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Caleb Lockwood stood up and returned a momentter, holding arge bouquet of bright roses in his hand.

“I didn’t know what kind of flowers you like, so I bought what I thought would suit you best.

Wendy Linton nced at the flowers Caleb had given her; they were all red roses, vividly beautiful, and indeed the best fit for her.

“Thank you, I really like them.”

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Lilian Young saw the smile on Wendy’s face and the way she looked at Caleb, and she breathed a slight sigh of relief.

It seemed that Caleb still understood what she meant, at least knowing to actively give Wendy a gift to mend the rtionship between

the two families.

At the neighboring table, Ian ckwood watched Caleb give Wendy arge bouquet of flowers without showing any expression, and pushed his golden–framed sses slightly.

The flowers seemed striking but,pared to theb given to Serena Jennings earlier, the difference in value was too vast.

At least from Ian’s perspective, if Serena was worth five billion US Dors, then Wendy was just worth that bouquet of roses.

“Are you not bidding this time?”

Serena reminded Ian that theb she donated had already started its second round of auctioning, with a much more reasonable price

this time.

“No.” Ian shook his head, “I’m not as prodigal as Caleb, and I don’t even have a girlfriend. Who would I give it to? If I give it to you, you

wouldn’t want it.”

Serena tilted her head.

She intended to say ton, “You could give it to ire Shaw!”

But given her and Ian’s rtionship, they didn’t seem close enough for such casual suggestions.

“So all your keen bidding earlier was really just topete with Caleb?”

“Not exactly…

Ian shook his head again.

“I wanted to raise the price, so he’d spend more money – kind of helping you vent your anger!”

“Huh?”

Serena couldn’tprehend Ian’s words.

Ifn himself couldn’t stand Caleb and wanted to raise the price to provoke the high–stakes Caleb into spending more, she could

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understand.

Butn said it was to help her….

Seeing the look of confusion on Serena’s face,n pushed his golden–framed sses and formally apologized:

“I’m sorry, Serena, for not being able to help you during your most difficult times.

These words instantly pulled Serena back to the darkest period when she was cyberbullied, herpany was insolvent and she had to file for bankruptcy.

“For the Northriver project, my dad sent me to Zephyria for further studies, and during that time, I got involved in local gang disputes and ended up in the hospital…”

In Serena’s bright eyes,n caught a trace of care for him.

Although he outwardly had a schrly elegance, deep down he was quite unruly; meant to advance his studies, he ended up in the hospital instead.

Of course, the gang leaders who fought with him didn’t fare much better – they were lying in the hospital too!

“As a result, my dad was furious, saying I caused trouble and confiscated my phone. I was almost in a state of house arrest during my

hospital stay…”

Asn spoke, his smile turned bitter.

It was onlyter, during rehab, that he got his phone and found out Serena was in deep trouble.

He actually was quite pleased to hear the rumors about him and Serena.

But he didn’t want to see Serena being cyberbullied, to the point that her studio closed down because of it.

And during that time, the ckwood Group was as silent as the grave, not even uttering a word in Serena’s defense.

But that wasn’t surprising; nobody amongst the ckwood family except him had any friendship with Serena.

As for the Lockwood Group, it was even more exaggerated, not just failing to offer help but rather adding insult to injury.

It didn’t matter if it was Arthur Lockwood or Caleb Lockwood who did it; Ian wouldn’t be surprised.

In his eyes, the Lockwood family was always so profit–driven and cold–hearted.

“Although I’m not much better than Caleb, as the saying goes, ignorance is no excuse… I really didn’t know what was happening at that

time. By the time I found out, you had already be the BYC master.”

Serena could tell that Ian was genuinely apologizing to her.

But at the same time, she could also sensen was subtly emphasizing that he was better than Caleb.

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“It’s alright, whether you knew or not, I won’t me you.”

Serena’s understanding words instead loweredn’s lifted lips.

“Serena, you really have no expectations of me, do you?”

“What?”

Serena didn’t immediately understand the deeper meaning inn’s words.

Ian smiled bitterly, pushed his golden–framed sses, and his eyes through the lenses were directed at Peter sitting beside Serena.

“Peter, do you feel the same way?”

Peter nced atn, remained silent.

Staying silent was almost like an implicit agreement.

In Peter’s eyes, Serena more or less maintained a polite distance from him, from Ian, as well as Justin Nash and Patrick Rhodes.

The fact that she didn’t me them meant she never had expectations for them.

As for who truly entered Serena’s world.

That person was only Caleb Lockwood.

And the vacant space in Serena’s heart in the future might never be reserved for him.

Peter couldn’t help but sigh.

Ian saw Serena still had a bewildered look and smiled, lifting his own champagne.

“In any case, this time Caleb spent five billion US Dors for your auction item, worthy of celebration.”

“Indeed.”

Serena clinked sses with Ian.

“Raising more charity funds is indeed a good deed.”

Serena was clinking sses with Ian over here.

Caleb Lockwood was gently swirling the wine in his ss over there.

The wine was richly colored, yet nothing close to the depth of Caleb’s eyes.

Finally, theb designed and donated by Serena Jennings in its second round of auction was taken by Prince William.

“The auction item that raised the most funds this charity event was donated by BYC master, namely Ms. Serena Jennings‘ Golden

Phoenix Tail Comb. Please wee Ms. Serena Jennings to the stage.”

Serena never expected there to be an honorary certificate to be awarded to her, feeling somewhat ttered.

She stood up, about to take a step, whenn gestured her to wait.

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Shortly after, she saw tan bend down, kneel on one knee, and patiently help her adjust her dress.

The spotlight was already on her, andn’s actions were clear to everyone around.

Serena was surprised and embarrassed, saying softly ton:

“Um… I can handle the dress myself, no need to trouble…”

Ian looked up with a slight smile.

“Do I look like I’m kneeling at your feet?”

Serena felt chills all over her body.

She still remembered when she first metn, he threatened her or kicked away her crutch.

Why had he be like this now?

Consideringn was hospitalized and underwent surgery in Zephyria, Serena couldn’t help but wonder if Ian’s body and mind hadn’t

fully recovered.

Many guests started to feel curious about Serena and Ian’s rtionship again, especially those sitting close to Serena’s table.

Meanwhile, Caleb Lockwood was busy fiddling with his phone.

Finally, Serena walked onto the stage, her ethereal white in tulle dress still dazzling under the stage lights.

At this point, the host continued:

“Now let us wee the award presenter…”

Prince William was about to stand up when suddenly the chairperson of the charitable foundation stepped onto the stage and whispered

something to the host.

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