Chapter 3

“I’m sorry,” Serenity’s face suddenly turned red. “I… I was just… If… If you’ve got nowhere to go, you can stay with me here.”

She blurted those words out nervously at first, but now that she had gotten it off her chest, she was filled with a sense of relief.

The man’s obsidian-like eyes were fixed on her flushed red face, and a look of surprise seemed to have flashed across his face.

“If you don’t want to stay here,” she said, biting her lips, “it’s fine. Just pretend that I never said anything.”

His thin lips finally parted as he asked, “Do you want me to stay here?”

His voice was as cold as a winter spring, and the silence of the room made it sound even more crystal clear.

Had those words come from another man’s lips, it would have sounded like flirting. However, this man’s voice made it sound as if it was a factual question that demanded a definite ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer. There was simply no room for ambiguity or mystery in his tone, even his eyes were perfectly calm.

Serenity pursed her lips and replied, “Yes, I’d like you to stay here.”

And that was her honest answer.

He stared at her, and a faint smile slowly bloomed on his thin lips as he said, “Okay, then.”

was the first time she had ever seen him smile, and although it was such a

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dollars so that he could get himself something

exited the apartment building, there

greeted when he

go,” Jackson casually

a black Mercedes parked in front of him, looking at the five-dollar bill

into the car, “The woman you were with last night is a contract worker

after serving her

Connor continued while carefully studying his boss’s expressions. “Her name is Serenity Lewis. Three years ago, she was the one who killed Miss Mira Hall in a car

murmured the woman’s name as a faint but playful smile

and if he had to choose a woman to marry, Mira seemed not to be a bad choice at all. But then, she had unexpectedly died in

Mira Hall, Jackson wondered what

all these years, it was the first time a woman had ever taken his hand and boldly

kind of woman do you think deserves

of what to say. “I guess it depends on what kind of woman

Jackson blushed slightly.

my desk when I get back to the office,”

affirmative, wondering if Mr. Valor had… taken a liking to Serenity Lewis?

***

from work, Serenity got a call from her father, asking her to go home and saying that since she was now

fact, over

away a long time ago, and she was only three years old then. Three months

neglect her. This drove her to work very hard so that she could get the best grades in her exam. Because of that, she had always excelled academically, and slowly, even her father had

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