First Love Only? I Left Him First, Now the CEO Can't Let Go novel Chapter 192

Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Reduced to a Cripple

Caleb Lockwood’s eyelids slightly lifted.

This result shouldn’t have surprised him.

Since that day in Meridia, after he showed Serena Jennings the divorce certificate, it was as if she had removed him from her life.

So the night she got the divorce certificate, Serena left the hotel and lingered with Justin Nash.

And now...

Serena’s side was now accompanied by Ethan White.

Ethan White saw Caleb Lockwood’s hands tightly clenched into fists at his sides.

"Mr. Lockwood, when visiting a patient, naturally their wishes come first. Please leave!"

Caleb Lockwood didn’t say another word, turned around, and left.

In the middle of winter, he broke out in a sweat.

The result was that he met with a closed door.

For the first time, Caleb Lockwood felt like an idiot.

In the hospital room, Serena was lying on the bed, with just a casual glance able to catch a view of the scenery downstairs—

Caleb Lockwood was strutting towards his imperial blue Bentley.

Ethan White opened the door to find Serena just pulling her gaze back from the window.

"Apples, strawberries, mangoes, grapes... which one do you want to eat?"

"Hmm... the apple, I guess!"

Ethan White picked up a washed apple, about to peel it.

"I’ll do it myself!"

Serena stretched out her hand to Ethan White.

"Your hand is wrapped in a bandage!"

With Ethan White’s reminder, Serena looked at her hand wrapped like a rice dumpling and gave a bitter smile: "Right, I’m a patient now."

Just as Serena was hospitalized, Claire Shaw immediately joined forces with Cynthia Fulton to host a reception.

This reception entertained all of Serena’s clients.

Currently, all of Serena’s clients came from the banquet Queen Elizabeth attended, so connecting with them through Cynthia Fulton was not difficult.

At the reception, Claire Shaw explained to all the guests, saying that she was set up by Serena at the banquet, that Serena secretly swapped her designed crown with a children’s crown.

Of course, without evidence, the guests couldn’t immediately believe just her words.

"Ladies and gentlemen, rest assured..."

Claire Shaw stood on stage, holding a mic, radiant.

This feeling of being in the limelight hadn’t occurred in a long time.

This was how it should be...

Claire Shaw wore a confident smile.

She hadn’t invited Caleb Lockwood to this reception.

Because it wasn’t yet time.

"The day after tomorrow, I’ll have a showdown with Serena onsite, to restore antique jewelry for the Xylos Museum... By then, it will be clear who possesses genuine talent and who is a counterfeit."

"In front of industry insiders, I’ll make Serena convincingly lose."

Claire Shaw bragged boldly, already envisioning her victory.

Cynthia Fulton initially wanted to get back at Serena for the humiliation of the wedding day, but Claire Shaw hadn’t seen Cynthia Fulton make a move.

So she proactively contacted Cynthia Fulton, probing her intentions.

Cynthia Fulton originally intended to hire a bunch of thugs to assault Serena.

But just that was insufficient for Claire Shaw.

If they’re going to do it, why not be more thorough?

She knew that Serena, through a client’s referral, had won an opportunity to restore antique jewelry for the Xylos Museum.

Serena’s career was restarting, and she had a protector by her side, while Claire’s career and love life were all in decline.

Claire Shaw felt Serena absorbed her good fortune, stealing the light that was supposed to belong to her.

So she told Cynthia Fulton to instruct those thugs not only to assault Serena but to also ruin her hands, to break her fingers one by one.

Doesn’t Serena have high craft skills?

Now disabled, she wanted to see how Serena would restore antique jewelry.

Claire Shaw herself contacted the Xylos Museum, and eventually, they agreed to let her and Serena perform restorations on-site and would choose whoever did better.

Claire Shaw wanted Caleb Lockwood to witness Serena’s thorough defeat.

A woman with crippled hands, unable to fend for herself, wouldn’t attract a second glance from someone like Caleb Lockwood.

This time, she wanted to ensure Serena would never get back up!

After the reception, nearly half of the guests became Claire Shaw’s new clients, and she was confident that the remaining half would be won over after the restoration of the antique jewelry.

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