Her face was somewhat pale, and she sank into a chair as if she could no longer hold herself up. "Just now... she beat Agnes so brutally, completely disregarding the fact that Agnes was the nanny who raised her from birth..."

Edward wrapped an arm around her shoulders, comforting her in a low voice. "A person like her has no heart to begin with. You don't need to waste your tears on someone like that."

Speaking of Isabella, Edward's tone dripped with disgust. "God only knows who her real parents are for her to be this rotten to the core."

Catherine knew she shouldn't grieve for an adopted daughter like Isabella.

But twenty years of affection was still twenty years.

She simply couldn't control her emotions.

Leaning against her husband's chest, her voice choked up. "When is Serena coming back?"

"Soon," Julian replied. "She's helping Grandpa and Grandma recover right now. Once they're doing a bit better, she'll be back."

Edward added, "Let's not mention Isabella and Agnes to Serena. No need to ruin her mood."

Julian nodded. "I know."

Then he smiled and said, "Grandpa and Grandma threw such a spectacular Debutante Ball for her. Our Lancaster family definitely can't lose to that. When she gets back, we're throwing one too. We'll let everyone in Vaelion City know that she is the Lancaster family's one and only treasure!"

Catherine's spirits were finally lifted. "Yes... we have to throw Serena's Debutante Gala too. We'll call your brothers back. No one is allowed to miss Serena's Gala!"

Edward smiled and nodded. "Exactly, we're doing it! It has to be massive!"

Isabella walked all the way from the estate district to the city center.

She needed to find a place to crash for the night.

It was getting colder by the minute.

She had never walked such a long distance in her entire life.

By the time she reached the city, her feet felt like they were going to fall off.

She felt deeply wronged and humiliated.

When had she ever suffered like this?

Fortunately, there was a five-star hotel owned by the Lancaster Group not far from the estate district.

Even though she didn't have any money on her right now, she was the Lancaster heiress!

In the past, to pamper her, the Lancaster family had permanently reserved an exclusive suite for her in every major hotel across all the big cities.

Those suites were never open to the public.

There were dedicated staff who cleaned them every day.

All so she could drop in whenever she pleased.

She needed to take a shower and get out of these garbage clothes.

She couldn't stand looking like this ghost of a person!

Isabella walked into the Lancaster Group's five-star hotel.

When the receptionist saw her dressed in a maid's uniform, looking as filthy and battered as a street beggar, she couldn't help but frown. "Excuse me, can I help you?"

"Get The Isabella Executive Suite ready for me," Isabella demanded, tilting her chin up, desperately trying to maintain the haughty air of the proud heiress she used to be.

The receptionist paused, looking her up and down.

The Isabella suite?

This woman looking like a total psycho actually wanted to book the Isabella suite?

She frowned, but relying on her excellent professional training, ske said, "Ma'am, The Isabella Executive Suite is exclusively reserved for the owner of this hotel, a member of the Lancaster family You... Content.

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"I am the Lancaster heiress, Isabella Lancaster!" Isabella scowled, slapping her ID card hard onto the counter Do you know why it's called The Isabella Executive Suite? Because every single hotel under the Lancaster Group has a suite exclusively reserved for me!"

The receptionist's expression turned incredibly weird.

But looking at the ID card Isabella had produced, the name printed on it was indeed

'Isabella Lancaster'.

She stared at Isabella with an even weirder look. "So... you're the Lancaster heiress."