Forced to Marry the Sickly Billionaire
Chapter 144: She is My Junior Sister

Chapter 144: Chapter 144: She is My Junior Sister

Serena Summers’s fair and delicate little face showed an unnatural pallor.

Her lips trembled slightly, and her entire being radiated an indescribable fragility, like a porcelain doll about to shatter.

Liam Shaw’s breathing abruptly caught, and an utterly absurd thought suddenly emerged in his mind, sinking his heart to the abyss.

Serena... had she been poisoned too?

Edward Selwyn laughed mockingly, his icy gaze seemingly wishing to devour Liam Shaw whole.

"The medicines, I collected them diligently to treat Serena’s illness. Yet she didn’t even think before giving them to Lucas Shaw."

"You, how do you know so much? You and Serena..." Liam Shaw asked uncertainly.

Edward Selwyn looked down, a gentle touch crossing the dark depths of his eyes, "Serena Summers is my junior sister; I’ve watched her grow up since she was little. Serena married Lucas Shaw to repay a childhood debt, and now with a life for a life, the debt has been settled. From now on, I hope your Shaw Family will not disturb Serena again."

He tightened his grip on Serena’s hand and stepped away.

As he was leaving through the door, he turned his head again.

Elena Ryan was startled by his sharp gaze, and before she could react, she heard him say: "The clothes on Serena’s body are mine. Although our Serena may not be from a noble family, as long as I am here, I will never let her be humiliated by anyone."

Having said that, Edward Selwyn left without looking back.

Liam Shaw watched the direction in which Edward Selwyn and Serena Summers departed, his heart suddenly sinking.

Lucas Shaw and Serena Summers had been kidnapped together as children.

Lucas Shaw had two types of poison in his body.

One he was born with, the other was injected by someone.

And Serena, too, had been injected with the same substance.

"No wonder... no wonder Edward Selwyn would go to such lengths to collect those herbs, he refused to relent no matter how much my grandfather and I pleaded, so that’s how it is." Liam Shaw’s legs suddenly gave way, and he stumbled, nearly falling to the ground.

A feeling named panic abruptly spread across his chest, crushing his breath.

Elena Ryan was also in a state of immense shock, unable to regain her senses for a long time.

Serena... was actually Edward Selwyn’s junior sister?

Although she had barely paid attention to the business world over the years, she had heard Edward Selwyn’s name.

It was said that Edward Selwyn did not come from a noble family, but he rose on his own to dominate numerous noble families in City S.

The power of Horizon Group could now be compared to that of Shaw Group.

Lucas Shaw expanded Shaw Group on the foundations laid by its predecessors.

But Edward Selwyn was self-made.

How could such a person be ordinary?

What did she just say?

She actually called Edward Selwyn a bastard and used that to insult Serena in every possible way.

Elena Ryan’s mind was blank at this moment, unsure of how to react.

The entire ground floor of the villa was eerily silent.

Liam Shaw and Elena Ryan both fell into silence.

One filled with regret, the other with shock and helplessness.

Liam Shaw glared at Elena Ryan with bloodshot eyes, his voice choked, "Mother, are you satisfied now?"

"How, how can you talk to me like that!" Elena Ryan’s eyes flickered subtly, feeling an inexplicable sense of grievance inside.

Her own son, actually questioning her for the sake of an outsider!

A rush of anger welled up inside her as she indignantly said, "Who knows if what Edward Selwyn said is true? Maybe he and Serena Summers really are having an affair!"

Elena Ryan did not believe that Serena would risk her life for Lucas Shaw.

They had only known each other for a little over two months, how could such deep feelings have developed?

Besides, people are selfish.

She didn’t believe Serena would go to such lengths for Lucas Shaw.

Moreover, it’s just a few herbs.

Even if they’re gone now, can’t they just find more later?

Edward Selwyn, after all, is considered a junior, yet he dares speak to her in such a manner!

Utterly ignorant and lacking manners!

"Mom, have you said enough? We all know very well how deep the feelings between Serena and Lucas are. Do you have to measure their relationship with the filthiest of thoughts?" Liam Shaw couldn’t believe that these words had come from his own mother’s mouth.

The Ryan Family has always valued family education and manners; they never speak ill of others behind their backs.

But Elena Ryan maligned Serena Summers time and again.

"Filthy?" Elena Ryan’s eyes widened, looking at Liam with shock filling her eyes, "Liam, are you actually using this word to describe your mother?"

Liam Shaw lowered his eyes, filled with pain.

He didn’t want to use such words to describe Elena Ryan, but everything she did had utterly disappointed him.

"Mom, please, can’t you just stop causing a scene? Serena is not that kind of person; she would never do anything to betray Lucas," Liam Shaw pleaded in a soft voice.

"Liam, how can you speak about your mother this way? How can you say such things to your mother for the sake of that jinx, Lucas Shaw?"

Elena Ryan slowly crouched down, hugging her head with both arms, the eyes that very much resembled Liam’s shimmering with pain and endless torment.

"Mom, I’ll call a psychologist for you, please go back to your room," Liam Shaw suddenly felt a sense of helplessness.

He knew that some beliefs, once formed, are not easily changed.

Only through gradual progression.

Otherwise, the collapse of belief would bring a destructive blow to Elena Ryan.

At this moment, Sylvia Lane, who had been lurking in the corner watching the drama unfold, finally stepped out.

She quickly walked to Elena Ryan’s side and embraced her, whispering words of comfort.

"Auntie, what’s wrong with you? What exactly happened?"

"Big brother, Auntie is already in poor health, why would you still provoke her?" Sylvia Lane looked up at Liam Shaw with a gaze full of accusation and silent resentment.

Liam Shaw scoffed, warning in a low voice, "This is the Shaw Family’s business, it has nothing to do with you."

Sylvia Lane’s eyes reddened slightly, a hint of grievance flashing across her gaze, "How is it not related to me? I’m also part of the Shaw Family, and Auntie treats me as if I were her own daughter."

"So you knew everything already, since the Shaw Family has been gracious to you, why do you repay kindness with ingratitude, sabotaging Lucas and Serena’s relationship time after time?" Liam Shaw scoffed and unapologetically exposed Sylvia Lane’s true face.

The expression on Sylvia Lane’s face stiffened momentarily as she explained in a panic, "No, big brother, you’ve wronged me. I never thought of ruining the relationship between Brother Lucas and Serena Summers... It’s just that Serena herself doesn’t know how to cherish it, I’m just speaking out for Brother Lucas, that’s all."

"Speaking out?" Liam Shaw was puzzled.

Sylvia Lane nodded vigorously, explaining in a low voice, "You must have seen that scene just now, Serena has been entangled with another man all along. She never really had Brother Lucas in her heart."

At the mention of this, Sylvia Lane instantly clenched her teeth in anger, her eyes filled with resentment and dissatisfaction.

Liam Shaw’s brow furrowed tightly, sensing something was amiss, "Sylvia Lane, why are you so certain that Serena and another man are involved?"

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