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 a

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work, she gave Jackson 5 dollars so that he could get

as he exited the apartment building, there was already someone

man greeted

go,” Jackson

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

Jackson 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 was

after serving her

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 She was sentenced to three years in prison, and her lawyer’s license was revoked.”

woman’s name as a faint but playful smile cropped up

pretty good candidate for a wife, and if he had to choose

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

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

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

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

Jackson blushed slightly.

Serenity Lewis’s information ready on my desk when

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

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a call from her father, asking her to go home and saying that since she

fact, over the last three years, none of them had ever visited her.

only three years old then. Three months after that, her father remarried and

often neglect her. This drove her to work very hard so that she could get the best grades in her exam. Because of

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