Chapter 200

Serena's POV I watched Ryan's face carefully as Sophie begged. This was my own private test - I needed to see how he'd react when his precious first love turned those tear-filled eyes on him. Would he waver? Would that old flame reignite? But Ryan stood firm, his expression hard as granite while Ivy spilled every dirty secret about her sister. Each revelation painted Sophie in increasingly darker shades - how she'd used her looks to deliberately seduce Ryan years ago, how her supposed "tragic death" was nothing but an elaborate scheme to marry some wealthy old man overseas, how her grieving widow act was just another performance. "Sophie even partnered with Kane to cause trouble for you!" Ivy shouted, her dislocated arm seemingly forgotten in her frenzy to destroy her sister. "She wanted to bring down the entire Blackwood Group! She's done far worse things than I ever did!" I maintained my composure throughout this sisterly bloodbath, keeping my expression neutral. None of this was par