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

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

mament suddenly made

holding her hand tight. “One day, you’ll shine even brighter

any

of

present, she no longer dared to dream of a bright future because she had to fight with all

get that woman. Serenity Lewis, a job the other day. I’m warning you, don’t ever get Involved with that woman again! She was the one who killed Jenny’s sister, Jackson

father’s stern voice rang in his ear through the phone. Zeke

blamed him for choosing a woman like Serenity to be his girlfriend. Fortunately, after breaking up with her, he had started dating Jenny Hall, whom his family very much approved of The Shaw family and the Hall family were equals, so they were a good match. They had almost gotten married then, and the two families had nearly become in–laws. Although the marriage had not come to pass,

them, the Hall family might be able to save them by persuading

the brakes. The image of Serenity crossed his mind, and he 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.

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 to collect

it was ultimately her own fault that she had killed Mira Hall! That one tragle mistake meant that she had not only offended the Hall family but the powerful Valor family

figure at

eye.

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