Serena looked down with a terrifying detachment, her heel pressing with agonizing slowness against Isabella's bruised jaw, asserting a cold, undisputed dominance.
"You dare?" she scoffed, unconcerned. "Go ahead, tell them. Let's see... who they believe. You, or me?"
The extreme humiliation made Isabella's eyes look like they were about to pop out of her head, her face a mask of contorted rage.
She struggled desperately, but she couldn't break free.
She had never imagined that Serena would actually get physical with her! Here, in their own home!
Serena's attitude, as if she wasn't the least bit worried about her family discovering she was bullying her, was one of complete and utter confidence!
Isabella was furious and in agony.
And Serena was right.
Even after being beaten, she wouldn't dare let the family know.
If she did, wouldn't they find out that she had snuck into Serena's room?
If Serena added a few words on the side, everyone would suspect that she really
had been trying to steal the gift Nicholas gave Serena!
She wouldn't be able to explain her way out of it!
Right now, everyone in the Lancaster family was acting as if they were under a spell, completely biased towards Serena.
No one would believe a word she said.
That's why Serena could be so brazen!
"Do you know why I let you stay in the Lancaster family?" Serena kept her foot on Isabella's head, slowly leaning down to look at her.
Serena's weight pressed down.
Isabella felt like her head was about to be crushed, the pain was excruciating.
She let out a blood-curdling scream.
Then she heard the girl's cool, mocking Voice from above her. "The room is pretty soundproof, but what if someone heard and opened.
the door? How Should Texplain this scene?"
Isabella's struggles paused for a moment, and a flicker of hope ignited within her.
"Oh? You think screaming will lure the family here, just in time for them to witness how I'm bullying you?" Serena seemed to read her mind, asking with a smile.
Isabella's body tensed, and she twisted her head to glare at her.
Serena chuckled. "Go on, scream, Ever since my laptop was stolen, I've had a camera installed in this OOLT Calf the family over. It'll be a peffect time to show them the footage of you stealing my laptop, too."
Isabella's struggles stopped.
The scream died in her throat.
Her pupils dilated, her eyes turning crimson. "You..."
Serena had installed a camera in her room?
Just to guard against her?!
If the family saw how she stole Serena's laptop...
If the family saw her twisted, hysterical face just now, saw how she had provoked Serena first... and even started the fight...
Her carefully maintained image of a gentle, obedient girl, a perfect socialite, would be utterly destroyed!
"In my eyes, you're nothing more than a little pet that Mom and Dad keep around."
Serena's voice was cool and laced
with indifference. "And as a little pet, your jo
is to do everything.in your
power to make your owners happy
in exchange for whatever you want."
She gently patted Isabella's twisted, stiff face with the sole of her shoe. "A pet needs
to know its place."