Chapter 109

• Third Person’s POV
• Serena’s lashes trembled as she spoke, her voice carefully pitched between guilt and gentleness.
• “I only wanted to persuade Celeste to tell the family the truth herself,” she said, lowering her eyes with feigned humility. “She once faked her own abduction just to extort money from Father and Mother. That wound hasn’t healed yet. This time, she should have chosen honesty instead of deception. Our parents are reasonable wolves. If she insists on staying with that man, I believe they would have found a way to understand.”