Chapter 441
“Miss Lancaster, is there anything I can help you with?” Patton asked, looking at Serena respectfully. “If there’s a problem, I will resolve it for you immediately p>
The implication was clear.
If Serena just said the word, he would, on behalf of the Blackwood family, “take care” of the two troublemakers.
The two socialites panicked instantly.
Hailey clenched her fists, her gaze shifting unwillingly from Serena to Patton.
Her stomach twisted with resentment.
How was this Serena so good at wrapping men around her finger, and making them so devoted to her!
If Mr. Blackwood ever found out that Serena was seducing his butler at the same time as she was seducing him, he would surely drop her in a heartbeat!
And this butler would be as good as dead!
Hailey leaned in conspiratorially and whispered urgently to the two socialites, “Ms. Harland, Ms. Winslow, this… this Patton is the one who brought her in! There’s definitely something going on between them! Patton is protecting her, backing her up p>
The two socialites’ expressions changed, and they squinted, sizing up Patton and Serena.
The more they looked, the more they were convinced something was going on between them.
This country bumpkin p>
She was so shameless, willing to do anything to social climb!
Patton could be her grandfather.
And yet p>
It was just disgusting!
The two socialites’ gazes instantly turned contemptuous and disdainful. “Patton, I don’t care who she is. Right now, we’ve been assaulted on Blackwood family property. The Blackwood family must take responsibility for this and give us an explanation p>
At that moment, Isabella’s performance on the main stage came to an end.
She seemed to have only just noticed the commotion.
Standing on the main stage, she had the widest view and saw that the Lancaster family members in the front row weren’t paying any attention to her at all. They had all turned their heads to look toward Serena.
Clearly, not a single one of them had been paying attention to her performance.
Isabella choked with anger.
She had poured so much effort into making a splash today. She had even paid a fortune to have several senior members of the International Piano Association help her compose an original piece specifically for Brianna’s coming-of-age ceremony.
She had played so beautifully!
Yet everyone’s attention was completely focused on Serena.
She dug her nails into her palms, silently cursing Karen for her stupidity. How could
she choose this moment to pick a fight with Serena?
What was the point of her performance now?
It had completely failed to dazzle the audience!
But things had already progressed this far.
Isabella could only swallow her anger. Feigning concern, she put on an anxious expression as if she had just noticed Serena was in trouble and was about to go over to help her.
But just as she was about to move, Karen, who had walked up to her, grabbed her arm. “What are you doing? Didn’t you see? The Lancasters haven’t made a move to help that backwater nobody! What does that tell you? It means our plan worked! Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster don’t dare to publicly acknowledge that their daughter is a disgrace p>
Isabella paused.
It wasn’t that she actually wanted to help, but she was worried that if her family questioned her later, she wouldn’t have a good excuse. Now that Karen had stopped her, she had a perfect alibi.
Besides… what Karen was saying made sense.
Otherwise, given how much her family doted on and protected Serena, wouldn’t they have rushed over by now?
So, deep down, they also knew that a country girl who grew up in the middle of nowhere—a good-for-nothing dropout who hadn’t even finished high school-was completely unworthy of being a Lancaster heiress.
In a setting like this, they would never dare to acknowledge her!