After a satisfying meal, Edward put down his utensils and looked at Catherine. "Is Isabella feeling any better?"
Catherine shook her head. “Mr. Carrick has been monitoring her temperature. He gave her a shot to bring the fever down, but it doesn't seem to be working. It keeps coming back."
Edward frowned. "This can't go on."
The original plan was to send Isabella to the villa in the countryside today.
Now, his in-laws had gotten involved.
If Isabella didn't get better, his in-laws would worry, and it would be troublesome if their health suffered because of it.
Catherine sighed. “Mr. Carrick said it might be psychological."
After all, Isabella had always been doted on and cherished in the Lancaster family.
Now that Serena was back, all their attention was naturally focused on her.
Although Catherine still treated Isabella the same, for Isabella herself...
She probably couldn't accept the sudden shift and had buried all her emotions deep inside.
Once buried, those feelings piled up with no outlet.
Her body gave out, leaving her listless and unable to recover.
Edward's frown deepened. "What does she have to be sick about? She is our adopted daughter, and we adopted her in the hopes of doing a good deed that would lead us to our own daughter sooner. She should be well aware of that."
"Besides, even with Serena back, no one has mistreated her. We still treat her the same as before. What more does she have to be dissatisfied about?"
Catherine patted her husband's arm. "That child, Isabella, has always been competitive and likes to be the best at everything. She tends to get stuck in her own head..."
She sighed again. "Since Mom and Dad miss Isabella, let's have her stay with them for a while in a few days. She can keep them company and have some time to herself to think things through."
“I suppose that's the only way." Edward turned to Serena, his eyes full of sympathy. "Serena, I'm sorry you've had to go through this."
Serena was about to say she didn't feel wronged at all.
But then Edward suddenly took out a
credit card and a pink car key, pressing them into her hand. "Serena, take these for now. Once Isabella goes to
your gram onts
place, Dad will compensate you with two office buildings!"
More stuff?
She already had hundreds of millions of dollars by now.
She couldn't possibly spend it all.
Serena glanced at the pink car key...
A limited-edition supercar.
Serena knew her family's favorite
response to anything was to thronet
money at it. She couldn't refuse, she simply smiled. "Thank you, Dad.”
Edward waved his hand. “You were wronged, so it's only right that I compensate you."
“Serena, are you free next week?" Old Mr. Lancaster suddenly asked.
Serena thought for a moment and nodded. "Yes."
Old Mr. Lancaster looked at her. "In that case, go with your mother to the United
States next week and visit your grandparents.”
His words made everyone pause.
They all fell silent and looked at Old Mr. Lancaster.
A sharp glint appeared in his eyes as he narrowed them slightly. "Your grandparents haven't met you yet he said faintly. Now that you home, it's only right that you go visit
them."
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Serena met Old Mr. Lancaster's gaze and understood his intention.
Grandpa believed that her grandparents favored Isabella only because they had never met her.
If Isabella ran to them playing the victim every time she caused trouble...