"Sure," Jackson responded. "You should go to sleep now and stop thinking too much about stuff.""Actually…" Serenity suddenly said. "I'm getting a little hungry.""I'll go get the servants to make you something to eat, then," he said as he began to get out of the bed."No," Serenity quickly refused. "It's really late now. It's not right to wake people up in the middle of the night just to make me something to eat. Besides… I'm craving some smoothies right now, so I'll just go to the kitchen and make one myself.""I'll do it," Jackson offered."You?" she asked, stunned."It's just a smoothie, anyway," he explained. "It'll be ready in a minute."In the end, both Serenity and Jackson left their bedroom together and went downstairs to the kitchen. Serenity sat on the stool at the kitchen counter as she watched Jackson get different kinds of fruit from the fridge, peel them, cut them into cubes, and begin making her a smoothie. The sight made her smile without realizing it.It seeme
She took a sip of the smoothie and then added, "Just like this smoothie–it's sour, but it's really sweet as well."She then joked, "You're not planning on being all gloomy and glum every year when your birthday comes around, are you? Also, are you going to suffer in misery every year when it's my birthday?""I'm sorry," he murmured. "I really shouldn't have asked to break up with you back then!""Let's take it as a lesson learned, then," she smiled faintly, "and never ask one another to break up ever again, okay?"He was startled at first, and his dark inky eyes stared fixedly into hers. After a long while, he finally said in a hoarse voice, "It's a deal. We'll never ask one another to break up again from now on.""Great! Now, if you have no idea what present you'd like, I'll just think about it myself. You're not allowed to dislike my gift, understand?"As she spoke, she lowered her head and began to concentrate on her smoothie. Jackson was still staring at her with a dull gleam
"It wasn't such a big deal?!"Lucas's initially stony expression showed signs of cracking. To him, what Lynette had done was the most terrible thing that affected his whole life, yet to people like this woman, it was not such a big deal at all?!He sternly barked, "You—say that again!"His distant but delicate face now showed clear signs of hostility!Serenity's aunt was shocked by the sight. It felt to her like Lucas Gomez had turned into a different person, almost as if he had unsheathed his sword and would fatally stab her at any moment!"I… I was just saying… that it wasn't such… such a big deal because the money that Lynette got from you must've been insignificant to a rich man like you!""Hahaha… Hahaha…"Lucas suddenly burst into laughter. He was just about to hurl his balled-up fist at the woman, but his friend, Caleb Moss, stopped him just in time."That's enough," Caleb said. "Don't waste your energy on a worthless person like that, Lucas!""She had the gall to say t
Serenity's aunt felt choked, but she quickly argued, "But we're all one big family at the end of the day! Aren't you afraid of what people would say about you if you crossed your arms and did nothing to help your own family?!""If the person who harmed others wasn't afraid of what others would say," replied Serenity amusedly, "then as the victim, what do I have to be afraid of? Besides, Lynette clearly did not think of me as family at all when she hurt me."The expression on Serenity's aunt's face turned ugly instantly. Thinking of herself as the aunt who was trying to teach her niece a lesson, she raised a hand and was just about to strike it across Serenity's face, but before her hand got anywhere near Serenity, Eva, Serenity’s bodyguard, quickly snatched it.At that moment, Serenity's aunt felt as if her fingers were about to be bent to their breaking point, and she cried out loudly in pain.Serenity then coldly warned her, "I'd advise you not to even think about hurting me, Aun
Caleb, who had been standing beside Lucas, sighed. Who would have thought that Lucas Gomez, the man who seemed to have a different girlfriend every week, would be so deeply and madly in love when he became infatuated.If the woman involved had been someone else, there might have been a way to help Lucas, but he just had to fall in love with Jackson Valor's woman, and now that they had even gotten married, it seemed that Lucas's hopes and dreams were destined to be dashed to pieces.Caleb gently patted his friend's shoulder and comforted him, "There's plenty more fish in the sea, my friend. Who knows, once you move on from Serenity Lewis, you'll realize that…"But Lucas suddenly cut him off by asking, "Have you ever truly loved anyone, Caleb?"The question startled Caleb. He then heard Lucas continue, "If you truly love someone, then you'll know that it doesn't matter how many women there are in this world because there'll only be one woman to ever catch your eye and stay in your he
"So, you're saying Terry refused to have any contact with your people?" Serenity asked."That's right," Jackson replied. "In fact, you'll probably be seeing him on the news over the next few days. By then, he would've probably regained control over the White family, albeit with help from the Hart family."Jackson had initially planned to find out exactly what kind of relationship there was between Terry White and the woman from the Hart family before telling Serenity about it, but now, it seemed that Terry and the Hart family were making a move much sooner than he had expected.But this was, of course, no less due to the stupidity of Terry's half-brothers who had taken a series of unpopular measures after Terry's disappearance, which only proved to make things worse even more rapidly."You still haven't told me how Terry's changed," Serenity goaded him. "If Terry really does regain his control over the White family, then it's good news, right? Even if he did get help from the Hart
“Yes, I’m quite happy. Our marriage has turned out to be happier than I imagined,” said Serenity. “Sometimes, I’m scared that this happiness might come to an end, especially after seeing what happened to Clara and Lisa…” “No!” replied Jackson with certainty in his voice. “No matter what happened in the past, we will be together till the very end!” His gaze was intense and domineering, and she found herself caught in it like a net. However, she was more than willing to be trapped in his net. “Yeah! We’ll be together forever and ever!” ————Around 3 a.m., Clara dragged her exhausted body back to her rented apartment. She pulled out several bottles of pills and took her medication together with a glass of water. She swallowed 7 to 8 pills in total. It was ironic, given how much she hated taking any form of medication back then. However, her life depended on these pills. Clara’s mother walked out of the bedroom to see her daughter taking her medication. Her eyes teared up almo
The moment Clara finished her sentence, her mother wrapped her arms around her and started bawling her eyes out. Clara patted her mother’s back gently in an attempt to comfort her. “Oh, don’t cry, Mom…” In fact, rather than Yanny, she was more worried about her mother. After all, she had spent so much effort in raising Clara, but even when she was one foot in the grave, she was still struggling to provide for her mother!————Clara went to a nearby market to buy ingredients for her food stall. On her way back, she ran into Peter. Peter seemed to be overjoyed when he met Clara. “What a coincidence! I wanted to visit, but I was worried that no one was at home.” “What are you doing here?” asked Clara.“I happened to be running some errands nearby, so I came by to give you some toys. These are all from my childhood. They’re still good, by the way. When I told Yanny about them, he seemed pretty interested, so I just thought he’d be happy to have them. If they get worn out, don’t