Chapter 604
Marianne was utterly paralyzed.
She stared at Serena with wide, disbelieving eyes, her mind completely short- circuiting at the revelation that Serena was Queen.
Her shock was just as profound as Hailey’s.
Serena was Queen?
How on earth could she be Queen?
She was just a worthless failure who lived in the countryside with Old Mrs. Wynn, a girl expelled from high school!
She was the jinx Marianne had despised since childhood!
How could she suddenly transform into an internationally renowned master designer whose a single one of her sketches was worth more than the entire Wynn Group’s accumulated assets., Queen?
If Serena really was Queen.
That meant she had founded the global luxury brand at fourteen or fifteen years old!
How could she have managed that?
Marianne’s mind was in total chaos. She didn’t even care about Hailey’s hysterical meltdown on stage anymore.
All she knew was that she was doomed.
Serena was actually incredibly powerful.
She hadn’t relied on her looks or a wealthy man.
Her identity as the legendary Queen was a golden ticket into worlds Marianne wasn’t even qualified to imagine, let alone inhabit.
And yet, Marianne had taken this golden goose, this ultimate lifeline for the Wynn family… and kicked her out of the house!
Marianne’s stomach churned. She didn’t even dare to look at the man sitting beside her.
She didn’t have to look to know.
Her husband probably wanted to murder her right now.
The girl she had branded a curse was shining brilliantly without the Wynn family.
She moved in spaces the Wynns weren’t even allowed to look at, let alone enter. She rubbed shoulders with people the Wynns weren’t even worthy of looking up to. Meanwhile, the precious biological daughter she treated as a lucky charm had just thoroughly disgraced herself, ruined her reputation, and was being dragged away by security.
She dreaded to think what the headlines would say about her daughter, about the Wynn family.
But Marianne soon realized that her current fears were merely the tip of the iceberg!
Just as the howling Hailey was about to be hauled away.
A man seated in the VIP section suddenly stood up and shouted at the stage, “Wait p>
He was a slightly heavyset middle-aged man in a tailored suit, his face dark with fury. “Miss Wynn, on behalf of the legal department at Aurevion Jewelers, I am formally notifying you p>
“Miss Wynn, you are well aware of the massive resources Aurevion Jewelers invested in you, based purely on your promise of originality. Because of your gross misconduct, we will hold you fully accountable. You will compensate us for the
financiar damage. I promise
you, it will be a figure you will never
forget for the rest of your life.
Prepare to face the consequences p>
It was Mr. Marcek from Aurevion Jewelers.
When the plagiarism scandal erupted live, Mr. Marcek had been on a video call with Isabella Lancaster.
Hearing the explosive revelations.
Isabella was so furious she practically made herself sick!
She had screamed through Mr. Marcek’s earpiece. “Terminate her contract immediately! Minimize our losses at all costs! Sue her! I want her sued into oblivion p>
Mr. Marcek’s ruthless declaration cut off Hailey’s screaming. Her legs turned to jelly, and she hung deadweight in the grip of the security personnel.
Marianne’s face drained of any remaining color.
Compensation?
Wouldn’t that astronomical debt fall directly on the Wynn family’s shoulders?
The Wynn family was already barely keeping themselves afloat. Where on earth would they find the millions of dollars needed to pay off Aurevion Jewelers?