The Princess and the Paupers

Chapter 673
How on earth?
Everything’s topsy–turvy?
Serena couldn’t believe that the image she had worked so hard to build had collapsed so easily. She closed her eyes tightly, took
a moment to laugh, then slowly rose to her feet.
Since the cat was out of the bag, there was no need for her to keep up the pretense.
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“Yes, I am indeed the adopted child.” Serena lowered her head and took a while before lifting it to look at Arabella. There was
self–mockery, heartache, and jealousy in her eyes. “She’s the real Collins family daughter.”
“What on earth is going on?” Délia and her three friends were totally bamboozled.
However, Serena was not in the mood to answer her question. She looked at Chasel, tears streaming down her face.
“You all said that after Arabella came back, you would still treat me like family. But every single thing you do, every word you say,
you’re all siding with her!”
Serena’s tears fell pitifully.
“Chasel, we’ve lived together for eighteen years. Are our feelings less important than those of a sister who just came back?”
Chasel’s eyes were complicated, but it wasn’t true.
“And you, from the day you set foot in the Collins family’s home, have you ever been friendly to me?” Serena loudly questioned
Arabella.
Kelly, who was standing to the side, couldn’t stand it anymore and stepped in to defend: “Bella’s always been sort of aloof, but
she has a heart of gold.”
“And you!” Serena glared at Kelly and said, “What’s it to you? You’re an outsider so why are you sticking your nose in other
people’s business?”

Serena, saying this, shed more tears of hurt and disappointment: “I just wanted things to stay the same, to continue having the
love of my parents and brothers. What did I do wrong? Why did everything change when Arabella came back?”
“This has always been her home so she should be here.” Chasel, as always, kept his cool, but his gaze became more
complicated. “And you’ve enjoyed her life for eighteen years, but you smudged her reputation and spread rumors about her after
she came back. Did you tell our classmates she was kept by an old man?”**
Kelly, Joyce, and Mya: What? Was there such a thing? If Serena really did say this, that’s way too much!
“No, I didn’t say that!” Serena shook her head, laughing in despair. “So now, whatever bad rumors there are about her, I’m the
one who spread them? Let me make it clear again: I did not spread this rumor!”
“Then, did Myrna really push you?” Chasel looked into her eyes again, fluctuating between hope and disappointment.
“If I say yes, would you believe me?” Serena cried and then laughed, saying, “If I say no, would you be even more disappointed
in me?”
“Enough with the dilly–dallying. I’ve already gotten the surveillance footage from just now.” Kelly, standing aside, directly
interrupted her, playing the video clip from her phone for everyone to see.
To make sure everyone understood, she even set it to slow motion. In the video, Myrna clearly pulled back her hand, but Serena
still deliberately fell onto the grass.
The truth was crystal clear!
Delia was also stunned when she saw this. How could this be? Did Serena really fall on her own?
She had just defended Serena without hesitation, trusting her friend and even claiming that she saw Myrna push someone.
She never thought the truth would be like this. Her disappointment in Serena was extreme.
“I considered you my best friend, but you deceived me time and time again! Your fainting spell just now was fake too, wasn’t it?”
Delia gritted her teeth and said, “Serena, you’ve really let me down!”