“Serina, come with me!” Andrew threw his chopsticks on the table and stood up.
Serina glanced coldly at Clara, who was sobbing with her head lowered. She stood up and followed Andrew.
“Good girl, come here. I’m so sorry for you.” Miranda hurriedly hugged Clara in her arms.
“Grandma….” Clara burst into tears.
“Alright, alright. There, there. No one shall mention this anymore. Don’t cry, my baby.” Miranda patted Clara’s back and comforted her.
Sammy glanced in the direction Serina left. He sighed and put down his chopsticks, “Clara, let’s go out for a walk.”
Miranda hurriedly agreed, “Right. You should go out for a walk and take some air.”
Sammy helped Clara up. They walked out of the dining hall together and went outside.
Clara snuggled in Sammy’s embrace and said, “Sammy, do you mind that my mother is a …”
“Don’t mention this anymore. I don’t mind,” Sammy interrupted her.
Clara sniffled, “I know that she’s a …, but who can choose their parents?”
Sammy hugged Clara tightly, “Clara, you are a good girl.”
Clara pursed her lips and smiled, “Sammy, you should go and take a look at Serina. Dad is probably angry. What if he hits her?”
“Don’t worry. Everything will be fine. When Serina got herself into trouble as a child, she would always cry before Andrew hit her. She knows how to protect herself.”
Clara nodded and leaned her head against Sammy’s chest.
Looking at Clara in his arms, Sammy also smiled, “You are always so considerate.”
In the study.
The door was tightly shut. Looking at his stubborn daughter, Andrew scolded angrily, “Kneel!”
“I’ve done nothing wrong. Why should I kneel?” Serina refused.
“Serina!” Andrew was so furious that he was about to go mad. “You’ve done nothing wrong? Isn’t it wrong yelling at your grandparents?”
“They were wrong!” Serina turned her head to the side.
Andrew walked behind Serina and kicked her behind her knees. Serina directly kneeled on the ground.
Just as Serina was about to get up, Andrew said, “If you dare to get up, I will call Yolanda right away!”
Hearing her mother’s name, Serina shot a sidelong glance at Andrew. She did not get up, but still straightened her body. Yolanda was her weak spot.
“Serina, you’re really getting more and more unreasonable. First, you run away from home. After you returned, you kept disturbing the peace of the family! Didn’t I told you that no one is allowed to mention Clara’s mother?”
Serina did not say anything. Clara’s mother was a taboo for everyone in the Norris family. From the moment Clara became a Norris, she was told that no one was allowed to mention Clara’s mother.
Serina was too angry today. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have rubbed Clara’s nose.
“Also, Sammy and Clara are expecting now. Their wedding has also been arranged. Stop messing around.” Andrew tried to suppress his temper again and again.
“Am I messing around? Am I? I was the victim!”
After what happened, Serina was confused for a time. She wondered whether she was wrong or everyone else was. Why did everyone think that she was messing around? What was so wrong to speak of fact?
“You and Sammy were not engaged. He was not your fiancé. Although you were engaged when you were young, there was no ceremony. You and Sammy are more like siblings.”
“Dad, if I tell you that I love Sammy, will you change your mind?” Serina looked at her father, her eyes full of expectations.
Even though she still loved Sammy, she was aware that they couldn’t be together.
But she couldn’t be mollified. How her family was biased for Clara ate at her. It was unfair!