Chapter 264

Connor Allen and Bianca Quinn left without saying a word. Except for some essential documents, they didn’t even pack a bag. In the study of the Allen family home, they left a note: “We’ve failed as children. Taking Bianca on a trip to clear our heads. Might be a few months, might be a few years, who knows. Please take care of yourselves.” When Serena Dawson got the news, she was still kneeling on the cold floor of the funeral home, clinging tightly to her father William Thompson’s urn. Her cheeks were still streaked with tears, and her lips curled up in a bitter smile. Gone. Good for them. Serena couldn’t help but envy them—being able to just leave it all behind, escape this sorrowful city and all the noise and mess, start over somewhere quiet and unfamiliar. But what about everything holding her here? How was she supposed to mend a heart that already felt completely shattered? She was jealous of Bianca Quinn—for having Connor Allen, a man who never wavered, always put her first. Seren