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.”

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

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gave Jackson 5 dollars so that he could get

as he exited the apartment building, there was already someone waiting for

greeted when

go,” Jackson casually replied.

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

longtime personal assistant, began reporting as soon as he 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 was released after serving her full

her full

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,

Jackson murmured the woman’s name as a faint but playful smile cropped up on his

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

to Mira Hall, Jackson wondered what kind of expressions he would

boldly brought him back to her place before confessing to him in a

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

in surprise, unsure of what to say. “I guess it depends

Jackson blushed slightly.

I’ve got all of Serenity Lewis’s information ready on my desk when I get back to the office,” he

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

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her to go home and saying that since she

Serenity. Ever since she had been released, her family had always seemed too eager to cut all connections with her. In fact, over the

biological mother had passed away a long time ago, and she was only three years old then.

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 in her exam. Because

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