Chapter 1026
Adrian was utterly dumbfounded.
At that moment, Nicholas slowly lifted his gaze, his frosty eyes settling on him.
That gaze was aristocratic, chilling, and ruthlessly detached.
With just one look.
Adrian felt the insurmountable chasm between himself and Nicholas.
He instinctively lowered his head.
He lacked the courage to even maintain eye contact.
“Someone from the Cole family p>
Nicholas’s voice was as razor-sharp and freezing as his gaze. “Harass my fiancée again, and the Cole family will vanish from Vaelion City tonight p>
F-fiancée?
Adrian’s pupils violently contracted, the ringing in his ears amplifying until it was deafening.
He looked as though he had been struck dumb.
Serena was Nicholas’s fiancée?
Serena was actually Nicholas Blackwood’s fiancée?
How was that possible?
He had always firmly believed that Serena was just a country bumpkin.
Even if her face was devastatingly gorgeous.
With her background, in the eyes of true elites, she was nothing more than a highly entertaining plaything.
How could she possibly become the fiancée of the Blackwood crown prince, the future matriarch of the Blackwood dynasty?
Adrian felt the blood roaring in his chest, his face burning fiercely.
It felt as if he were being slapped viciously across the face by an invisible hand, over and over again.
He had genuinely believed he was Serena’s one and only savior.
Yet… Serena had become the fiancée of the Blackwood crown prince, a man the
Cole family couldn’t even dream of associating with p>
The Cole family didn’t even have the right to speak to Nicholas.
And Serena had effortlessly transformed into his official fiancée p>
When exactly did this happen?
When did their relationship start?
The metallic taste in Adrian’s throat grew stronger as his mind frantically replayed the past.
Suddenly, he remembered that night at Obsidian Palace p>
Nicholas had stepped up to protect Serena back then.
Was it that early p>
Were they already together then?
Had Serena already hooked up with Nicholas by that point?
That was right after he had gotten together with Hailey!
He had barely even dumped her!
Wasn’t she supposed to be madly in love with him?
How could she have climbed onto a higher branch so quickly?
Did Serena truly possess that level of calculated cunning?
No wonder… no wonder months had passed and he still saw her in Vaelion City, instead of being exiled to the slums like she was supposed to be No wonder she looked so glamorous
No wonder she had managed to get into Marington College.
No wonder she hadn’t taken the bait when he generously offered her a chance to
crawl back to him and become his woman again.
So it was all because… she had sunk her claws into the crown prince of the Blackwood family!
A venomous surge of betrayal and a sour, inexplicable jealousy coiled tightly in Adrian’s chest.
He refused to believe it.
And he was entirely unwilling to accept it.
He couldn’t fathom how a top-tier billionaire like Nicholas would fall for a country girl.
He definitely couldn’t believe that Nicholas would actually make a country bumpkin his fiancée.
With a face like Serena’s, it was highly likely Nicholas was just keeping her around for fun.
But fiancée? Absolutely impossible!
Intense jealousy and bitter resentment boiled over in his chest, almost entirely masking his lingering terror of Nicholas.
“Mr. Blackwood p>
Grinding his teeth, Adrian raised a
hand to fiercely wipe the blood
leaking from the corner of his mouth, his voice hoarse Don’t let her pretty face fool you”
“Her? Serena! She’s nothing but a village girl raised in the country, with zero education and no background Back then when she was with the Wynn family, she clung to them like a dog, serving everyone in the house p>