"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
The man hit Serenity repeatedly with his fist, but Serenity refused to move. She protected her best friend in her arms, not letting the man hit Lisa's belly!Serenity had no idea how many punches she had taken. She kept telling herself to hold on. Jack would come for her. He would save her—although still mad at her—he would always come to her rescue whenever she was in danger!Just hold on a little longer, just a little longer… Serenity whispered in her mind, but her consciousness was beginning to blur because of the pain and discomfort. The pain made her feel terribly faint, and she almost passed out several times.All of a sudden, the man stopped hitting her. She could hear the sound of the wind and another sound that should not have been there—it sounded like helicopter wings turning! Serenity glanced up weakly, looking at the sky in disbelief. Five helicopters were hovering in the air, surrounding the roof of the building.Serenity stared blankly at the helicopters and sudden
Serenity still felt pain wherever she was hit. She did not know how many punches had landed on Lisa, but she saw Lisa panting heavily, her face bruised and swollen, and one of her eyes could hardly open. She could only protect Lisa's belly but not the rest of her body. Even though Serenity hated this man for beating them up, she hid her anger and said calmly, "Yes. I can guarantee it!""Don't listen to her! You'll regret listening to her! The only way we can escape is to press them! We can't stop here!" Monica yelled urgently, fearing the mercenaries would turn against her. She had paid so much to hire them!Just then, another voice rose. "If you let my wife and her friend go, I can assure you that everything will be fine. But if you don't stop here, you’d better be ready to die here today!"Everyone was startled by the sudden voice. They turned to the voice, only to see many people rushing in from the only doorway leading down from the rooftop, blocking the only exit. And Jackson