As soon as the car reached the entrance to Lisa's apartment complex, she lowered her head and unbuckled her seatbelt before thanking Terry in a soft voice, and just as she was about to step out of the car, she heard Terry's voice from behind her asking–"Are you going to date that guy?"Lisa froze for a good while before she regained her senses again, then realized that Terry probably meant Gale Porter when he said "that guy"."He's really not bad at all," she said. "He's financially stable, and we got along pretty well. Besides, he's also quite attractive, so if he does end up liking me, I don't see why I shouldn't date him.""Is that all you think about before deciding to date him?" he asked, glaring at her. "Does that mean that you like him?""Why not?" she asked, slightly bemused by his reaction. "He's pretty much a dream guy for so many women!""Lisa!" he cried, his voice suddenly raised. There was a hint of anger in his voice, which only puzzled her. Why would he be angry a
Hearing this, Lisa sighed and said, "You could tell just from my voice? I thought I hid it really well!""At the very least, I could tell that you had something on your mind," said Serenity. Because in the past couple of days, Lisa had been acting a little too… cheerful… on the phone and during video calls. And Serenity knew that sometimes, the happier Lisa seemed, the more troubled her mind was."What's wrong?" Serenity asked with concern. "Did something happen?"Lisa had no intention to conceal the truth from her friend, so she bluntly replied, "I met Terry again.""Did you go find him?" asked Serenity, taken aback. She knew, of course, that Terry White had been in Solaria these past two days."No," Lisa replied. "He just suddenly turned up. I'm not sure if it was a coincidence or not, so now my feelings are in a mess.""Then did you…""Don't worry," Lisa assured Serenity. "I know that there's no way Terry and I will ever get back together again, so I won't let myself be stu
The store manager's attitude was much more amiable compared to the previous staff member."Can you get me another sales associate please?" Serenity asked. "This person doesn't seem to be that willing to give her services to me, so I don't want to force her to stay with me.""I'm sorry for the bad experience you’ve had in our store," said the store manager before calling over a much younger-looking staff member. Serenity glanced at the nametag on the new sales associate's chest and noticed that she was a junior SA. The young woman was probably a newbie who had just started working here recently. She smiled and then informed the young SA roughly about what she was looking for, what her favorite colors were, and so on, and the young SA then proceeded to look for some suitable dresses for her."Are you going to just let it go?" Lisa asked. "That previous SA didn't even have the most basic professional etiquette!"But it's obvious that she wasn't afraid of any complaints," argued Sere
"This isn't the kind of place for people like you," said Gwen haughtily."Why not?" asked Lisa, amused. "Do you think you're more special than me? Everything that you have now, you only got it because your daughter was adopted by the Valor family. But how are you in any way better than me before that? Is your family wealthier than mine? Are you more educated than me? Or are you more successful in your career? Do you earn more money than me?"In fact, Gwen Scott had just been an ordinary citizen of Solaria in the past with even lower qualifications and achievements than Lisa!Hearing this, Gwen's expression turned ugly, and she picked up the glass of water that the SA had just poured for her and tried to splash it onto Lisa.But Lisa had her guard up even as she was speaking, so as soon as she noticed Gwen making a move, she reached out and twisted Gwen's arm at just the right moment so that the water in the glass ended up spilling on Gwen's body instead.Gwen shrieked, which immed
But now that Serenity had tried the dress on, Gwen knew that it did not matter if Serenity wanted the dress or not, she still could not possibly wear it to the banquet anymore!"Ms. Lewis," Gwen greeted her awkwardly. "What a coincidence. I didn't think I'd find you here.""It is quite a coincidence, isn't it? I was in the fitting room just now, and I wondered what all the noise outside was about. I never thought that it'd be you."Then, Serenity went on to correct Gwen by adding, "Also, shouldn't you be addressing me as Mrs. Valor? Jack has reminded you before, remember?"Gwen gritted her teeth violently. Jack, Jack, Jack! How could she be calling him by such an intimate nickname?! In the past, she was not even allowed to call him "Jackson" and was warned by him to always address him as "Mr. Valor" instead.As if she did not even have the right to call him by his first name!"Mrs. Valor…" Gwen smiled wryly. "It was just a misunderstanding just now. I hope you won't take it to he
Could it be that this woman was, in fact…?In that instant, the store manager and the SA who had been trying to curry favor with Gwen began to look sickly and pale.Serenity boldly accepted the card and made no objections to it at all. Then, she turned to the SA who had been waiting on her and said, "In that case, I'll take this dress, and can you please wrap it up for me after I take it off?"The young SA responded nervously, "S-Sure…"Having bagged such a purchase so soon after starting to work here was simply like a pie just falling out of the sky and onto her lap!Meanwhile, Gwen was starting to feel more and more humiliated now, so she picked up her bag and tried to sneak out of the store, but she was immediately stopped by Serenity."Ms. Scott, the matter isn't settled yet. Aren't you going to check the surveillance with us?"Gwen chuckled awkwardly and then said, "There… There's no need for all that. I was careless and just spilled the water on myself, that's all.""Sinc
“Alright… alright, I understand. Of course I won’t make any purchases that do not reflect my social standing,” said Gwen as she hastily left the store. That night, after coaxing the two little ones to sleep, Serenity returned to her bedroom and started searching for news related to Terry on her phone. Although Jackie was given a nicely decorated room to herself, she still preferred to share a room with Micah.Whenever bedtime came around, she would flop down on Micah’s bed and urge her brother to tell her a story, a scene that Serenity found amusing.Serenity hoped that these two could grow closer, and considering their tender age, she decided to let them sleep together. She wondered if it was a pain for Micah, who seldomly spoke but was forced to tell stories by his talkative sister. Not only did she bug him to tell stories, but whenever she felt he wasn’t speaking with enough emotions, she would insist that he repeat that story several times. Serenity expected Micah to lo
Jackson’s dark eyes seemed to be smiling at her. He gently took her hand and said, “You’re not allowed to be interested in any other man. For the rest of your life, you can only be interested in me!” Serenity was momentarily left stunned. Despite his memory loss, his domineering attitude remained the same as before. In the past, he hated the idea of her getting close to any other men. He would always step in and remind her that she could only love him… Now that she thought about it, she realized how sweet he actually was back then. Serenity was brought back to the present by a sharp pain in her ear. She glanced to the side and realized that Jackson was nibbling on her earlobe. Her body trembled, and at that moment, it felt as if all her blood was rushing toward her ear. “Quit playing around, Jack…” While shaking, Serenity raised her hands to cover her ears. However, before her hands could reach her ears, Jackson pinned her arms down. “I’m not playing around…” he murmured