Chapter 71
Didn’t that make her look like a complete clown?
The sheer humiliation sent a chill through Isabella, making her tremble and her breath catch in her throat.
Just as the two figures were disappearing around the corner.
She thought she saw… a familiar, tall and imposing figure walking up to Serena’s side.
He naturally fell into step with Serena and Mr. Harrison.
But it was only for a second, so fast that… she almost wondered if she’d imagined it.
Nicholas?
Why would Nicholas be at the institute, and walking with Serena and the others?
No… that’s not right!
She must have been mistaken. She’d heard his car at the Lancaster estate several times but hadn’t seen him. She missed him so much, she must have been seeing things.
But even if she was wrong about Nicholas p>
What about Mr. Harrison’s attitude toward Serena? And how did Serena get into the institute in the first place?
Isabella felt as if everything she had ever been proud of was being crushed to dust before Serena.
Her pride was in pieces.
“Impossible… this is absolutely impossible Isabella murmured, a dazed look on her face.
“Isabella lan’s face was grim. He remembered how he had just been bragging in front of two beautiful women about how impressive he was, only to be slapped in the face by the very person he’d dismissed as a nobody.
His eyes darted around before he placed a hand on Isabella’s shoulder. “You wait here. I’ll go in and check out the situation, see what kind of trick that woman used to get into the institute p>
With that, lan started to walk inside.
But as he tried to pass through the security gate, he was stopped.
Two guards from the Department of Defense crossed their rifles, blocking his path.
lan pulled out his ID card. “I’m a researcher here! Why are you stopping me p>
The guards expressions remained unchanged. “Your access to the institute has been revoked. If you
have any questions planet
contact
your superior to file a report p>
lan’s face went pale, then red. It was the height of humiliation.
Especially when his passing
colleagues cast strange glances his looking at
him as if he wee bet
way
part of a circus act.
lan felt like he was on pins and needles. He had never been so embarrassed.
Isabella’s eyes widened in shock. Her first thought was p>
Serena was behind lan’s access being revoked!
But she couldn’t believe it. How could Serena possibly have that much power?
Could it be that her parents, or her
gran just to
pressured Mr. Harrison
et Serena in just to please her?
Amish Serena’s reputation p>
Because Serena, that country bumpkin who didn’t even graduate high school, was a
total slacker who hated school.
So, the family must have used their connection to Mr. Harrison to get Serena a place in his institute p>
Once she was associated with Mr. Harrison’s institute.
Even without a diploma, no one in Vaelion City’s high society could mock her for her lack of education.
The more Isabella thought about it, the more convinced she became!
Her perfectly manicured nails dug into her palms, her crimson eyes fixed on the corner where Serena had disappeared.
She was going to see p>
Just how far the Lancaster family was willing to go for Serena!