Chapter 1618


    "Just now." Betty’s voice trailed off, her gaze flitting over the distressed look on Serena''s face. She


    didn''t want to be the bearer of bad news, but honesty prevailed, "It''s all of them."


    "All of them??" Serena was dumbfounded, a silence enveloping her before she could muster another


    question, "Did they say when they''ll be active again?"


    "No."


    Serena hadn''t anticipated this level of austerity. To go without new clothes or shoes was one thing, but


    to have her cards cut off entirely was a whole different level of punishment.


    All she did was bad-mouth Arabe a little bit. Was that really worth such a severe penalty? Arabe,


    the precious daughter who couldn''t stand even the slightest difort without someone else paying


    the price.


    And what about Serena? Locked up for days suffering - did her parents spare a single thought for her


    feelings?


    Whether it was anger, grievance, or sheer desperation, something snapped in Serena. She swept her


    arm across the dinner table, sending tes and cutlery crashing to the floor.


    Betty, frightened, bent down cautiously, "Ms. Serena."


    "Get out," Serena''s voice trembled with emotion.


    "But you haven''t eaten."


    "I said get out!"


    At Serena''s roar, Betty hurried out of the room, leaving Serena alone with her misery and the mess on


    the floor. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she cycled throughughter and sobs. She couldn''t


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    believe her parents could be so excessive.


    Just days before, she''d been roughed up right outside her own home and even suffered a snake bite.


    In her rush to apologize to her parents, she tripped and injured herself further. Despite all this, she had


    made them milk biscuits, and hand-written an apology letter. But they hadn''t asked after her welfare,


    not even once.


    Feverish, she poured over two thousand heartfelt words onto paper, yet received not so much as a


    punctuation mark in response.


    Now, with New Year fast approaching, not only had they refused to let the designer create new outfits


    for her, but they also canceled her New Year''s gifts and, to add insult to injury, froze all her ounts.


    How could her parents be so cruel? Were they trying to make her hate them? Was that it?


    That evening, "Couple in Coat" shot up to the third spot on the trending searches.


    A social media user had spotted a striking couple at a David concert. They were d in matching


    overcoats, their faces obscured by ck masks, but even so, their features were stunningly attractive.


    Someone had used AI to reconstruct their faces, and although the result was only 70% urate to the


    real thing, that 70% caused quite a stir. People couldn''t stop raving about how good-looking the couple


    was, especially their unmatched elegance.


    [Wow, that girl is so ssy and charming. Too bad she''s taken.]


    [I wish I could have a daughter like her!]