Just by looking at the tray from a distance, she knew she had put something in the breakfast?
And she exposed it right in front of the family.
Was she really planning to drop all pretenses with her in front of everyone?
A country bumpkin was a country bumpkin!
She didn't even know how to keep up appearances!
Isabella was both furious and panicked. Meeting Catherine's increasingly scrutinizing gaze, she quickly forced a laugh.
"Serena, you're so funny. I just wanted you to have the breakfast I made especially for you. But since you don't want it... I'll eat it myself. Next time, I'll make something you like."
Under her parents' watchful eyes, Isabella took a deep breath, swallowed all her emotions, and steeled herself to start eating the breakfast she had personally prepared and personally drugged.
She took one bite after another, as if she were chewing on glass.
Worst of all, she couldn't let her misery show and had to force a smile as she swallowed.
To make matters worse, Serena watched her with an utterly mocking expression and asked with a smile, “I heard you trained under a famous chef, so your cooking should be quite good. You made this yourself, so why does it look like... you're in pain eating it?"
Isabella's eyes almost turned red with anger.
Serena was doing this on purpose!
Purposely watching her make a fool of herself.
Purposely mocking her!
And she deliberately brought up her mentor, Calvin, at this moment just to show off
to the family that she knew Mr. Marshall!
No matter how much resentment boiled inside her, she couldn't let it show. She could only force a smile and speed up her eating.
After Serena leisurely finished her own breakfast, she said goodbye to her family and stood up to leave.
Isabella immediately got up and followed her. "Wait, Serena! I... I'll go with you to the hospital to see Brianna!"
She couldn't let Serena be alone with Nicholas.
Agnes was right. Serena had too many tricks up her sleeve. If given the chance, she would undoubtedly have Nicholas wrapped around her finger!
She couldn't give Serena the opportunity to seduce him!
Serena stopped, a lazy, mocking smile on her face as she looked at Isabella. "After causing such a huge mess ves esterday, provoking someone into a heart attack and nearly killing them, you still have the nerve to show your face?"
She scoffed, her tone laced with sarcasm. "Are you stupid, or just that reckless?"
Isabella's face turned deathly pale, her eyes widening in shock.
How... how did Serena know that she was the one who had provoked Brianna?
Did Nicholas tell her?
Did he use the story of her upsetting Brianna to entertain Serena?
Isabella's lips trembled, and her voice shook. “I-I didn't do it on purpose. I
genuinely... want to apologize to Brianna in person."
"Your absence is the best apology you can give Miss Blackwood, understand?" Serena said, showing no mercy.
Her words made Isabella tremble with rage.
This country bumpkin really was something else!
She was trying so hard to get rid of
her, all so she could have a chance to win over Brianna, impress the Blackwood family and get Brianna to accept her as a future
sister-in-law. She wanted to
Ove
completely replace her in the
Blackwood family's eyes!
“You can't make decisions for Brianna,” Isabella said, clenching her fists. “We've
always been close. I'm sure she'd be willing to hear me apologize in person!"
"So close you sent her into cardiac arrest?" Serena scoffed, her gaze shifting meaningfully toward Isabella's stomach. Besides are you sure... you're in any condition to go anywhere right now?"