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.”

it was such a faint and subdued

***

went off to work, she gave Jackson 5 dollars so

exited the apartment building, there was already

man greeted when he

go,” Jackson

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

were with last night is a contract worker at the Sanitation Office. She rented a room here a month ago and was released after serving her full sentence two

after serving her full sentence?”

“Her name is Serenity Lewis. Three years ago, she was the one who killed Miss Mira Hall in a car crash. She was charged with drunk

faint but playful smile cropped up on his lips.

wife, 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

woman, Serenity Lewis, found out about his connections to Mira Hall, Jackson wondered what kind of expressions he would see

boldly brought him back to her place before confessing to

Jackson asked, “Connor, what kind of woman do you think deserves someone like

guess it

Jackson blushed slightly.

information ready on my desk when I get back to the office,” he ordered.

nodded with an affirmative, wondering if Mr. Valor had… taken a liking to

***

a call from her father, asking her to go home and saying that since she was now released from prison, she should go

too eager to cut all connections with her. In fact, over the last three years, none of them had ever visited her. It was as

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

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 begun to be proud

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