Chapter 57

Serenity raised her head ever so slightly to glance rideways. She then breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Jackson, asking. “Have you paid the hill?

“Yeah.”

“Let’s go, then,” she said, grabbing her handbag. Then, as if trying to escape something, she hurried out of the restaurant.

“What’s going on?” Jackson asked. “Are you hiding from someone?

She paused her steps. A peculiar look flushed across her face, and she said, “My former colleagues were in that restaurant,

I didn’t want them to see me

As she spoke, she chackled, almost as if marlding herself, and she added, “Isn’t it ridiculous? They all know what has happened to me, and they must’ve guessed how far I’ve fallen now, yet I still can’t face them and want to hide from them.”

She did not want to see the pity in their eyes. She did not want to see them feeling sorry for her.

and

career as a lawyer, yet now, while all her colleagues were still in the profession, that path was closed off to

felt for herself at that mament suddenly made him feel deeply sorry

said softly, holding her hand tight. “One day,

any

of

of a bright future because

job the other day. I’m warning you, don’t ever get Involved with that

phone. Zeke

with her, he had started dating Jenny Hall, whom his family very much approved of The Shaw family and the Hall family were equals,

hoped that if things turned really bad for them, the Hall family might be able to save them by persuading Jackson

could not deny that she was no longer the same woman she used to be all those years ago. Although she might still look exactly the same, the aura she now exuded was completely different. Not to mention that the sanitation worker uniform

now knew that Jenny was his suitable match. As for Serenity, she now belonged in the past, a past that might forever be a stain on him should anyone mention it to him in the future. He felt slightly guilty when he saw how she had ended up now, of course. After all, when she had asked him

mistake meant that she had not only offended the Hall family but the powerful Valor family as well. How could be ever

thoughts went through his mind, a slender figure at the intersection

eye.

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