Standing among the crowd not far away, Weston Stanton looked on with amused curiosity. He twirled the wine glass in his fingers, a small smile appearing on his face. Things in Lanford were becoming lively!-Coming out of the party, Lucas spoke to Serenity. "Where do you live now? I'll take you home.""No need," Serenity refused. "I don't want to risk getting photographed in your car. It'll cause unnecessary gossip again.""Afraid Jackson will misunderstand?" Lucas said, his gaze intent. Serenity met his gaze and answered softly, "Yeah." Her answer was very natural, so blunt and honest. Jealousy quietly struck Lucas. He told himself countless times that he had lost his right to be jealous of Jackson. He had missed his only chance to be with Serenity, and he had never seized the opportunity."If he truly loves you and believes in you, he won't misunderstand anything," Lucas murmured."It doesn't matter. I just don't want to do something that'll cause him to get the wrong idea,
Serenity gave Yelena a small smile. "Yes. I wish I could talk to you, given the opportunity.""Great! Let's meet sometime," Yelena chirped. After saying goodbye to Lucas and Serenity, she took her husband's arm and left.Serenity watched their car drive away and said to Lucas, "Thanks, you did me another favor.""Serenity, anything I can do to help, I will," Lucas replied."Lucas… You don't have to…" Serenity let out a heavy sigh. It was hard to face him like this. "Maybe… Maybe it's fate," Lucas had a pained smile on his face.Serenity's expression grew intent. "Lucas, if it's fate, I trust that your destined other half must be waiting for you somewhere."Was someone else waiting for him? Lucas thought as he watched Serenity get into the car and gradually leave his sight. Serenity had moved forward, but Lucas stayed where he was, unable to move on.Lucas was still stuck in the forest of that hill, in that childhood encounter. Lucas had never truly left the hill while she had
Wilson's whole body went stiff. After an initial stiffness, he gazed up at Serenity with a thoughtful smile. "Why don't you ask Jackson? After all, he's gone through hypnosis too, right?""It's not like Clara doesn't have any feelings for you. I don't know what's on your mind, but I hope you don't hurt her. She's gone through enough," Serenity murmured.Wilson's smile grew sarcastic. "Serenity, you've got it all wrong. She was the one who hurt me. She doesn't care the slightest about me, and she's the one who insists on separating. Now you're asking me not to hurt her?""She doesn't want to hurt you! She just wants to protect you!" Serenity blurted out without thinking.Wilson's eyes mocked Serenity as he listened to what she said. "Protect me? Do I need her to protect me? What makes her think she can protect me? Serenity, aren't you a lawyer? When did you start talking nonsense?"Feeling helpless, Serenity shut her mouth and stopped talking. Wilson had misunderstood Clara too muc
"Oh?" Yelena arched a brow in surprise. "What kind of script?""A story about a lady who came back to her family and got caught in a love triangle. Later, she got into a car accident, and the second male lead died in an attempt to save the heroine. After the second male lead's death, the heroine went crazy, and her family and fiance sent her to the psychiatric hospital," Lucas told the story briefly.Yelena and Serenity's face changed when they heard the story. Yelena shot Lucas a strange look. "This story…""Someone gave me a script. I read it and thought this would be a good movie. But recently, someone told me this story sounded very much like your late brother-in-law's story with someone from the Hope family. Your husband's eldest brother, Nathan, passed away after the car accident. Although Summer Hope survived the accident, she became crazy and went to a psychiatric hospital. Am I right?" Lucas stated.Yelena bit her lip, trying to hide the uneasiness on her face."Mr. Gomez
"Even if it's not, I'll make it happen," Lucas said. In other words, what he just told Yelena was no coincidence."You knew? That I'm approaching Yelena for Summer?""I found out with a little research," Lucas explained. "You came here with Clara, and you've been to the psychiatric hospital to visit Summer. I guessed you were probably here for Summer. Are you approaching Yelena to figure out what happened back then?""Well, yeah," Serenity admitted frankly. "We're trying to figure out the Gerhold family's role in this. Everyone says that Summer went mad because of Nathan's death, but if Summer's true love was Harry, it doesn't make sense for Summer to go insane over Nathan's death."Lucas scowled. "Are you suspecting that Summer isn't mentally ill? She's a normal person who was wrongfully admitted to a psychiatric hospital?" Serenity nodded. "Does sound like it, doesn't it? Besides, Joyce has the biggest benefit of sending Summer to the psychiatric hospital. After her marriage to
Yelena agreed and dialed her husband's number immediately. About fifteen minutes later, North Gerhold arrived and came to the room. Just as he was about to discuss the script, he glanced at Serenity uncomfortably, clearly not wanting Serenity to listen to their conversation."This is my friend, Serenity. She's an acquaintance of Summer and wanted to know more about Summer and Nathan's history," Lucas explained. Realizing what was happening, North suddenly let out a laugh, looking at Serenity with thoughtful eyes. North turned to Lucas and said, "Seems like from the very beginning, you want to know my big brother's story with Summer?"Lucas said nothing and smiled as a reply. North was smart enough to understand Lucas' goals. With that, he decided to tell the truth rather than let someone else dig around the news in some other way, which may cause more trouble to the Gerhold family."Summer and my big brother were just friends. Although Nathan loved Summer, Summer had always trea
North's eyes darkened and narrowed dangerously at Serenity.Just then, Lucas' voice rang in the room. "Mr. Gerhold, Serenity is my friend. If you harm her, I'll make your family's life in Lanford difficult," he warned. North turned to Lucas. "Mr. Gomez, you're very nice to your friend, but is it worth turning against the Gerhold family for a friend?""I owe my life to her. What do you think?" Lucas simply said.After North and Yelena left, Serenity told Lucas, "You didn't have to do this. Why turn the Gerhold family against…""Serenity," Lucas interrupted her, "I know you've never had feelings for me. I won't ask for anything more, but it's up to me to decide what I want to do."Unable to say anything, Serenity got up and said goodbye.Lucas did not offer to see her off, but when Serenity took a taxi back to the hotel, Lucas followed in the car behind. The taxi arrived at the hotel, and Serenity was surprised to see a familiar figure as soon as she got out of the car.Jack!
Serenity gasped in surprise. Within seconds, Jackson had dragged her into the hotel elevator. "What floor and room are you in?" he asked as they got on the elevator that took them to the floor where Serenity's room was located. Serenity gave the floor and room number and watched Jackson press the button to the right floor. She could feel the atmosphere in the elevator space shift as the door shut before them."Jack, did you misunderstand something? I can explain," Serenity said. She did not expect Lucas to be following her taxi.Jackson stared at her with his dark eyes. "Misunderstand something?" Jackson repeated softly.Was there no misunderstanding? The very air around Jackson was heavy, and the look on his face made Serenity think otherwise.When the elevator door opened, Jackson grabbed her hand and quickly walked out of the elevator. When they arrived at her room, he questioned, "What's the password?"Obediently, Serenity gave him the password, and he dragged her into the