When the door swung open, Mary and Logan were already standing outside with a group of bodyguards, their eyes red and exhausted as they waited. The second I stepped out, everyone froze. I wore a plain dress, collarbones sharp, waist tightly defined, nothing like yesterday's version of me. Mary reacted first. She grabbed my hand, crying as tears fell onto my skin. "Serena, please, save Julian! He's still so young. His life can't be ruined like this." To be honest, I was a little curious about what Julian had turned into, but I still looked to Ethan and let him decide. Over the past few days, he had already told me everything about his past with Mary and Logan. His mother had been deceived into marriage by Logan. By the time she discovered he already had a family, she was already carrying

