Chapter 21

“If you like it, I like it too,” Jackson said.

“Don’t just consider whether I like it. You should consider if you like it instead. If you don’t, I can always find another style or color for you,” Serenity said.

“No need. This one is perfect. I really do like it,” Jackson assured her.

“Okay. I’ll get it, then,” Serenity said as she confirmed her order.

He looked at her and suddenly asked, “Sis, why are you so good to me?

Serenity would buy him clothes and a phone, yet she was frugal when it came to herself.

“Because you’re my younger brother, so it’s only natural that I treat you well,” Serenity said matter- of-factly.

Jackson was unsure why, but hearing her call him her ‘younger brother’ was somewhat grating on his

nerves.

forget that he was still

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club, he returned to a beating from his

several deals between the Saunders family and

losses to the

attended the class reunion that day, they either lost their jobs or their

Everyone complained bitterly.

steady herself. She had been handed a termination letter stating that she had been fired and to complete her resignation

Fired?!

that

position in the City Council, and it had taken considerable connections and favors to secure this stable job. Moreover, her job was a highlight when it came to blind dates and finding a partner. The few blind date prospects

find another job in the current market, but she would also be humiliated before her family and friends.

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found out

what she had done wrong, they simply replied, “It’s an order from the

and called

connections, don’t you? Could you help me think of something? Find someone who

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