Chapter 373

Serena's POV The car's leather seats felt cold against my back, but nothing compared to the ice spreading through my chest. "She was hysterical," Cedric said, his voice disturbingly calm while his knuckles turned bone-white around the steering wheel. "She was blocking our way." "She's pregnant." The words scraped out of my damaged throat. I kept seeing her fall—the instinctive way her hands flew to protect her stomach, the color bleeding from her face like spilled milk. Cedric's jaw locked so tight I could hear his teeth grinding. "They're fabricating this entire scene, Serena. Don't let them manipulate you." But doubt had already sunk its claws into me. "Ethan... he really is Serena's brother, isn't he?" A pause. Too long. "Yes." "Then what was he talking about?" My heart hammered against my ribs. "What did he mean?" Cedric glanced at me, his eyes hardening with something that looked like desperation disguised as determination. "They're too emotional right now. They've confused you wi