Chapter 169

How could a proud man like him ever allow it?

“So, you agreed to see me just so you could tell me that you would never do what I ask no matter how I beg you?”

Each word came out of her mouth with great difficulty, but she asked the question anyway.

There was a faint smile on his lips. He raised his hand and gently brushed a stray strand of hair on her face behind her ear with his long fingers.

“Back then, you told me that you wouldn’t stay with me, that you didn’t need me to change your fate, that you would never regret it…”

His moves were graceful, and his voice was soft and gentle. He bent over and leaned his lips closer to her ear, and she could feel his breath brushing against it, his breath enveloping her ear and neck.

In contrast, her whole body was frozen stiff. She felt as if a heavy boulder was pressing down against her chest, making it almost impossible for her to breathe.

“I wanted to see you so you’d understand how comically wrong you were when you said you

regret it.”

looked intently

moment, it felt like her whole body was

wouldn1

right. She was comically

how she left Jackson’s

to agree to her request from the start, and in

had gotten from this meeting

Serenity’s mind was so preoccupied that she was almost absent–minded at work. Her relatives had called her again, telling her that her grandmother had gotten worse now. Although she had woken up, she was still disoriented and

for her grandmother, it had only taken a short

It felt like her world only got

on.

her children as soon as possible,” Her relative urged. “This is the only thing that can

short of calling Serenity

could only smile wryly, for at that moment, there was truly

do!

off work, she dragged her exhausted body to go home, but Peter Wall suddenly blocked her way and said, “Serenity, let me… Let

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