Chapter 135 Standing Up for Seraphina

• The guests all looked on, visibly taken aback.
• With calm composure, Seraphina addressed the room, "Today is my seventeenth birthday, and it's also the first time I've met many of you—family, friends, and elders. This day is incredibly important and meaningful to me. But they tried to ruin it. They may not have succeeded this time, but if they had, how was I supposed to handle it? If a quick and casual apology can just wipe away what they tried to do, then does that mean I could use the same excuse to harm others in the future?
• There's an old saying, 'The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.' They acted without any sense of respect or consequence—are we really to believe that their parents aren't at fault? I don't accept their apology. If there's to be an apology, it should come from Mr. Gardner, Mr. Thomson, and Mr. Hart as a substitute for their daughters."