Obsessive CEO’s Sinful Wife by Lil’ Bamboo

Chapter 17

Serenity could feel her heart pounding heavily in her chest.

Goodness, what had gotten into her?!

She blushed and quickly withdrew her hand.

“Okay, let’s… eat before it gets cold.”

With that, she concentrated on her food and started eating voraciously.

Jackson smiled faintly as he watched her face almost disappear into her bowl of soup, and the amusement in his eyes seemed to deepen.

“Then, do you like me, Sis?”

“Yes, I do,” Serenity replied without hesitation.

“I like you very much too,” Jackson said, his lips curling up into a smile.

It seemed like it had been a long time since someone had captured his interest like this.

***

After the City Council inspection ended, Janice said to Serenity, “Serenity, our high school classmates are planning a class reunion this weekend. You should come too.”

A class reunion?

Serenity laughed inwardly. Given her current situation, attending a class reunion would only invite more ridicule.

“No, I have something else on that day, so I won’t go,” Serenity replied.

“Come on, we rarely gather. What could you possibly have to do that you can’t skip? Join us, okay?” Janice urged, clearly eager for Serenity to turn up at the reunion.

If the former class valedictorian and class beauty were to show up in her current state, it would surely astonish everyone. Janice couldn’t wait to show their former classmates the state Serenity was in.

“I have to work this weekend. Did you think my job included weekends as regular days off?” Serenity replied.

Janice was momentarily speechless. She had indeed forgotten about that.

“But…”

“I have to go pick up rubbish now. Let’s talk another time if anything comes up,” Serenity interrupted Janice and walked away without waiting for the other woman to finish speaking.

Serenity wasn’t an idiot. She could clearly see what Janice’s intentions were.

However, she didn’t expect that even though she had deliberately tried to avoid it, the deputy director specifically instructed her to deliver a document to someone at the City Council on Sunday who was at a luxurious club in Solaria City.

Ordinary sanitation workers couldn’t even dream of entering an establishment like this, but when she arrived at the club entrance, staff members were waiting there as if they had already known she was coming, and they led her through a side entrance into the club.

One of the staff members pushed open the door to a private room that was filled with people.

As soon as Serenity entered the room, a familiar voice called out, “Hey, look! Guess who’s here!”

Serenity looked up to see Janice, Amanda, and a group of her former high school classmates.

called

with the City Council, and the leader of the Sanitation Office branch Serenity was working at would naturally want to establish a good relationship with her. So, if Janice mentioned a seemingly insignificant document that needed to be delivered and

as a sanitation worker!” Amanda chimed in with a grin

Serenity’s sanitation worker uniform stood out conspicuously in

you spent three years in prison. Didn’t Zeke use to dote on you excessively? And yet, you’re now working as a sanitation worker. What happened? Did he toss

she heard Zeke’s name. Every time she heard his name,

Serenity slowly, and she realized it was William Sanders. He came from a well-known family in Solaria

Zeke had taught him a lesson, he had become more restrained

to Janice, handing over the document and saying, “This should

plastered on a fake, hypocritical smile and

for the trouble,

from behind and said,

a glass of red wine to Serenity’s

driving back then, right? Don’t tell me

lips tightly together and abruptly turned her head to avoid the glass. She also forcefully shoved William away from her

balance, and the red wine splashed all over his body.

you’re still Zeke’s girlfriend?! You’re just a street sweeper right now! You really don’t know what’s good even if it

a nearby bottle of wine and

body, leaving her in a

and said, “Serenity, you should apologize to William. Perhaps he’ll

Apologize?

one

clarity seeped into her inky eyes. No matter how wretched a state she was in currently, she wouldn’t be easily

display only served to anger

you to apologize because I hold you in high regard, you know? No one would

the room, and Serenity’s clothes were ripped open, revealing her skin underneath.

exclaimed in

willing to speak up for her, let alone step forward to stop what was happening.

imprisonment with hardly any exposure to sunlight, her skin was fairer

yet to fade, and

these were remnants from her time

struggled to cover her body and tried to stand when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her hand. Wincing in pain, she turned to see that Amanda

hurry to leave? You haven’t even properly apologized to Mr. Sanders

eyes seemed to sparkle as if her desire was only to see Serenity’s suffering as she pressed down harder on Serenity’s

her hand made Serenity feel as if

could only accept her fate like the powerless ant she was.

But now…

yanked her left hand from William’s grasp. Then, she shoved Amanda

She had to get out of here!

suddenly, a tremendous force struck her from behind, causing her to fall flat to the ground, and a foot heavily

It hurt!

was so

like it

“What’s this? Are you trying to escape? Haven’t you heard about this club? My family is one of the shareholders… Huh?”

abruptly stopped talking.

painfully familiar voice,

Serenity stiffened.

That was… Zeke.

had once believed he would shield her from everything, but in the end, he had

expected to encounter Zeke again after her release, much less in such a miserable

However, she doesn’t know what’s good for her even if it fell into her lap, you know? That pissed me off. Do you want to speak up

spoke, he grabbed Serenity’s hair and forced her

fell on Zeke’s familiar face

was in pain, but now, he merely furrowed his brows in slight confusion, and his eyes remained indifferent.

had coldly agreed to let someone