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

***

went off to work, she gave Jackson 5 dollars

soon as he exited the apartment building, there was already someone

the man greeted when he saw Jackson.

Jackson casually

in front of him, looking at the five-dollar bill in his hand.

got into the car, “The woman you were with last night is a contract worker at the Sanitation Office. She rented a room here a month ago and

her full sentence?”

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 lawyer’s license was

Jackson murmured the woman’s name as a faint but

she was a pretty good candidate for a wife, and if he had to choose a woman to marry, Mira seemed not

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

case, after all these years, it was the first time a woman had ever taken his hand and boldly brought him back to her place before confessing

the blue, Jackson asked, “Connor, what kind of woman do

what to say. “I guess it depends on what

Jackson blushed slightly.

ready on my desk when I get back to the office,”

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

***

go home and saying that since she was now released from prison,

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

long time ago, and she was only three years old then. Three months after that, her father remarried and had another daughter, whose name was Aria

that Aria was her father and her stepmother’s favorite child, and they would often neglect her. This drove her to work very hard so that she could get the best grades

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

Comments ()

0/255