Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband-Chapter 851: Hayden Crawford Collapsed

Titus Ashworth laughed, "Haha, Serena Sterling, don’t you know that a tracking device has been installed on you?"

Serena’s eyelashes trembled; she didn’t know. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

She raised her small hand and pressed the skin behind her ear; it seemed that something had been implanted there.

Serena forced it out, and indeed, it was a very small tracking device.

How could there be a tracking device on her?

Serena furrowed her delicate eyebrows; she hadn’t been in contact with many people recently. The only person who could get so close and implant a tracking device without raising her suspicions, Serena couldn’t think of anyone else but... Zane Crawford.

Zane Crawford!

But how could it be possible?

Serena quickly dismissed this idea; she trusted Zane Crawford, he would never harm her.

"Lord Ashworth, it’s good that you’re here. Today, I’m sure I will draw the Sky Sword," Serena said.

Titus Ashworth looked at the Sky Sword, which symbolized the royal power of Westria, existing there since the state’s founding by Westria’s ancestors. Once the Sky Sword is drawn, the ancestral temple of Westria will be destroyed.

"Serena Sterling, there’s one thing you don’t know yet. You can’t draw the Sky Sword; only those of pure blood lineage can draw it, and that is... my nephew, Hayden."

Serena’s bright eyes fell on Harrison Ashworth’s handsome face. She actually knew about this; only Harrison Ashworth could draw the Sky Sword.

Right now, Harrison Ashworth’s deep narrow eyes were also fixed on Serena’s exquisite face. Their eyes met as he took strides towards her side.

"Serena." He reached out his large hand, wrapping her soft, boneless little hand inside his palm, "Whatever you want to do, I will help you achieve it. Today, I will help you draw the Sky Sword!"

Serena looked up at him with her small face, softly saying, "But you, after all, carry the bloodline of the royal family of Westria..."

"Serena," he tightly held her small hand, "I have never been Harrison Ashworth; I am Hayden Crawford. I don’t wish to be any prince Ashworth; I only want to forever be your Mr. Crawford."

Serena’s fair eyes suddenly reddened; for her, he could abandon everything to be her Mr. Crawford forever.

Titus Ashworth’s face turned cold upon seeing this scene. In fact, he had long guessed Hayden Crawford’s choice.

He would always be Hayden Crawford, not Harrison Ashworth.

For a Serena Sterling, he abandoned the glorious royal road and his Ashworth surname.

Since red blood could not be used by him, he must destroy it.

"Serena Sterling, there’s another thing you don’t know. Although my nephew Hayden can help you draw the Sky Sword, he will pay with his life. Because by drawing the Sky Sword, his pure blood will be destroyed, and over time, all his meridians will slowly sever, enduring unbearable agony until death."

What?

Serena’s clear irises suddenly shrank, looking at Titus Ashworth in immense shock.

Titus Ashworth sneered lightly, "This is also the price for forsaking one’s mission!"

How could this be?

Serena genuinely didn’t know beforehand. At that moment, her hands and feet became instantly cold and devoid of warmth.

Hayden Crawford lowered his handsome eyelids to look at her, his deep, magnetic voice filled with tenderness, "Serena, let’s draw the Sky Sword first. I believe in your medical skills; you can heal me."

Serena shook her head. As a doctor, she knew that damage to the heart meridian and severed meridians were incurable with no remedy, and the pain was beyond what ordinary people could bear.

"Serena Sterling, I have already informed my nephew Hayden about this matter. But evidently, Hayden has made his choice, choosing you unwaveringly between life and you."

"Serena Sterling, now it’s your time to choose, between the country and him, who would you choose?"

Serena’s face turned deathly pale. Torn between Alani and her Mr. Crawford, she didn’t know what to choose.

"Serena," at this moment, Hayden Crawford reached out and embraced her, a loving sigh fell on her head, "when you can’t make a choice, let me choose for you."

Serena’s heart skipped a beat. She suddenly looked up, seeing Hayden Crawford already reaching out his large hand to grasp the Sky Sword.

"No!" Serena cried out.

Hayden looked at her, "Serena, you’ve always been the one protecting me; this time, let me protect you!"

With that, Hayden exerted force to pull the Sky Sword.

Soon the Sky Sword was drawn a small segment out, and the entire ancestral temple began to tremble slightly.

However, Hayden faced immense resistance, and blood swelled in his throat, with a hot trickle of blood already flowing from the corner of his lips.

Serena rushed forward, holding him tightly around his strong waist, "Mr. Crawford, please stop."

Hayden slowly but resolutely shook his head, "Serena, don’t be afraid, I won’t die."

The ancestral temple began quaking, and seeing the Sky Sword possibly coming out, the confidant anxiously looked to Titus Ashworth, "Lord Master, what should we do now?"

Titus Ashworth was also a bit apprehensive. The Sky Sword must not be drawn, and he placed all his bets... on Zane Crawford.

But why hadn’t Zane Crawford appeared yet?

At this moment, suddenly, a sound traveled over like a sharp blade slicing through flesh, causing one’s scalp to go numb.

Titus Ashworth looked up in an instant joy.

Serena also heard the creepy sound of flesh being pierced, and it seemed to be right beside her.

She looked up upon hearing it, and saw a sharp blade piercing through Hayden Crawford’s back, directly stabbing his heart.

Drip.

Drip, drip.

Drip, drip, drip.

One drop, two drops, three drops... hot blood dripped continuously from the sharp blade...

Serena’s eyes widened suddenly, and at that moment, it seemed like all the world’s sound disappeared. She turned around in a daze, seeing a familiar figure, Zane Crawford.

Zane Crawford had arrived.

Zane Crawford still maintained his aloof and magnificent demeanor, but he held a knife in his hand, and this blade punctured Hayden Crawford’s heart.

Zane Crawford was naturally adept with a blade, and at this moment, his gripping of the knife still looked elegant.

However, he, personally, had stabbed Hayden Crawford’s heart.

Serena was shocked, looking at Zane Crawford, starting to shake her head, unable to find her voice for a long time, "Zane, do you... do you know what you’re doing?"

At this moment, Hayden Crawford let go of the Sky Sword, and his tall, towering body fell to the ground with a "boom".

Zane Crawford’s fair, slender fingers were smeared with blood. He leisurely wiped the bloodstains with a handkerchief, then looked at Serena, softly laughing, "Serena, I want him gone, and he will be gone."