This was Old Mr. Blackwood's way of giving Isabella a graceful exit.
However, Isabella clenched her fists.
Take care of that useless Karen, who was more trouble than she was worth?
Why should she?
Isabella grew even more furious, but she didn't dare let it show. She could only lower her head in humiliation and say in a choked voice, "Yes... I was just about to go to the hospital to see Karen..."
She turned away, her eyes filled with tears.
She kept looking back with every step, hoping Nicholas would ask her to stay.
But... no one over there paid any attention to her departure. They didn't even spare her a single glance.
Every single one of them was gathered around Serena, seemingly chatting with her, their faces wreathed in smiles.
Vaguely, she heard Old Mr. Blackwood chuckle as he said to Serena, "...Brianna's coming-of-age party is next week. Serena, you absolutely must come! Grandpa will be waiting for you!"
Immediately after, Nicholas's clear, magnetic voice followed, laced with an intimate smile. "Then Serena... will be my date."
Date?!
Those two words exploded in Isabella's mind like a clap of thunder.
Her vision went dark!
For Serena to attend Brianna's coming-of-age party as Nicholas's date?
Then what about her... the one who had been hinting to their entire social circle about an engagement between their families, the one who had been posing as Nicholas's future wife...
Wouldn't she become the laughingstock of the entire elite circle?!
Moreover, everyone in their circle would start speculating about Serena's identity. When it was eventually revealed... her status as the fake heiress would be impossible to hide!

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