CHAPTER 27: CHAPTER 27: SHAKEN HER RESOLVE TO DIVORCE

Lance Lockwood was trying his best to persuade, but Serena Jennings was hearing none of it.

Everyone wanted her to be considerate of Caleb Lockwood.

She had been considerate!

For three long years.

And in return, Caleb Lockwood had personally forced her to lose their precious first child for the sake of his beloved.

Serena’s face grew paler, and her heart colder.

Lance Lockwood was the most kind toward her among the Lockwood family, but he was still Caleb’s actual grandfather, so he naturally spoke in favor of Caleb.

Suddenly, Serena felt isolated and helpless.

Lance Lockwood spoke a lot about Caleb’s difficulties, how challenging it was, making Serena’s ears practically grow calluses.

"Consider it carefully again, give Caleb a chance, also a chance for yourself. But...if you ultimately decide to divorce Caleb, I will support you."

"Huh?"

Lance’s last sentence made Serena pause in surprise.

"So, Grandpa, you support my divorce from Caleb?"

Seeing Serena’s eyes widen in astonishment, a kindly smile spread across Lance’s aged face.

"From my standpoint, I certainly don’t wish for you two to divorce, but I won’t impose my will and forcibly tie you down to the Lockwood family." Lance understood that Serena and Caleb’s divorce wasn’t due to petty arguments.

Yet, as Caleb’s grandfather, he was obliged to advise.

When Caleb was in a car accident, everyone nearby watched coldly, not even making a call for an ambulance.

Only Serena not only called for an ambulance but when she heard it was stuck in traffic, she personally carried Caleb and walked to the ambulance location.

When Lance arrived at the hospital, he saw Serena, a young girl, anxiously waiting outside the operating room, flushed and drenched in sweat, her clothes dirty beyond belief.

It was from then that Lance felt Serena had feelings for Caleb.

After Caleb passed the critical period, he expressed gratitude to Serena. Regardless of her reason for rescuing Caleb, it was a life-saving favor for the Lockwood family.

However, Serena neither wanted money nor requested anything else.

In today’s materialistic society, Lance found girls like Serena rare.

Not to mention later, Serena also gave up her studies for Caleb.

"Caleb is lucky to have married you...if one day he loses you, it wouldn’t just be his loss but a loss for the entire Lockwood family."

After saying this, Lance entered the inpatient building, leaving Serena alone on the long bench.

If Lance’s words had shaken her determination to divorce, it certainly hadn’t.

But in Serena’s heart, there was a voice of regret:

If only Caleb himself thought the same.

In the end, Lilian Young was cared for by a nurse hired by Caleb, though every day Claire would come to make tea, water and tell jokes.

"I’m really envious of you, having such a devoted daughter-in-law," the patient in the next room said to Lilian Young. "I see she feeds you all kinds of supplements daily, must cost quite a bit, huh?"

Lilian Young’s health was actually well restored, but with a nurse and Claire taking care of her and continuous praise from others, she didn’t mind staying in the hospital a little longer.

"Aunt Young, today’s after-meal dessert is nourishing blood bird’s nest," Claire said with a charming smile.

Ever since Lilian Young was hospitalized, supplements were delivered daily, from ginseng soup to royal jelly, all high-end brands from The Wellness Pavilion, each extraordinarily priced.

But the sender left no name or contact, and the delivery person only knew it was for Lilian Young.

Since the first time it was accepted by Claire, from then on, Claire always had the delivery person bring it to the first floor of the inpatient building to personally fetch it.

In the ward, Claire snapped a photo of Lilian Young drinking the blood bird’s nest and sent it to Caleb.

At this moment, Caleb was at the company.

Every day, Claire sends him photos of his mom, and while his mom had been in the hospital for ten days, Serena hadn’t visited even once.

In the office, Mr. Miller was organizing files.

He didn’t understand why Caleb’s expression looked so terrifying when he saw his mom recovering well.

"Hello?"

Caleb voluntarily made a phone call.

FY Headquarters.

Serena never dreamt Caleb would voluntarily call her.

She answered, but the receiver was silent.

Finally, she took the initiative to ask, "Caleb Lockwood, what do you want from me?"

Still, no one spoke on the other end.

Just as Serena was about to hang up, she finally heard Caleb’s cold voice.

"Do you know where you fall short compared to Claire?"

Serena’s heart skipped a beat.

Reason told her to hang up immediately, but emotions urged her to keep listening.

She didn’t hang up.

"My mom’s been hospitalized for ten days, Claire’s been there daily, and she’s already been fired for it, but you haven’t come even once."

Serena thought Caleb would say something else.

"When I was hospitalized for a miscarriage, she didn’t even visit me once, did she?"

"Did you need visiting?"

Caleb’s calm retort felt like a knife stabbing Serena’s heart.

That was a miscarriage...

Did he think he knew what a miscarriage felt like?

Serena still remembered during her hospitalization, there was another patient in the next room who also had a miscarriage.

Her husband would cook personally every day, feeding her brown sugar water by hand.

Serena overheard them planning to have a baby again six months later, with the husband comforting his wife that they were still young, and the baby cot already bought would certainly not remain unused.

In fact, when Serena discovered her pregnancy, she had secretly searched for baby cots and baby items on her phone. Although she didn’t know if it was a boy or girl yet, children’s items were all so cute, she bookmarked quite a few.

She once thought those things would eventually be used.

But now, she didn’t dare to open that collection even once.

Caleb didn’t expect his casual remark would leave Serena silent for so long.

So long that he wondered if there was a problem with his phone.

Before he could speak again, the busy tone came through the receiver.

It was Serena who had unilaterally hung up.

Caleb also put down his phone.

Mr. Miller noticed that Caleb’s expression was even more frightening than before.

Another two days passed, and Lilian Young was discharged, with Arthur Lockwood using this as an excuse to host a party at The Lockwood Estate, inviting titans and celebrities from various social circles, aiming to reverse recent business setbacks for the Lockwood Group.

Caleb naturally attended, with Claire as his companion.

As Caleb was socializing, Lilian Young pulled Claire’s hand to whisper, "If it weren’t for the old man stopping me, I would’ve had Caleb divorce Serena long ago; Caleb should’ve married you from the start."

Claire smiled shyly, gazing affectionately at Caleb.

Just then, Caleb turned, giving her a slight smile.

"Look, my son never smiled at Serena like that."

Lilian Young’s words made Claire more certain of Caleb’s love for her.

Amidst the clinking glasses and lively banter at the party.

Serena took a cab to the estate and was surprised to see the old mansion bustling with people and noise, momentarily thinking she had arrived at the wrong place.