grandpa Phillip—that''s


    something everyone has seen. She''s just trying to be Grandpa Phillip''s granddaughter-inw,


    right?"


    Serena analyzed further, "If she really considered me a good friend and if I had really said my sister


    ruined my engagement with Romeo, then as my friend, Lindsay should have been the first to defend


    me. How could she turn around and try to get close to Romeo? Considering her character, how reliable


    can anythinging from her be?"


    Keh started to see some logic in her words. If Lindsay truly valued her friendship with Serena, she


    wouldn''t rush to get close to Romeo after hearing Serena wasn''t with him.


    "You can ask my sister about what happened at the party; I have no objections. But my sister isn''t


    omniscient. How could she know what I said to Lindsay? She only knows what Lindsay told her, and


    Lindsay''s intentions are not pure. She wants to drive a wedge between my sister and me so she can


    benefit from the fallout."


    At this point, Serena sobbed softly, wiping away the tears from her cheeks, "So, it''s not that I''m being


    evasive. I''m just trying toy out the facts for you."