The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella) novel Chapter 2144

When David arrived, he saw a person on the ground being tormented beyond recognition, a shadow of her former self. Without hesitation, he ordered someone to splash saltwater and chili water on her, and Serena’s screams filled the air.

But this was just the beginning.

Time and again, they had given her countless chances, yet she never learned her lesson, only becoming more audacious repetitively.

If she hadn’t brought this upon herself, she would still be the darling daughter of the Collins family, attending Summerfield College, with her beloved Martin by her side, her future bright as day.

The Collins family would have continued to treat her kindly as before, and the Coopers family, seeing this, would have welcomed her into the family as their daughter-in-law.

Even after Martha and Erik had secretly helped her sell off her clothes, shoes, bags, and jewelry, if she had just stopped in time, she would still have over a hundred million dollars in her bank account. When she married Martin, the wedding gifts would have easily pushed her net worth over three hundred million dollars.

How many heiresses could boast a fortune of three hundred million.

But she was never satisfied, always stirring trouble, until she ended up with nothing.

Elsewhere.

Arabella visited her base to check on Jack and Wolf, and the brothers were overjoyed to see her.

Some of the brothers were getting better, some pretended to be in unbearable pain, hoping for their boss’s attention.

Stinger, waking up on his hospital bed, was surprised to find himself alive. He heard from those around him that Arabella had tried to carry him out of the church just before the explosion, but in the end, it was Romeo who had carried him away to safety.

“Buddy, you should feel lucky being carried by Mr. McMillian. Not just anyone gets that privilege.”

“Yeah, what’s it like to be carried by Mr. McMillian? He is the richest man in the world.” They teased.

“I’ve already sent their families a sum of money as consolation. They’ll be holding funerals in the next few days, and we should pay our respects.”

“Yes, boss.”

At Reflections Villa.

A servant rushed in with a report.

“Sir, ma’am, someone just delivered this box, specifically addressed to you. I don’t know what it is. I didn’t get a chance to ask; the person left immediately.”

Louisa saw that the servant was holding an exquisitely carved wooden box, slightly larger than an A4 sheet of paper. Kenneth and Louisa recognized it instantly – it was the box they had won at an auction and given to Lucas as a gift.

Lucas had loved collecting such antiquated items. When he received this box, he had treasured it for a long time, treating it like a prized possession.