Chapter 191 Lock Natasha Up
When we arrived at John's house, I saw that everyone in John's family was all dressed up. Natasha was especially formal today, wearing a bright red gown with an exaggerated diamond necklace around her neck.
In contrast, Serenity stood there quietly in a simple white dress.
"Helena, you're here."
Serenity saw me and rushed over to greet me, her face flushed with shyness. "Thank you for coming. I've been so nervous, but seeing you puts me at ease."
Seeing me puts her at ease - there's definitely more to that statement.
I pulled my hand away from hers, a smile appearing on my face. "Congratulations."
Serenity nodded. "Helena, I just feel it's all so sudden. I don't know if the Turner family will think I'm good enough."
She's already at this stage and still talking about whether they think she's good enough - how ridiculous.
I frowned slightly. "Don't overthink it. If the Turner family didn't approve, they wouldn't be coming over."
"You're right."
Serenity then pulled me to the dressing room to show me what John had prepared for her.
The entire room was full of gifts - expensive bags, jewelry, and gorgeous clothes.
The room was packed full. You could tell John had put a lot of effort into getting all this.
But it made sense - Serenity was marrying into the Turner family after all.
Even though Antony wasn't deeply involved in running the Turner Group, making this connection would definitely benefit John in the future.
No wonder John was willing to spend so much money on Serenity.
Serenity looked around at everything in the room, her cheeks flushed with excitement.
She spread her arms and spun around in place, saying excitedly, "Helena, Dad prepared all of this for me. I'm so happy! You know, I used to live with my mom picking through trash. I never imagined I'd have such a comfortable life one day."
"You're really pleased with yourself, aren't you?"
Natasha's cold snort came from the doorway. As her words fell, she strode in, staring coldly at the room full of things, her expression instantly becoming much angrier.
"Serenity, you bitch, I don't even have this many nice things. Why should you?"
Natasha glared at Serenity unhappily, pointing at the bags on the table. "Send all these bags to my room later."
"Natasha, you can't do this. Dad gave these things to me."
Serenity argued back. I didn't know what game these two were playing.
The Turner family would probably arrive downstairs any minute, yet Natasha was making a scene here. What was she up to? Was she doing this on purpose?
Deliberately making a scene for the Turner family to see, to ruin Serenity and Antony's marriage?
But right now Serenity was at a disadvantage - who wouldn't feel sorry for her? With Natasha being so aggressive, this wouldn't ruin the marriage. Instead, she was giving Serenity an opportunity - an opportunity that might make Antony care even more about Serenity.
Natasha always acted this impulsively and thoughtlessly. She probably wanted to embarrass Serenity, but today she was going to fail.
Sure enough, as soon as Natasha spoke, Serenity started crying.
Her crying grew louder. Between sobs, Serenity accused, "Natasha, I know you hate me, but Dad specially gave me these things so I wouldn't be embarrassed in front of outsiders. If you take everything away, what am I supposed to do?"
"I don't care what you do. All of this should have been mine, but ever since you came, Dad doesn't even look at me anymore. You've stolen all his attention, you bitch. What are you anyway? How dare you compete with me for status in this family? Serenity, keep acting so smug and see if I don't scratch up your face!"
After making this threat, Natasha shouted harshly at the servants behind her, "You few, move everything out for me. Take it all to my room, hurry up!"
After Natasha finished speaking, several servants waiting at the door rushed in and reached for the bags, clothes, and other items.
"Don't touch them! Don't touch my things!"
Serenity cried out, trying to protect her things, but was quickly pushed aside.
The things in the room were rapidly carried out. Serenity's crying finally caught the attention of everyone downstairs.
When John came upstairs and saw Serenity sitting on the floor crying, he was instantly furious. "What's going on?"
"Dad!"
Serenity cried and threw herself at him, complaining, "All the things you gave me have been taken away by Natasha. It's my fault - I couldn't even protect them."
"You!"
John was immediately enraged by these words. He looked up at Natasha angrily. "Give the things back!"
"Dad, I'm your legitimate daughter. How can you give all these nice things to Serenity?"
Natasha said angrily, "No wonder this room has been locked and you wouldn't even let me in. You've been hiding so many nice things for her here. You're so unfair, Dad."
Natasha's words made John absolutely furious. "You're my daughter, and Serenity is also my daughter. She already has a boyfriend. I'm giving her nice things so she can hold her head up in front of the Turner family. Stop making trouble. The Turner family will be here any minute - hurry up and return the things!"
"Perfect timing for the Turner family to come. Let them see how Serenity fights over things that belong to me."
After hearing John's words, Natasha didn't back down. Instead, she became even more arrogant.
In that instant, John became truly angry.
He strode over and slapped Natasha hard across the face. "I've spoiled you too much, which is why you make scenes without caring about the occasion!"
The slap was not light - it knocked Natasha to the ground.
Natasha covered her face and completely lost it. She grabbed whatever she could reach and threw it around.
"I'll show you for favoring Serenity - I'll destroy everything!"
After a chaotic commotion, the room was instantly in shambles.
"Natasha, have you lost your mind!"
John jumped to dodge the flying objects, shouting in exasperation, "If you keep this up, I'll have someone lock you up."
"Go ahead, lock me up!"
Natasha looked completely fearless. "You just want to give Serenity all the good things because she's marrying into the Turner family. But what if her marriage to the Turner family falls through?"
"What are you trying to do?"
John was furious at her words. "If you dare to ruin Serenity's marriage, I'll kill you!"
John was truly angry this time. You can't put all your eggs in one basket - with Natasha marrying Knox and Serenity marrying Antony, no matter what problems John faced in the future, someone would be there to help.
But now Natasha wanted to ruin Serenity's marriage - this was unacceptable.
John stepped forward, grabbed Natasha's wrist, and dragged her outside. "Natasha is sick. Someone come and take her to her room!"