Serena, holding Nicholas's arm, stepped off the final marble stair.
Starlight rippled around her; she was breathtakingly radiant and fiercely noble.
She slightly lifted her luminous eyes, her cold, indifferent gaze sweeping lightly over Isabella.
Her crimson lips curved into the faintest, most devastating smile.
The way she looked at Isabella was completely devoid of emotion.
There was no mockery, no arrogant glee at crushing her.
Only the cold, absolute dominance of someone looking down from an unreachable peak.
With zero effort, she shattered whatever pathetic remnants of dignity Isabella had left.
"That... that is just too beautiful..."
The other socialites whispered in sheer awe. "That is the real Astral Symphony. YB Atelier's true masterpiece!"
"She truly is the Vinton family heiress. That aura, that face... she is a flawless match for The Astral Symphony!"
"It's as if The Astral Symphony was custom-made for her body! It fits like a dream!"
Princess Isadora immediately walked over to her.
Her eyes shone with undisguised amazement as she opened her arms and pulled Serena into a gentle hug.
"Miss Serena, you look absolutely stunning tonight," she praised from the bottom of her heart.
Serena smiled softly. "Thank you."
The Vinton family quickly gathered around her as well.
Isabella stood rigidly in the shadows, listening to the endless chorus praising Serena and the brutal whispers tearing her apart.
Watching Serena being worshipped like the center of the universe.
Staring at the cascading, ethereal starlight of the true Astral Symphony draped over Serena's body.
Then looking down at her own dull, lifeless "Astral Symphony."
She gripped her dress so tightly her knuckles cracked. A suffocating wave of despair washed over her, making her want to turn and sprint out of the hall.
She was oblivious to the coppery taste of blood where her teeth bit deeply into her lip.
"Well well, no wonder I felt like my eyes were bleeding when I looked at you earlier."
Black Jack ran a slow, calculating gaze over Isabella.

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