That's... Luke.Even though she believed she would never fall in love with anyone ever again, could she really turn a blind eye to his feelings?While Serenity was lost in thought, her phone rang. Serenity looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Lucas.She answered the call. Lucas' voice came from the phone, "I'm sorry for calling you so late.""It's fine, I haven't gone to bed yet. What's up?" Serenity asked."Nothing. I just... suddenly wanted to hear your voice," he said.She didn't know what to say."Serenity, if... if you like Transformer action figures, I can buy them for you, whichever model you want," he said after a moment of hesitation."No, it's fine," she quickly said, "I used to like them when I was a kid. I'm long past the age of playing with them now.""Is that so?" he paused for a moment and said, "I actually have no idea how to make a woman happy." After all, in the past, the women were always the ones who had to try their best to make him happy.All he h
But before she could get up, Peter said, "I'll go. What if the doctor comes while you're away? You'll have to look for him later, which is a lot of hassle." After all, the doctors wouldn't stay in the office all the time. Sometimes they would be out making rounds or working the outpatient clinic.Clara thought he had a point, so she said, "I'll have to trouble you, then.""No trouble. I came here to help after all!" Peter smiled and left the ward.Watching as Peter walked away, Clara couldn't help but sigh. "He really is a kind man.""Yeah, he's really kind," Serenity said."Unfortunately, the world is often unkind to kind people. I hope his kindness will get repaid one day," Clara murmured. When she was younger, she didn't think much of boring and honest men like Peter. She preferred men like Wilson Birch.But after all the things that she had been through, she realized that there was real happiness to be found in falling in love with an honest man.There's no betrayal, decepti
Serenity asked the nurse which police station Peter was taken to. Then, she returned to the hospital room and told Clara what happened to Peter in a whisper. She then said, "Clara, I'm sorry, I originally came to help Yanny move out of the hospital, but now, I have to go to the police station to figure out what's going on.""Hurry up and go. My mother and I can handle things here," Clara said with an anxious look on her face. She also did not believe Peter would do such a thing.Yanny still had no idea what's going on. He kept asking what "being detained" meant. Clara could only give him a vague answer.Serenity rushed to the police station. When she arrived, Peter was in the middle of an interrogation. She learned from the police that there were eyewitnesses, and there were surveillance cameras at the crime scene too. If the surveillance footage matched what the victim and the witnesses said, Peter would be charged with attempted rape."I would like to see Peter Wall," Serenity sa
Serenity couldn't be bothered talking to Lynette anymore. Lynette had already said enough to let Serenity understand that she indeed framed Peter.But... why would Lynette do that? They've probably never crossed paths before!Right then, a police officer told Serenity, "You're Peter Wall's lawyer, right? You can go in and talk to him now, but you only have half an hour.""Thank you!" Serenity quickly said. Just as she was about to go in, a hand abruptly grabbed her wrist from behind her. "You're Peter Wall's lawyer?"Serenity turned around and was surprised to see Lucas. She didn't expect Lucas to leave the hospital and come to the police station."Why did you leave the hospital? Did you get the doctor's permission?" she asked. Although the bandage on his head and body had been removed yesterday, he still had to stay in the hospital for at least a few more days before he could be discharged."Are you really going to be Peter Wall's lawyer?" he asked again instead of answering."
When Serenity entered the interrogation room, the police interrogation had already ended. Peter's face was very pale. He seemed to be at a loss.As soon as he saw Serenity, he said in a panic, "Serenity, I... I didn't do it! I don't know why that woman's trying to frame me!"Peter looked extremely confused. Everything happened so suddenly that he didn't know what to do."Calm down. Take your time and tell me what happened very slowly. I'm your lawyer now. I'll help you handle this case. If you can find a more suitable lawyer, you can change your lawyer anytime," Serenity said, comforting him.Peter slowly calmed down. "Thank you, Serenity."For the next half an hour, Serenity listened to Peter's side of the story. According to Peter, while he was helping Clara fetch Yanny's reports, Lynette suddenly appeared next to him. She said she sprained her foot and asked for his help to get to her car in the hospital's open-air parking lot.Because Lynette was holding a lot of things in he
"Innocent?" Lucas scoffed, "The police have checked the surveillance footage and confirmed that Lynette's telling the truth. What's more, none of the five eyewitnesses know each other, yet their statements are all consistent! There's no possibility of them giving false statements at all! "Serenity asked, "Have you ever been wrongly accused before?""What?" he was caught off guard by her question."Being wrongly accused, with all the witnesses and material evidence against you. Even though you know you're innocent, there's nothing you can do. Have you ever experienced something like that before?" She smiled faintly, "I have, so I can understand how Peter feels right now. That's why I'll help him no matter what!"He pursed his lips and stared at her with eyes that tried to see through her. "Even if I ask you to stay away from Peter Wall's case, you'll still help him?""He's my friend. I believe him." She met his gaze and did not back down in the slightest.At this moment, the air
"I don't understand what you're saying. Why would I frame him? What would I gain from it?" Lynette asked.That was exactly what Serenity couldn't figure out. "You're not even willing to settle, are you?""Would you settle with someone who tried to rape you?" Lynette asked, secretly appreciating Serenity's distress.For once, it gave her the feeling of having the upper hand over Serenity!Serenity took a deep breath and said, "Have you ever considered that by doing this, you'll be giving a person a lifelong stigma, and he won't be able to hold his head high for the rest of his life?""Serenity, stop accusing me of framing Peter Wall! You're a lawyer, so you know very well that you need evidence to make that kind of accusation!" Lynette said condescendingly."What will it take for you to let Peter go?" Serenity took a deep breath and said, "I'll do my best to satisfy your request."Although Serenity had no idea what Lynette's goal was, she had a vague feeling that it had something
If she agreed, he would do everything he could to settle the matter in a manner that she would be satisfied with.But to his disappointment, what she said was: "Lucas, you saved my life, so I'll do whatever you ask me to do as long as it doesn't go against my conscience. But in this matter, I won't agree."He snorted, "You mean this goes against your conscience? Serenity, is that man really that important to you?!"Serenity kept quiet. Rather than saying it's because Peter was important to her, it's more appropriate to say that she had to save Peter because Peter was most likely framed because of her. Not to mention, the current Peter reminded her of herself years back. She wanted to save Peter just like she wanted someone to save her back then.Her silence upset Lucas even further.Lynette walked up to Lucas, gently held his arm, and said, "Lucas, don't be mad. Serenity only got tricked by Peter Wall because she cares about him so much. But the fact is, Peter Wall is simply full