Chapter 282

He stared deep into her eyes. “Does it matter if 1 believe y

you or not?”

She was stunned, and then she smiled to herself. Yeah, whether he believed her or not had nothing to do with her. Why was she so nervous when he looked at her just now?

“I’m going back to my room,” said Serenity. She tried to walk past Jackson to get to the stairs.

But she only managed to take two steps before he grabbed her arm. The next moment, she was pulled into his embrace.

“I believe that you’re innocent.” He bent down and said next to her ear, “But do you really think you can find out anything investigating on your own like this? Three years have already passed. Have you ever thought that maybe the truth you wanted to uncover never existed in the first place?

Serenity’s bright almond–shaped eyes looked hack at Jackson. She smiled gently and said, “Rich and powerful people like you think that I can’t possibly overturn the case with my own power, but a common folk like me still believes that one day, I can prove my innocence,”

eyes and stung his heart. After a while, he said, “What if I’m willing to help you? What

at him blankly, not understanding why he had suddenly changed his attitude.

by my side and keep me company, I can help

She could feel

all she needed to do was say yes and she would be able to clear her name

woman once more.

“innocence” using her freedom and perhaps even her body.

anymore. She could more or less guess what

mother would not want to see her obtain one land of innocence at the cost of another.

find out the truth myself,” said

he asked in a whisper. Then, he slowly straightened up. His seductive eyes turned gloomy. “You can come to me whenever you

of her

softly and walked to the stairs.

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