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.”

she had ever seen him smile, and although it was such

***

she gave Jackson 5 dollars so that he

he exited the apartment building, there was

greeted when

Jackson

in front of him, looking at the five-dollar

as soon as he got into the car, “The woman you were with last night is a contract worker at the Sanitation

after serving her full sentence?”

expressions. “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 driving. She’s also Zeke Shaw’s ex-girlfriend. She was sentenced to three years in prison, and her

as a faint but playful smile cropped up on his lips. “Interesting.”

had been very eager to marry him, so he had agreed, seeing that she was a pretty good candidate for a 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 in

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

time a woman had ever taken his hand and boldly brought him

of woman do you think

Connor responded in surprise, unsure of what to say. “I guess it depends on what kind of woman you

Jackson blushed slightly.

all of Serenity Lewis’s information ready on my desk

with an affirmative, wondering if Mr. Valor had… taken

***

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

confused Serenity. Ever since she had been released, her family had always seemed 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 if she was dead to them from

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

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

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255