"No, I wouldn't dare!" Connor said, "I hope Mr. Valor won't misunderstand Mrs. Valor after knowing the truth. Her feelings for you are true. Maybe what she did this time was just because of an impulse."Jackson snorted in response. "Her feelings for me are true? Am I really the most important to her? If she's willing to give up her life for me, then why would she betray me for that woman? My mother abandoned her husband and son."Connor kept his mouth shut, knowing his words would only anger Mr. Valor further!Right when Jackson was almost done with his work, a quiet knock sounded at the door. Connor breathed a sigh of relief as someone opened the door, figuring it was Serenity.Serenity came in and sat on the sofa in the corner. She stayed silent, like she did for the past few days, just watching Jackson. Jackson gave Serenity a quick glance as she came in, his mind suddenly calmed by her presence. After giving Connor a few more orders, Jackson finally dismissed him. "That's
About half an hour later, the security guard at the Valor Mansion reported to Jackson. "Mr. Valor, Mrs. Valor is now leaving.""Have the driver take her back to the Valor Residence," Jackson responded, and something flickered in his eyes. "Yes," the guard answered.'Was she finally going to leave?' Jackson thought, but what happened next surprised him. Upon returning, the driver responsible for driving Serenity to her destination reported to Jackson."Mrs. Valor didn't go back to the Valor Residence. She's staying at the hotel tonight." The driver informed him of the name and address of the hotel as well as the room number that Serenity had last checked in. 'She's at the hotel?' Jackson thought, frowning slightly, but it did not matter to him. She could go home to the Valor Residence or stay in a hotel as she pleased.Jackson slept in the bed at night, but his bed suddenly felt empty. He had slept alone before she came here and had never felt anything like this. Or maybe he h
"Did she tell you who she met?" Serenity asked, furrowing her brows. Lisa's behavior seemed abnormal."No." Hersha said, "Do you think Lisa will be okay? She was recently discharged from the hospital and is still not feeling well.""Don't worry. I'll see what I can do and try to get in touch with Lisa. Call you back later," Serenity said, ending the call with Hersha. After the call disconnected, Serenity gave it a thought and made a phone call. She got someone to obtain the surveillance footage from the maternity hospital to find out which friend Lisa had left with.Although Jackson was upset with her, he did not remove the men assigned to help her, so Serenity could use her status as Mrs. Valor to get these men to work for her.Serenity considered calling the police, but the police would reject the case unless an adult had been missing for more than twenty-four hours. Besides, Lisa had called Hersha to explain why she was gone.The men Jackson previously assigned to Serenity we
"Trust me, Jackson. You'll never meet someone else who loves you more than I do!""Enough!" Jackson snapped, putting the video conference to an abrupt halt. Several minutes passed in silence, and no one in the meeting dared to say another word.The senior executive who was presenting turned extremely pale, fearing that something was wrong with his report.Connor's voice came to Jackson's ear like a whisper. "Mr. Valor? Are you..." Jackson opened his eyes and snapped to his senses, realizing he had just lost his temper. "That's all for today. Dismissed," Jackson bellowed out the order. Then, he turned off the video conference screen and left the study.Wanting to stop her last words from ringing in her ears, Jackson went outside to get some fresh air. He tried to erase the despair aching in him, but her voice echoed everywhere as soon as he stepped outside."Jack—!""You'll never meet someone else who loves you more than I do!""You'll never…"Jackson slammed himself against
Jackson should have known, but he was careless and let his guard down. Monica did it to Lisa once, which meant she would probably do it again. Knowing how much Serenity cared about Lisa, this was prone to happen again. But Jackson got too angry the last time because Serenity had helped Mary and Edward escape Solaria right after Monica hurt Lisa. Rage overtook him, so much that he forgot all about the threat Monica posed to Serenity.Serenity! Jackson's breathing quickened, his face darkening with fury. He could not allow anything to happen to her. If she were to get hurt again…! He thought he could learn to love her less, but nothing else mattered more than her safety.- Serenity finally met Lisa, as she wished, only to realize why her best friend had willingly gotten into the car. Monica had threatened Lisa with Hersha and told her, "If you don't come with me, I can't guarantee what will happen to your mother in the restroom. If you try to resist or shout to attract attention, I
Monica had gone to Terry once before in anger."Why are you doing this to me, Terry?! I know I forced you to break up with Lisa, but I helped you to get the White family back. Isn't that more than enough?" Monica confronted Terry, but Terry only looked at her with indifference, treating her like she was nothing to him."Why are you being so hard on me and the Hart family? Is this all for Lisa? But aren't you separated from her? She isn't worth your love, is she? You've done so much for her, but what about her? What has she done for you? She never believed in you, did she?"In the next moment, Terry's men had pushed her down, forcing her to stay on the ground. Monica was embarrassed and humiliated, her cheek pressed against the cold and rough ground.Terry's gaze narrowed, and he looked down at Monica condescendingly, the coldness in his eyes frightening. "Don't you dare mention Lisa's name again, Monica. Otherwise, I'll kill you!" Terry threatened, and Monica was shocked to hear
Monica suddenly burst into maniacal laughter and looked at Lisa like she was an idiot."Why did Terry fall in love with a fool like you? Do you know why I'm holding on to you? Because you're Terry's priority. You're the most important thing to him, so I think using you to get back at him is a good plan.""I'd like to see the expression on Terry's face especially when he finds out that you and the baby in your belly died at my hands," Monica said, and her expression manically twisted into a scowl.A chill ran down Lisa's spine as she realized Monica was serious about wanting her dead! Also, Monica had said she was Terry's priority. What did Monica mean by that? "I'm the most important thing to him? What do you mean by that?!" Monica huffed at Lisa, looking at her like she was so blind and ridiculous. "Did you really think Terry broke up with you for the White family?" Monica had thought so before, but she later understood that Terry's motive had been Lisa all along."Isn't that so
It turned out that Terry was in pain every time he touched her. So, this was what he meant when he asked her to give him more time, but she never listened to what he really wanted to say.Terry said he had always loved her. He said he wanted to be with her, but she wanted to protect herself from getting her heart broken again and rejected him repeatedly.When Terry came to visit her at the hospital, he asked her whether she would regret cutting him off. She said she would never regret it. How did he feel at that time?Thinking of this, Lisa wanted to smack herself in the face! How could she? How could she have hurt Terry like this?!Meanwhile, Serenity was shocked to hear all this, her face colored by surprise. She never knew there was such a twist in Terry and Lisa's breakup five years ago. Terry had brought down the Hart family five years later and finally got the Blood Parasite removed. He thought he would finally be with Lisa, but Lisa wanted to cut him off. Serenity's mind f