Virginity in second marriages by Angela
Chapter 454: Just saying thank you was useless

Anna and Ariadne sat there, watching the scene, and their faces turned pale with fear and their eyes widened in disbelief.

It had happened so suddenly that Serena did not even know that the heel of her shoes had broken at that moment and there was nothing to hold on to. So her body had fallen on its side uncontrollably. He had also thought about whether he would hit his head at that moment, so he could only unconsciously reach out his hands to protect his face and head.

However, just as her hands had moved, someone had grabbed her forcefully.

In the next second, she had fallen into Cristian's arms.

-Anna and Arianna were surprised, stunned, and their expressions seemed to have stopped.

Serena thought she would fall with a bloody head. She did not expect there to be no pain, but instead she fell into warm arms. Cristian's masculine breath enveloped her. Cristian's hand gripping her wrist pinched her waist a little. He pinched her chin with another hand to force her head upward.

-His voice was impatient and his pale face looked terrified.

Serena's fear still hadn't gone away; her heart was pounding and she shook her head unconsciously.

-I'm fine.

Cristian looked at her for a long moment. Suddenly, he reached out his hand and hugged her.

Bang!

Exactly at this moment, the lights went out for lighting effects and the auditory area went into darkness.

There was silence everywhere, so much silence that Serena could only hear the beating of her heart and Cristian's.

Cristian held her tightly in his arms and her body temperature overcame her. Soon she was surrounded by him. Cristian held her tighter and tighter, so hard that he almost crushed her bones. But-he did not know why Serena did not push him away.

And right now, she could feel Cristian's concern for her.

When he had hugged her a moment earlier, Cristian's pale face had shown that he was worried about her.

The music was playing. The slightly subdued sound played one after another, as if something had struck Serena's heart.

The person holding her had not moved for a moment. It was a long time before she lowered her head and her lips seemed to fall on his hair and kiss him.

This light touch made Serena's senses clear in an instant. Reacting, she discovered that she was still in Cristian's arms. When she thought about what he had said earlier, she had no choice but to release herself from his embrace, then stood up.

-Thank you Mr. Cristian.

Serena found her place to sit in a state of fear. Then she discovered with annoyance that her heel had broken.

What had happened, was the quality of the shoes she had bought this time so poor?

Thinking about this, Serena half-closed her lips, pondering what to do since her shoes had broken. Cristian's low voice reached her ears.

-It is useless to just say thank you.

Warm breath had reached behind her ears, and Serena frowned slightly in the darkness.

She bit her lower lip and pretended not to hear Cristian's words.

Then the activities on the stage began, and the auditorium area became dark again. Everyone had sat in silence. Anna and Arianna who were next to Serena were probably scared, so they kept quiet and did not speak.

If Serena had not known they were sitting next to her, she might have thought she had arrived on the scene alone!

Time passed, the stage play ended, and the scene fell silent again. Serena calculated the time in her heart. At that moment, Isabella and Francesca were about to take the stage.

The collaborator had asked them both to show up at the same time. And she was going to put on a good show afterwards.

Serena could not help but look at Anna.

She had come here to see Francesca make a fool of herself, but the news she had received was that the skirt had been bought and given to Francesca.

Serena did not know what had happened.

... Anna might have been disappointed tonight.

With the sound of music in the background, Francesca and Isabella slowly appeared on the center of the stage, one by one.

To match Isabella's star skirt, the co-operate brand had given Isabella a star jewelry in this year's most special style. And Francesca had worn what had been agreed upon at the beginning.

With cheers from the fan zone in the audience, the atmosphere of the scene had been brought to a more exciting point.

The figures of Francesca and Isabella became more and more obvious under the light. Serena saw the skirt on Francesca's body, the blue color of the sea, which was completely different from the blue of Isabella's starry sky.

But there were similarities.

At this moment, a great shock came from her.

It was Anna who immediately got up from her seat. She looked at Francesca's skirt with excitement, and her eyes sparkled-how could this happen?

-Who? Why had she suddenly stood up? Someone had complained behind, and Serena hurried to pull Anna down.

After Anna sat down, she was quite unhappy, grabbed Serena's arm and gritted her teeth angrily, -Serena, what's going on? That skirt...-

Serena had heard Isabella mention it, so she was calm at that point and said quietly, -It's already happened like that, even if you have questions, let's wait until it's over." Anna was so angry, but after hearing Serena's words, she had had to suppress the anger in her heart. She had already lost her spirit completely.

Serena of course knew she was angry, but things had developed this way and there was no way to change it. She could only whisper, "Don't be angry, we'll talk about it later."

Until the end, the lights came on all around, because there was a part of the interview. Reporters from the mainstream media were interviewing the two on stage and then had been taking photos for five minutes.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Anna said angrily, "What's wrong? That skirt was bought by someone else, wasn't it? Why are you wearing it? What's going on? Serena.

Serena remembered what Isabella had told her, so she told Anna.

-All right, I don't know the rest.

-Matteo! It's impossible! Matteo bought the skirt. Is it possible that Matteo gave it to Francesca? Ouch! Why is his taste so bad? Did he really give the skirt to Francesca? Serena, ... It's not him, the matter is a bit complicated. Let's wait first.

Although Anna was very angry, she didn't ask any more questions when she heard this. She just thought that if Matthew gave Francesca the skirt, then--she would not consider him a prince charming in the future.

Prince Charming would not do such a dishonest thing!

At this point the questioning part had begun.

Perhaps someone wanted to cause trouble and had asked Francesca an explosive question. -Mrs. Francesca, it is said that you are attending this conference today about new products because you like this brand of jewelry. But if she likes this brand of jewelry so much, why is she wearing an imitation dress?