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.”

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

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gave Jackson 5 dollars so that

building, there was already someone waiting for

greeted when he saw Jackson.

go,” Jackson casually

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

Valor’s 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

serving her full sentence?”

Lewis. Three years ago, she was the one who killed Miss Mira Hall in a car crash. She

murmured the woman’s name as a faint but

marry him, so he had agreed, seeing that she was a pretty good candidate for a wife, and if he had to

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

it was the first time a woman had ever taken his hand and boldly brought him back to her

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

responded in surprise, unsure of what to say. “I guess it depends on what kind of woman you like, Mr. Valor.”

Jackson blushed slightly.

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

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

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

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

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

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 begun to be proud enough of her to show her off

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