Chapter 410

"Good." Serena smiled sweetly as she straightened up from the bedside before leaving to tell Hugh about what had just happened. Sarah sat there, her face shifting from red to white in seconds. Melissa, seeing her completely deflated, felt thoroughly satisfied. Her mood finally settled, and she tenderly went over to examine Cole's bruised, swollen face, then stepped out of the room with him to help tidy him up. Inside the hospital room, Rachel broke down in tears. "Howard! Are you really just going to stand there and let Serena trample our daughter like this? Did you hear what your daughter just said?" Howard was seething. He pointed at both mother and daughter, exasperated beyond words. But they were both pregnant, so he couldn't really explode. He just pressed his hands onto Rachel's shoulders, trying to soothe her. "The Larsons have their own rules. And Serena wasn't wrong. They're not married, and the baby's not born yet. We haven't touched a cent of the Larsons' inheritance.