"You may leave," Jackson ordered.The home tutor then left the room, leaving the father and son in the room.Jackson looked at the complicated jigsaw puzzle his son was putting together. It was a 1000-piece puzzle and was a perfect size for grown-up puzzlers. An adult would take some time to finish such a puzzle, but Micah worked quickly, putting the pieces together.Jackson sat next to Micah and looked at the puzzle his son was working on. There were two boys and a girl on the puzzle. Three children… The triplets. Was his son thinking of his brother and sister?Five years ago, when Jackson had woken up in the hospital, Connor had told him that he had a wife named Serenity, and she was pregnant with triplets. Unfortunately, only one of the children survived after his wife had crashed into the ocean. When his son had gotten a little older, he had somehow found out about the triplets and insisted that he should have a brother and a sister.Jackson used to find it strange. He asked
Jackson narrowed his eyes. Had his son heard about the rumors? It seemed that someone was really up to no good. "I won't," Jackson replied with absolute certainty."Oh," Micah responded. He said nothing more, and the conversation between the father and son ended right there.The maid soon came into the room and helped the little one to get ready for bed. Meanwhile, Jackson returned to the study. After contemplating for a moment, he slowly opened the drawer.There was a marriage certificate inside the drawer, but the marriage was validly terminated with the death of the spouse.Jackson found a photo of the woman. She seemed like a quiet and gentle person and had a pretty face with a soothing smile. Jackson found her face pleasant, but she was not too much of a stunning beauty. After all, he had seen too many beautiful women in his life.Jackson pondered. Was he once in love with this woman? He even married her and had children with her?Based on how things were usually done in t
Although the information on Serenity's ID card was not hers, it was true. There seemed to be another Serenity who had grown up in Latveria City, but she was an orphan, and the photos in the official records were all of her from childhood to adulthood. Moreover, someone had 'rented' a house for her, and she found clothes in her size and some photos of her in her rental place. Serenity had no suspicion about her identity then. She thought she had lost her memory because of an accident, and she did not know who was the father of the child in her belly. Strangely enough, she felt she loved him very much. And she always thought that she had more than one child.She had been living as another Serenity since then. For two years, she always dreamed of her past with a man. Her intuition told her he was the man she loved and Jackie's father.At first, the man's face was always blurred, which also led to many silly things she did. Whenever she saw a man in the street who looked like the man i
"No, there must be a reason why your Dad didn't come to us," Serenity said. "When he sees you, he'll love you," Serenity reassured, but she wondered why Jack had not come to her. Maybe he thought she was dead. She had searched the internet for more information, where she was identified as Jackson's late wife.When the high-speed train arrived in Solaria, Serenity got off the train with her daughter. As she walked to the exit, she recognized a familiar person standing there with an anxious look.That person was her best friend, Lisa Quest!Tears welled in her eyes. Serenity had forgotten about Lisa in the past few days. Only recently, when her memory returned, she had finally reconnected with Lisa.Serenity still remembered when she had called Lisa to get in touch with her. Lisa was in complete disbelief, unable to believe she was really alive until they had a video call together."Lisa!" Serenity shouted from afar. Lisa heard her and immediately turned her head, her eyes welling
"But I like the name Jackie better. Mom, can I stick with Jackie, please?" As the little girl begged, her smiling face wrinkled with plea."Your brother's name is Micah, and your name is Jacqueline. Wouldn't that be great? You've always wanted a brother, right?" Serenity said."Can we change brother's name to Mikey Lewis instead?" The little girl cocked her head."Why don't you talk to your brother when you meet him later?" Serenity suggested."Fine!" Jacqueline said, raising her chin with a determined look.Amused by her goddaughter's reaction, Lisa asked, "Do you like the name Jackie that much?""Yeah! I like it!" The little girl nodded."Why? Because you're used to it? Is that why you don't want to change your name?" Lisa guessed.Serenity spoke before the little girl could answer. "She just thinks Jacqueline has more alphabets than Jackie. If she could change her name to just Jac, she'd do it in a heartbeat!"Lisa was at a loss for words. She thought it was kind of funny t
"I know," said Serenity, gently biting her lip. "I've read about it online. If Jack really does have feelings for that person and doesn't love me anymore, I won't get in his way or bother him, but… if his heart still belongs to me, I'll definitely never leave him!"After all, everyone thought that she was dead, so Jack would not be at fault if he really did fall in love with someone else. In fact, it should not come as a surprise to her at all if it turned out that he had already remarried. Yet, for some unknown reason, Serenity had a hunch that, just like her, the Jack that she knew must be unable to fall in love with anyone else.Over the past few years when she had lost her memories, she had met quite a few impressive men, and some of them were indeed interested in her as well, but her heart had never been moved by any of them. It was only after she had slowly regained her memories that she realized it was because her heart had long been conquered by a man named Jackson Valor, a
The woman who had violently shoved her daughter was indeed Gwen Scott, and the girl who was holding the other half of the torn photo of Jackson was Anna Scott, the girl who had been adopted by the Valor family. Serenity recognized them instantly because she had seen pictures of them online.But before Serenity even had a chance to say anything, Gwen snorted haughtily and berated, "Daddy? What kind of a lousy mother are you? Have you ever educated your daughter? How could you let her call anyone she liked her daddy?! She doesn't even have the right to think about it! Hurry up and tell her to apologize to my daughter. She had the gall to hurt my little girl! Do you have any idea who my daughter is?!"Gwen spoke in a very arrogant tone. If her daughter had not seen this restaurant on television and begged her to take her here, she would never have taken a step inside such a place. Based on their current status, a humdrum eatery like this was simply beneath her and her daughter. To her
This woman… She was closely connected to Jackson Valor! She was all over the gossip sites online, and they reported that she had just recently launched a chain of beauty salons and as a result, was on good terms with the rich ladies of Solaria. Such a woman must not get into trouble in their restaurant! Otherwise, they might have to close up shop in a matter of days!"Ms. Scott," said the manager, rushing up to Gwen's side, "are you alright?""Why did you even let people like them into this restaurant?!" she erupted. "If anything happens to my daughter here, you can just wait and see how Mr. Valor is going to make you pay for it!"The manager then apologized to Gwen profusely and repeatedly.Just then, Jacqueline looked up at her mother and godmother before asking them in an innocent voice, "Mommy, why did you and Aunt Lisa get into a fight? Didn't you tell me it's bad to get into fights?"She had expected to get scolded by her mother for getting into a fight earlier, yet surpri