Serenity had a good appetite because the food at this restaurant was really good. However, as she ate, she suddenly felt like throwing up. Serenity gestured to Jackson before she hurried out of the private room. Serenity's female bodyguard had been guarding the door to the room. Eva saw Serenity rushing to the restroom at the end of the corridor and followed Serenity, naturally.Jackson grabbed his cell phone after Serenity left. He called Connor, who was dining with the driver at the open dining area. "What didn't you say when we were in the car?"Connor felt a little surprised. He did not expect Mr. Valor to notice it. As Mrs. Valor was also in the car, Connor could not give Mr. Valor a full report earlier."Terry and the new lady from the Hart family seemed very close together. And the Hart family seemed to be planning something in secret. I think they're trying to help Terry take back the reins of power," Connor answered.Jackson pondered Terry's relationship with the new lad
Zeke wondered what was wrong with him. Why had he stared at Serenity in a daze?Serenity finally spoke after a moment of awkward silence. "Sorry. I got the wrong room." Just as she was about to close the door and leave, a man rose to his feet with a mocking smile. "Hey! Did you really enter the wrong room? You must've known about Zeke's presence and deliberately waltzed in here! I heard you got out of prison, Serenity. Are you still desperately pursuing Zeke?"Everyone else burst into laughter at the man's accusation."Have you ever looked into the mirror? You're an ex-convict who went to prison. Bold of you to show up before Zeke again.""That's right! Zeke is already engaged to Jenny. They'll get married soon. Why is she so shameless?""Hey, Serenity. Did you forget how you killed Jenny's sister? Are you here to ruin Jenny's marriage and become a mistress? Even if you decided to strip naked in front of Zeke, he wouldn't even look at you!"Serenity looked at Zeke's friends col
Zeke was even more blunt. "Serenity, did you hear that? Jenny is the only woman I love. What a shameless excuse! If you don't like me, why did you follow me here? Are you trying to get close to me?""You're the shameless one here. I never said I came to find you. Zeke, who do you think you are? Are you some kind of great person? Why would I ever think of you? You know what? I think my worst luck in life was meeting a scumbag like you."Zeke rushed forward, wanting to beat Serenity to a pulp. How could she say that in front of everyone?! Humiliation swamped him, and he suddenly lost his composure. Eva reacted quickly. She kicked the man she was restraining out of the way and quickly turned around, pinning Zeke to the ground."Madam. What should we do?" Eva asked."Let him stay there first. I'll call the police. If any of them try to come at us, just beat them up," Serenity ordered."Yes," Eva responded.Everyone in the room was shocked at Eva's swift actions. For a moment, no on
"No one in Solaria can hurt her. Anyone who tries to hurt her will be my enemy. You'll know what it means to be my enemy." Jackson looked at Jenny, his eyes ice-cold. After saying that, he turned to Serenity. "Let's get back to the room. The food is getting cold.""Yeah," Serenity responded. "Oh, by the way, I just called the police. Some of them just slandered and insulted me. The police should be here soon." She added this in as if she had just remembered it."Eva will stay here and deal with it," Jackson said, referring to the female bodyguard guarding Serenity. Serenity nodded and turned around to leave.Zeke finally got up from the ground in disarray. He stared at Serenity and Jackson with a look of distaste on his face.It was a real slap in the face when he realized that the woman he had ditched before had found a better man and married him. Zeke could not afford to be angry—Jackson was more powerful than him—he could only endure the shame. Jenny, on the other hand, was
Zeke later shared the news of Serenity's marriage to his family in the living room."What?! Serenity is married? To Jackson Valor?" Joy gasped in disbelief. How could that be?! Many young ladies wanted to marry Jackson but could not. How could a woman like Serenity be so lucky?"Zeke! Are you mistaken?" Joy raised her voice."Why would I be? Jackson referred to himself as Serenity's husband! And Jackson's men referred to her as ‘Mrs. Valor’," Zeke said, recounting the events in the room with lingering fear. Zeke had almost hit Serenity, but the bodyguard had pinned him down. Thank God. If he had hurt her, he would not have gotten away easily. Jackson would make Zeke pay with his hands.Zeke had been there when Jenny had tortured Serenity. She had had someone remove Serenity's fingernails and ruin her hands. He had had a fleeting moment of fear when he remembered how he had watched her get tormented heartlessly.Jackson and Serenity were married. He might be coming for the Hall f
"I won't let this be the end of our family. If that day comes, I'll go to Jackson myself. As for you… All you can do now is not let Jackson vent his anger on the Hall family!" Quinton declared.Jenny's face contorted in disgust. The next day, the news of Jenny Hall, a former popular celebrity and the second daughter of the Hall family, made it to the headlines. Jenny had fallen down the steps and suffered comminuted fractures in both hands. She would require a prolonged hospital stay to treat her injuries. Even if she was cured, she might suffer from the long-term impacts of fractures. In the meantime, the Hall and Shaw family had declined all interviews.Serenity saw the news and asked Jackson about it. "Jenny broke her hands. Does it have something to do with you?"Jackson was reading a book titled ‘Pregnancy 101’ and smiled graciously. "What? Afraid I'll do something illegal just to get revenge for you?"Serenity said nothing, mouth pursed, almost like a silent agreement.Clo
"Our children." Reality hit differently when he saw her baby bump and swelling in pregnancy. Serenity was really pregnant with their children. He was going to be a father."You're going to be a good father," Serenity said, gently stroking his head."Really?" Jackson murmured hesitantly. Would he be a good father? He could not be sure, but he would never let his children experience the same childhood as him."You will," Serenity answered confidently before bursting into laughter suddenly."What are you laughing at?" Jackson asked, glancing up at her."It just occurred to me. I can't imagine the kids surrounding you. They'll call you Dad. You'll hold all three of them together whenever they ask for a hug." Serenity said, thinking about their future. She thought it would be interesting! Jackson had a dire expression on his face. With the triplets, the house would be so much more lively. He could not imagine the future with the kids! It seemed surreal, but it was her gift to him.
"The current situation is pretty good, but you'll need subcutaneous progesterone injections to prevent miscarriage. You'll continue to receive the injections daily. I'll prescribe them for a week, observe, and then make adjustments depending on the situation later. The injection will be given on the abdomen. It'll be more painful than injections given on the arms or buttocks. You need to be prepared for that," the doctor advised."Okay," Serenity agreed willingly, ready to endure the pain. The pain did not matter. She would do anything for her children's safe passage into this world. The nurse was about to administer a jab into her belly with a syringe with a long tip. Serenity remained calm, but Jackson got nervous and grabbed the nurse's hand. "This needle is going in?""Y-Yes," the nurse answered, voice trembling."Is it okay to use such a long needle?" Jackson asked.'Aren't the needles all the same length?' the nurse thought, looking at Jackson in confusion.Unlike Jackson,
“……” Morgan suddenly found himself unable to retort. She... wasn't wrong. “But when you play house, you can pretend to be parents with one person today and another person tomorrow. Real marriage is different; you can’t choose someone else.”Renee widened her eyes, listening intently.“The only person you can choose is me. Do you understand, Renee?” he continued.She nodded vigorously. “I understand!”“Do you really?” Morgan asked, a little skeptical. He was already fifteen, so he could grasp the concept of marriage, but she was only eight. Could she truly comprehend it?“So, in the future, I can only marry Morgan and be your bride, right? I can't be someone else's bride, right?” she asked. “I don’t want to marry other boys anyway. I like you the most, Morgan. Of course I’ll only be your bride!” she happily declared, her worries fading away.So she could be Morgan's bride when she grew up! That's great!After finishing another piece of snack, Renee thought of something. She put o
Despite her unease, she couldn’t resist when she saw the sweet desserts. She indulged herself.However, as she ate, her eyes remained fixed on Morgan, clearly still waiting for him to clarify Lucy’s claims.“You want to know if you’re a child bride, right?” Morgan began.Renee nodded.“Do you know what a child bride is?” he asked.She blinked. She had a vague idea, but not enough for her to articulate it.“To put it simply, a child bride is a girl raised by a boy's family. The girl will marry the boy when she comes of age. In the old days, some families were too poor to raise their daughters, so they would sell their daughters to become child brides for richer families,” Morgan explained.Renee blinked. “But my parents aren’t poor, and I'm raised by them, not by other people. That means I’m not a child bride, right?”“Correct, you are not,” Morgan affirmed.She breathed a sigh of relief, and a bright smile spread across her face. “I knew it! My parents would never sell me! The
"Morgan!" Renee turned to Morgan, unease etched on her face."The Moon family, eh? I'll remember this," Morgan replied calmly, then lowered his head to meet Renee's anxious and confused face. "Let's go, Renee. I’ll tell you what you want to know later."He led her away holding her hand.Benson looked worried. "Miss Lucy, how could you say that?""It's the truth!" Lucy shook off her fear and spoke defiantly. "Daddy and Mommy said she’s a child bride. A child bride is a girl sold by her own parents!""But the White family is not like that. Those things only happened to daughters of poor families in the old days," Benson explained. "You really shouldn’t have said that, Miss Lucy. You shouldn’t do that again.""Why do I have to listen to you?" Lucy retorted, displeased.Benson was too ashamed to tell Lucy in front of others that the Moon family simply couldn’t afford to offend Morgan. Dealing with the White family was already a headache, and Morgan's background was even more formi
Benson and Lucy were also dumbfounded. Benson started getting anxious. He felt like things were starting to unfold in ways that he did not expect."Mr. Grimes, I..." Benson stepped forward, intending to speak to Mr. Grimes.However, Mr. Grimes moved past Benson without so much as a glance at him. He went up to Morgan and said, "Master Morgan, I apologize for the oversight!"Everyone was stunned to hear that, including the security guards who had been called over. They were secretly relieved they hadn't forcibly removed anyone yet. If they had offended someone Mr. Grimes was showing so much respect to, it would have been really bad for them!Morgan regarded Mr. Grimes with an unreadable expression. He calmly recounted the situation to Mr. Grimes.After hearing about what happened, Mr. Grimes responded, "This set of stamps was not pre-ordered. If you like it, please take it. Feel free to take anything else in the exhibition that catches your eye."This declaration shocked every
"Who are you?!" Benson exclaimed, astonished. The mysterious figure remained silent, simply looking at Morgan.Morgan calmly reiterated to Benson, "I said, wait for Mr. Grimes." He then pulled out his phone and dialed a number. "I'm Morgan Wood. Please have Mr. Grimes from Lazy Cat Culture come to the Sleepy Cat Exhibition in Solaria. He should be in the area, right?"After ending the call, the person on the other end stared at the phone in disbelief.The Sleepy Cat Exhibition? What's going on?Benson, Lucy, and the staff stared at Morgan in shock, but the look in their eyes quickly turned to ridicule."Ah, a young man's naive bravado – how impudent!" Benson scoffed."Sir, please don't cause trouble," the staff member warned. "Or I'll have to call security."Morgan simply lowered his head to say to Renee, "Looks like we'll be here for a while. If you're bored, I can ask someone to walk around with you."Renee shook her head. "Morgan, what if this stamp set has really been p
Benson's words were not only meant to exert pressure on the staff, but also to inform him that they were on the same side.As expected, when the staff heard what he said, there was an instant change in his expression. He turned to Morgan and Renee and said, "I'm sorry, but it turns out this stamp set has already been pre-ordered by this customer."Morgan saw through the so-called pre-order as nothing more than an act. "When I asked you to wrap it up earlier, I didn’t hear you mention it was pre-ordered.""We forgot to mention that. Our apologies," the staff replied.Lucy, wearing a smug expression, raised her chin at Renee, causing Renee to puff out her cheeks in frustration.Benson calmly observed Morgan and Renee. The White family's White Maple Group had numerous overlapping businesses with the Moon Group. They were often competing with each other. Originally, the White Maple Group’s business activities weren't concentrated in Solaria, so even though there was competition wi
But before Morgan had even finished speaking, a girl's voice piped up, "I want this stamp set!"He turned to the voice and, upon seeing who it was, narrowed his eyes slightly. It was Lucy Moon, the girl Renee mentioned earlier. At the sight of Lucy, Renee immediately reacted like an angry little kitten. "Lucy Moon, why do you always try to take my stuff away?""Your stuff? How is this your stuff? You haven't paid yet!" Lucy shot back, her eyes fixed on Morgan.Morgan was well-known in their class, admired by many girls who claimed he was even more handsome than movie stars. If only Lucy had a big brother like that! She would be the envy of all the girls in class... no, all the girls in school!Unfortunately, her own big brother was not as good-looking.Last time, Lucy had tried to give Renee Sleepy Cat toys, asking for Morgan's email address in return. However, Renee accepted gifts from everyone but her, which infuriated Lucy."But if you want, I can give this stamp set to Re
Unlike many wealthy kids, Renee was quite restrained with her spending. She had never spent recklessly and often saved leftover money. Of course, when she wanted something beyond her budget, she would act cute and ask her Daddy or Morgan to buy it for her.Lisa was the least susceptible to her charms, so Renee didn’t dare to bother her!When they arrived at the exhibition, Renee’s eyes sparkled with excitement. There were so many adorable Sleepy Cat merchandise! They're all so cute! She wanted a lot of them, but realizing her limited budget, she knew she needed a sponsor! The best one was right beside her: Morgan!"Morgan," she said, flashing him a super bright smile.Seeing her like this, Morgan immediately knew she wanted to ask him for something. "What is it? Do you want me to buy you Sleepy Cat merchandise?""You’re so smart, Morgan! No wonder so many girls in our class like you and asked me for your phone number!" Renee praised him.As soon as she mentioned it, Morgan'
"Okay," Renee replied obediently, snuggling up to Morgan and acting cute. "Take me to the exhibition, Morgan! I know you’re the best. You’ll definitely take me, right?"Morgan pursed his lips. At 15, he was no longer a little boy. Although Renee was only 8, she was his destined wife.He had been protecting her since the day she was born. At first, he thought that he would only marry her because according to the family prophecy, she was the one most suitable for him. Over the years, however, he realized that his feelings for her ran deeper than he had initially thought.He found himself wanting to help her fulfill her wishes, and would clean up the mess when she caused trouble. Things had become different from what he had expected, but he welcomed them. He felt grateful that she was the one who was destined for him!With her by his side for the rest of his life, he would never feel lonely."Will you get into fights again?" Morgan asked."No more fighting, I promise!" Renee quickly