Chapter 59

Serenity furrowed her brows Was Zeke asking about… Jack?

“You should really mind your own business, Mr. Shaw. I was only with my brother yesterday. Do I need to report to you about that too?”

“Brother?” asked Zeke. “Since when did you have a brother?”

As far as he knew, the only sibling Serenity had was a younger sister.

“He’s a brother to me,” she replied, “and that’s all that matters. Do you have any problem with that?”

Zeke studied Serenity’s face, almost as if he was trying to determine the truth of her words from her expressions.

Just then, Xyla, who had been sweeping the other side of the road, noticed what was going on and hurried over, saying, “Calm down, Mr. Shaw! Don’t do anything rash! Let her go!”

Xyla recognized Zeke as the man who had accompanied Jenny Hall when she came to the Sanitation Office to apologize. According to her colleagues, this man must be Serenity’s ex–boyfriend.

“You really should let go of her, Mr. Shaw, otherwise someone might take a picture of you with her now, and then you’ll have a lot of explaining to do to your girlfnend, Miss Hall.”

he finally let

from you?” Xyla

knows?” she replied. “He probably had nothing better

reason he had for coming to her and asking her who she was dating, it was definitely not because he still had any feelings for her. Still, what had happened was undeniably odd. Only God knew what Zeke

I heard that Quinn has been collecting signatures in a petition to pressure

knitted. It seemed that Quinn was sparing no

decides to fire me, there’d be no point in talking to him. If it comes to that,

job.”

she had said that, she still felt a little helpless since she had only managed to get this job after tirelessly applying for countless jobs everywhere. Finding another job would unquestionably be a nigh

She knew, of course, that workers in their position did not even sign a contract before taking up the job. Compared to those in proper positions like Quinn, they were, simply put, expendable. She did not even have to

they returned to the Sanitation Office together, where

ready to leave now,” Quinn told Serenity with a smug look on her face. “No one here has any desire

fear at all, which had been what

This vexed Quinn.

can keep up that act!” she dared Serenity. “Soon, the director is going

their workplace. Judging from the director’s reaction

the Human Resources Department came to her

in his office,

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