Obsessive CEO’s Sinful Wife by Lil’ Bamboo

Chapter 4

Aria’s countenance changed abruptly. Grayson, on the other hand, had already slapped Serenity hard across her face.

“How dare you speak like that?!” Grayson berated. “You’re the one who killed someone and got thrown into prison! Do you know how much trouble this family got into because of you?! You have no future left, so now you want to drag your sister down with you?!”

His eyes were filled with disgust for this daughter of his. He recalled how impressed his friends had been back when they had gained a connection with the Shaw family, and he was then reminded of how humiliated he had felt after that when Serenity had gotten into trouble!

One side of Serenity’s face was burning with pain, yet her eyes remained perfectly still and unperturbed, almost as if none of what had just happened mattered to her.

“I only came here to pay my respects to my mother’s ashes, but now I think I’d better get my mother’s urn out of here. She doesn’t have to be here anymore, and I will never set foot in this house ever again.”

After finishing her sentence, Serenity turned and left the place she had once called home.

This ‘home’ no longer had a place for her.

***

When Serenity returned to her place, the whole room was completely dark, and none of the lights were on. She turned the light switch on, and the scene that greeted her was that of an empty room.

It was clear at a glance that there was no one inside the small hundred-square-foot room.

Where was Jack? Had he left? The thought made her feel a little empty. Was she really all alone, after all?

smiled wryly. Just as she was about to turn around and close the door, she saw a tall figure

thick bangs covered up almost half of his face, making it hard to see what he really looked like at a glance. But Serenity knew that beneath those bangs

really

one bit, yet she had brought him home just like that. She knew it was an impulsive

was said and done,

a nonchalant voice, yet for some reason, to Serenity, it was the most beautiful sound she

throat tightened, and her voice sounded stiff as she said, “I…

replied, “I just went out to

buns in

together later,” she said. “Right now, I… I’m going to pay my respects to my mother’s ashes. Today is

a framed photo on the shelf. Within the frame was

incense sticks before

new life, Mom, and things are going really well. I now have a job to support myself, and I earn enough money to stand on my own two feet, so you

with misty eyes. The light from the candle and the ceiling light danced on her face, speckling it with bands of light and shadow.

nose, and moderately thick pink lips. She was a pretty woman indeed, but Jackson had seen too many gorgeous women in his life. In fact, Mira Hall, his former fiancee, was regarded as a rare beauty, so to Jackson, Serenity seemed just like

her background information before, so he knew that today was the anniversary of her mother’s death. However, why would a woman fresh out of prison sweeping the streets for a living say that her

gentle voice, “I have someone by my

calm and composed, yet at the same time, perfectly happy and

turned back to the photo of the woman and added, “So, you see, my life really is going very

for her mother. She then stood there in respectful silence,

fifteen minutes, the incense was all burnt out, so Serenity blew out the candle and told Jackson, “Let’s go. I’ll clean the place up a little and make

“Okay,” he replied.

and a tomato from the fridge. Then, she quickly rustled up a pot of tomato egg drop soup, which was then paired with the bun Jackson had bought, and that

were eating, “What have you been doing for a living all

If I can’t find anything to do,

night on the streets? Serenity figured he must have suffered a lot in the past.

old are you?” she