When Lisa stood up abruptly, it caught Joy off-guard, and she toppled to the ground. The chair she was sitting on fell and pressed down on her, more specifically, on her foot which was still healing.Joy screamed in pain instantly, and the people around them immediately rushed forward to help her up in a flustered manner."Lisa, do you no longer want this job? How could you treat Miss Shaw like this?!" The director angrily scolded Lisa.Lisa sneered and replied, "Yeah, I don't want this job anymore. I've had enough. I may receive a salary, but I didn't sell my soul to this institute. Why should I endure this suffering?""Don't think that resigning will be enough!" Joy exclaimed furiously. "I'll sue you for causing intentional harm!""Fine! I'll countersue you for the same! I'm going to the hospital and getting my injuries documented!" Lisa fired back just as angrily, waving her injured hand before Joy.If Joy wanted to act arrogant, Lisa could do it better!Joy was about to lose
She already felt stronger than she did yesterday. Her phone had been ringing from time to time. All the calls were from the relatives from her mother's side. They’re calling her for various reasons. Some pleaded on her uncle's behalf, hoping that she would withdraw her charges. Some called to ask who the big shot who took her away from the Fosters was. After all, there were so many police cars there that day that the Foster residence was completely surrounded. All the neighbors saw it.Some called to borrow money. They said that, since she knew a big shot like that, she must have a lot of money now, so she should help her relatives out.Serenity was speechless. Big shot? She still had no idea who “Jack” really was.But from what they said, she managed to piece together some things that Jack did not tell her, such as how she was rescued from the Fosters that day.Serenity walked out of the ward. She told the nurse who was in charge of her, " I just want to walk around the corr
"I'm actually not 100% sure," said Lisa, "I met Joy Shaw. She claimed that Jackson Valor is helping you. She even said that you and Jackson Valor are dating, but the only man around you these days is “Jack”, so I was thinking, could “Jack” be Jackson Valor?"After all, Jack did not look like a homeless man at all. Lisa tried searching for Jackson Valor's photos online but to no avail. All she could find were blurry photos taken from afar and pictures of his back. None of the photos showed his face clearly.Lisa's voice seemed to sound more and more distant to Serenity.Serenity knew Jack could not be an ordinary person. He must be a man of high status.She knew the two of them were from different worlds.However, she would never have thought that Jack was actually Jackson Valor.Yes, Jack... That could very well be short for Jackson. Why didn't she make the connection?Jack... was Jackson Valor. Compared to Mira Hall, the woman who died in the car accident, Jackson Valor actuall
"......" Damn that gossipmonger."Why don't you bring her along the next time we go out? Let us see what she looks like,” suggested Caleb.In their social circle, Jackson had always been known as someone who was uninterested in women. He even treated Mira Hall rather coldly, and she was his fiancé. But this time, he actually rushed to a faraway town to save a woman in the middle of the night.Caleb was shocked when he heard it. He immediately called Jackson to ask him about it.But Caleb's curiosity made Jackson a little unhappy. He did not want other men to be curious about Serenity. He did not want her to meet those people. He even wished he could keep her in a place where only he could see her.If he let Caleb and the others meet her and she ended up falling for one of them...Jackson naturally knew those people were very popular with women, especially Lucas Gomez. It felt like any woman Lucas had his eyes on would end up becoming his girlfriend. Those women would still go out
Because this was... just a game to him. A game between the rich and the poor.Was his plan to tell her his true identity when she was discharged from the hospital to announce the end of the game?Serenity's calmness made Jackson's fear grow even stronger. She was standing right there in front of him, yet she felt so distant."Are you Jackson Valor?" She repeated the question. She was still very calm, as if she was simply asking a very ordinary question.He pursed his lips as he stared into her crystal-clear eyes. After a long time, he finally opened his mouth and uttered the word "yes".Serenity felt bitter. So he really was Jackson Valor. Honestly, she already knew that, but... she was still holding onto a sliver of hope. She wanted to hear it from him."Okay, I get it." She gently lowered her eyes. She squatted down, picked up her phone that had fallen onto the floor, turned around and pulled open the glass door to leave.But the next moment, a strong hand grabbed her arm. His
"Ain’t that right, Sis?" He still called her Sis like before. The slightly raised tone at the end hinted at a kind of attachment.But she felt as if there was a heavy mountain pressing down on her chest, weighing her down so much that she could hardly breathe.Serenity returned to the ward with Jackson. Right after they entered the ward, Jackson asked the nurse to leave.The two of them were thus left alone in the ward.Serenity sat stiffly in the chair with her head hanging low. She had no idea what he wanted to do to her. If he wanted to make life more miserable for her because he thought she was not miserable enough, why did he rescue her on New Year's Eve?If he had just left her to her fate, her life would become even more miserable, right?But no matter what he wanted to do to her, she was powerless to resist. After spending three years in prison, she knew the weight of fate and understood its cruelty, and knew how insignificant she was before it.To those people with pow
This was something that they would often do whenever it was cold. Before this, when he warmed her hands, it would warm her heart too, but now... it merely gave her a sense of trepidation.Because she had no idea what he was trying to do.She squirmed uncomfortably and tried to pull her hands back, but his fingers were firmly wrapped around them, not letting her pull away."Mr. Valor...""Call me Jack. Haven't you always called me Jack?"She pursed her lips tightly."Consider it an order. Call me Jack." He murmured softly, not wanting to hear her call him "Mr. Valor" one more time because it really annoyed him.Serenity remained quiet for a long time before she finally uttered the word "Jack" softly.The corners of his mouth instantly curled up into a smile.The pure-looking smile left her in a daze. Before this, she had always thought that his smile was very pure, like it had not been contaminated by the world. It made her want to protect this purity in him.But... Jackson Va
"If your plan is to lift me up high so that I would fall hard, you don't really have to do that. My life is already miserable enough. I'm just a sanitation worker. I don't have any money left. My family has kicked me out. Do you want me to kneel down in front of Mira Hall's grave to apologize? Or do you want to take my life in return...""That’s enough!" He violently interrupted her. She would rather believe that he did all this to get revenge for Mira Hall rather than because he liked spending time with her? "Listen to me. To me, Mira Hall is not worth going through all this trouble for. All you have to do is stay by my side."He looked down at her hands that he was holding. He had been rubbing them for a while, but they were still cold for some reason.He knew that he lost his temper just now. It felt like she could always stir his emotions easily, making him feel scared, making him feel angry.The closer he got to her, the more control she had over his emotions, but he could not