The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella)

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 Arabella a little bit. Was that really worth such a severe penalty? Arabella, the precious daughter who

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couldn't stand even the slightest discomfort 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 plates 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 through laughter and sobs. She couldn't believe her parents could be so excessive.

Just days before, she'd been roughed up right outside her own hand 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 accounts.

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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 clad in matching overcoats, their faces obscured

by black masks, but even so, their features were stunningly attractive.

Someone had used Al to reconstruct their faces, and although the result was only 70% accurate 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 classy and charming. Too bad she's taken.]

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