Thankfully, it wasn't too late to wake up!
Thanks to Serena, her mind had never been clearer!
This newfound clarity allowed her to see just how foolish she had once been.
She felt that Serena had a kind of magical power about her.
Just being near Serena felt like her mind and body were being cleansed.
She was even starting to think... that her car accident had been a blessing in disguise!
Brianna's gaze on Serena grew more and more adoring, shining brightly as if she were looking at her one and only goddess.
And that look was a dagger to Brandon's heart.
He had always thought he had this naive little girl from the Blackwood family
completely under his thumb, to mold and shape as he pleased.
Until the day his family, the Kellers, could use her to climb to the pinnacle of Vaelion City, surpassing even the Blackwoods!
But that plan... had barely even started.
And Brianna was already treating him like this?
It was all because of Serena!
Brianna had only spun out of his control because Serena had appeared in her life!
"You!"
Brandon's eyes filled with venom as he glared at Serena, his face contorted with insane fury. "Serena, you're the one who corrupted her! You incited Brianna and drove a wedge between us, didn't you? You bitch, I..."
Smack!
Before he could finish, Brianna swung her hand and slapped him hard across the face.
The young girl was delicate, but standing in front of Serena, she was fierce in her defense.
She had put all her might into that slap.
Her face was flushed with anger as she glared at Brandon. "Shut up! Who gave you permission to insult Serena?"
"Brandon, I was only ever deceived by you because you were the closest friend I had growing up! Now, I see you for the entitted leech you aren and I refuse to let you drain me dry anymore. This has nothing todo with Serena!"
She pointed a finger at his nose. "If you dare insult her again, if you dare even glare at her one more time, trust me, I have ways to mak back even
pay back every cent you ever
you
scammed from me, with interest!"
Brandon's face changed drastically.
Pay it all back?
How could he?
All these years...
He and the entire Keller family had relied on Brianna just to stay afloat.
If he really had to pay it all back...
Even the entire Keller family fortune wouldn't be enough!
"Brianna." Serena's voice was cool as she took Brianna's arm and pulled the girl to her side. "Calm down."
She looked down at the girl's furious little face and gave her a gentle squeeze. "He's not worth getting worked up and harming your health over."
Brianna puffed out her cheeks, hugged Serena's arm tightly, and stopped looking at Brandon.
"Brianna..."
Brandon's face turned ashen. He collapsed onto the ground in defeat, his
expression panicked as he looked pleadingly at Brianna.
He refused to give up on this last
lifeline. "We've known each other for over a decade. Are you really going to deny our relationship because of an outsider?
Brianna was about to snap back at him again.
Serena held her arm, her gaze lazy as she looked down at Brandon from above.
"Did you know that Brianna was in the hospital for over a week?"
Brandon's pupils contracted, and he quickly looked at Brianna. "Hospitalized? What happened?"