Chapter 341: Chapter 341: Serena Sterling Is His Little Bride
Outside the door was indeed Zane Crawford, and beside him was a slender, graceful figure.
Zelda Willow was overjoyed, "Zane, you’re back, your fiancée..."
Zelda Willow’s gaze fell on Serena Sterling. When she realized it was Serena, Zelda’s pupils instantly contracted and dilated, and she froze in place.
How could it be?
In the living room, Jude Crawford and Hayden Crawford had heard the commotion by the door; tonight, they were all waiting for Zane to bring this mysterious fiancée home.
Jude Crawford put down the financial newspaper in his hand and stood up, "What’s going on?"
At this moment, Zane Crawford walked in holding Serena Sterling’s small hand.
Jude Crawford paused when he saw Serena. He had interacted with Serena twice before and knew this girl was extraordinary, but he hadn’t thought that Serena was indeed Seraphina Linden’s daughter!
At this time, Hayden Crawford lifted his handsome eyelids and looked at Zane, then his deep, narrow eyes slowly fell on Serena’s palm-sized, stunningly beautiful face. He stood up.
Serena’s arrival had plunged the entire Crawford family into a bizarre atmosphere.
Zane Crawford held Serena’s soft little hand in his palm, his cold black eyes looking at everyone, "Let me formally introduce, my fiancée, Serena Sterling!"
Zelda Willow’s face had already changed; she came over to look at Serena in shock. She was eagerly looking forward to the arrival of Seraphina Linden’s daughter but never expected Seraphina’s daughter to be Serena!
"Zane, did you make a mistake? How could it be Serena, how could it be her?" Zelda Willow shook her head in disbelief.
At this moment, Zane Crawford took out the jade ring, "This is the engagement token between Serena and me; Serena is my fiancée, and I’ve found her."
Saying this, Zane’s cold black eyes fell on Hayden’s handsome face.
Hayden Crawford’s tall, strong body was standing against the light, his facial expression unclear. His narrow eyes roamed from Serena’s small face to the tightly interlocked hands of her and Zane, swiftly pressing his thin lips into a cold, pale line.
So, Serena was that little girl from back then!
All these years, Hayden had looked for the little girl from back then, but he hadn’t found her.
He still remembered back in Jill’s room, warm and spring-like, where the little girl lay on a goose-yellow blanket, showing a snow-like small face. She didn’t look wrinkled like newborns usually did, contrary, she was strikingly beautiful right from birth.
She opened her big, black eyes to look at him, even smiling at him with her small mouth without a tooth.
She reached out her small hand and grabbed his slender index finger, holding tightly, refusing to let go.
Her mommy teased her, "Why drooling, have you taken a liking to the little boy? If you keep teasing the little boy, he’ll run away from you."
His mommy also laughed, "Hayden, how about little Mimi being your little bride in the future?"
Blushing, he turned and ran out of the room.
Later, she and her mother vanished, disappearing from the City of Aethelgard.
Hayden Crawford never forgot that little girl over the years, and now the little girl stood in front of him, as Serena!
Hayden suddenly felt that perhaps destiny was at work here, this girl who had stirred his heart repeatedly, disrupted his peaceful life, appeared numerous times in his dreamy springs, was indeed that girl.
Only now she was being held by Zane, as Zane’s fiancée.
At this moment, Jude Crawford coughed once, after all, he was a seasoned businessman emperor, and after a brief pause, he resumed his poise, "Great, Zane and Serena, you’ve had a marriage pact since childhood, now that you’ve reunited, get along well, and when you decide to marry, we’ll arrange your wedding."
Jude Crawford had recognized the relationship between the two.
Serena was quite surprised; she actually wanted to see Jude Crawford’s attitude. Back in Bayside, Jude Crawford was very displeased with her being caught between his two sons, fearing the brothers would fall out because of her.
Furthermore, others might not know, but didn’t Jude Crawford know? She had a marriage with Hayden, now divorced, and became Zane’s fiancée, yet this father didn’t care at all.
Why such a big contrast from before?
Is it because... she is Seraphina Linden’s daughter?
Serena had an intuition that Jude Crawford knew her mommy’s identity, and even knew where she came from.
It seemed she had come to the right place today.
Serena felt a faint excitement; if she could learn where her mommy came from, perhaps she could find her mommy!
Zelda Willow’s mood was the most complicated, like riding a roller coaster. If it were before, she absolutely wouldn’t want the girl she disliked, Serena, to be with her son, but Serena happened to be Seraphina Linden’s daughter.
Now even Jude Crawford recognized this relationship, so Zelda Willow could only put on a forced smile, "Dinner is ready, let’s start eating."
...
Five people entered the dining room together and began eating.
The atmosphere was quite bizarre.
Jude Crawford, holding knife and fork, elegantly cut into his steak, casually asking, "Serena, I heard you really want to enter the academy? You’ve missed the selection this year, but if you really want to enter, I can send you in."
Serena felt overwhelmed, so she was already beginning to enjoy the privileges and honors of the Crawford family?
At this moment, Zane Crawford placed the cut steak beside Serena, he spoke, "Dad, as for Serena wanting to enter the academy, don’t worry, I’ll take care of it."
Zane Crawford was the youngest academician in the Aethelgard Academy, having established his own medical research team, shining as the brightest star in the academy.
If Serena wanted to enter the academy, he had his ways.
Zelda Willow looked up at the plate beside Serena, where the steak was already cut into small pieces by Zane using a knife. Seeing her son meticulously caring for this girl she didn’t like, Zelda Willow’s motherly heart... was practically bleeding.
Serena gave Zane a grateful look, but she curled her red lips into a gentle smile, "Thank you, but I don’t need your help; I’ll enter the academy myself!"
Hayden Crawford looked up at Serena across the table; at this moment, the girl’s exquisite face was vibrant and radiant, her intelligence and confidence mingled with playfulness, making her gleam like a pearl and firmly attracting everyone’s gaze.
At this moment, Zane raised his hand and affectionately ruffled Serena’s little head.
The intimate gestures of the two fell into Hayden’s eyes, and his handsome face was immediately covered in a terrifying frost; under the table, he kicked Serena.