Chapter 26 Retaliation
Soon after, Serena returned to the Und residence.
As soon as she stepped inside, Helena’s sharp voice greeted her “Oh, look who it is. I see you’re living a good life now that you’ve got an old man keeping you, huh? You’re even wearing designer clothes.”
Serena ignored Helena’s sarcastic remarks, walking past her without a word.
“Uncle Charles, I’ve taken care of the matter you asked me to,” she said, walking directly up to him. She raised the black folder in her hand and showed it to him. Now, i
to keep your promise.”
Helena snorted decisively from the side, her voice dripping with disbelief. “How do we know if that Letter of Intent is real? What if you forged it just to get what you want?” Serena remained calm and collected, her reply steach and firm. “If you don’t believe me, you can always call Chandler Group to verify it.”
charles didn’t doubt her and said calmly, “No need. I trust you.”
Helena let out a frustrated grunt
Charles then raised his hand slightly, signaling to the maid nearby. The maid quickly understood and set the items on the coffee table one by one.
“Since you’ve completed the task within the deadline, I’ll naturally keep my promise.”
As the objects carrying memories of the past were laid out before Serena, causing her eyes to instantly well up with tears.
She carefully picked up the painting, her trembling fingers gently tracing every detail of the piece.
It’s your
Malik, her father, was the one who painted this. It was their family portrait, showing the three of them together. Others might think it was worthless, ordinary work, but to her, ir was priceless and held irreplaceable emotions and memories
Howe, as she was lost in these warm memories, Helena suddenly jumped up, rushed toward her, and roughly snatched the painting from her hands.
“You want to take it back after threatening me on the phone? Dream on!”
When Serena saw Helena about to tear the painting, she was startled and quickly moved to stop her, “Let go! This is my painting! You can’t take it!”
Helena didn’t back down, using all her strength to yank the painting away “Hmph! Not only am I taking it, but I’m going to tear it up too.”
At that mort, Naomi also rushed over, joining in to help Helena Naomi grabbed Serena’s hair and shouted viciously, “You slut! How dare you resist? You asked for this!= Serena’s hair was yanked painfully, but instead of her usual merk and submissive demeanor, she was anything but weak this time. She gripped the painting tightly, then suddenly itted her leg and kicked Helena hard in the stomach.
Helena staggered and fell heavily to the ground
Everyone present was stunned by Serena’s sudden action.
Clutching her stomach, Helena sat on the floor, her face contorting with pain and rage. “Serena! You bach! How dare you kick me!”
Seeing this, Naomi shot her a vicious glare and snarled, “Serena, how dare you kick my mom? You’re courting death!”
With that, she raised her hand, about to slap Serena’s face,
But Serena was quicker. She released one hand to grab Naomi’s w
wrist and immediately turned, sinking her teeth into Naomi’s arm. Naomi cried out in pain and released her grip on the painting
Serena seized the opportunity to forcefully push Naomi away and quickly checked the painting she was holding tightly against her chest. After confirming that it was unharmed, she finally let out a long sigh of relief,
Naum glared at Serena, growing angrier by the second. Unable to contain herself, she charged forward again, determined to punish Serena
But Serena wasn’t the same as before. Her movements were quicker than Naomi’s. The sharp sound of a slap echoed through the empty living room.
Nao was left stunned.
“Serena, you —”
Before she could finish, Serena willy slapped her again.
“I’m returning those two slaps you gave me last time.”
At that moment, Charles, who had been silently sitting on the couch, slammed his hand down and stood up. He pointed at Serena with a scowl “Serena, are you trying to rebel?” Serena smirked, her voice resolute. “Yes, I should have rebelled long ago.”
This was the first time she had defied Charles, and his face turned as “Serena, you really are an ungrateful bitch! We raised you for all these years, and instead of being ceful, you dar Loy your hands on us
After Nacent helped Helepump, a lamediately began cursing again.
“Rated ne?” Hearing those words, Serena almost laughed, “when have you ever raised me? All these years, it’s been nothing but beatings and scoldings. You’ve abused and bullied in. If not for the maids pitying and restingar, I’d probably be dead by now. No, to be exact_”
Shepard, and then her eyes sharpened as she directly exposed their hidden motives. “You couldn’t let me die so soon. After all, Grandpa’s will clearly states that I must live to as in good hedil or his entire interitance will be donated to acharityfoundation.
“You wouldn’t want that, would you, Uncle Charles and Aunt Helenat
At these words, Charles‘ expression grew even darker.
