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
Serenity was glad that Jackson had learned to trust her—that she truly loved him. At least there was some progress in their relationship.A smile formed on Serenity's lips as she thought of this. "Maybe I'll sympathize with Lucas, but I don't feel sorry for him. As a friend, I hope he'll find his other half soon, and…"With a slight pause, Serenity stood on her tiptoes and pressed a gentle kiss on his lips. "Jack, I won't leave you again. You're stuck with me for life."Serenity had told him this countless times, but she would always tell him the same thing over and over again. Seeing the emotions flowing in those beautiful eyes, she pushed him toward the couch, making the room spin around him.Jackson fell on the couch with her right on top of him. He saw her grin, her eyes twinkling with playful mischief. Then, he heard her say, "What's wrong? You don't believe me?""I do," he rasped. Ever since he realized she would sacrifice her life to save him, he knew she truly loved him,
"Sis," Jackson said, endless love in his voice. It was so beautiful and filled her heart up from within. "Jack, I love you." Serenity said, gently unbuttoning the buttons of his shirt.-While driving home, Lucas kept replaying the moment when Jackson dragged Serenity into the hotel. Envy filled him in that instance—Jackson could be with Serenity at any time while he could only look on from afar. Lucas realized one wrong step could make things dramatically worse in life. With one missed opportunity, he would never catch up again no matter how hard he tried. He knew he was paying the price of his mistakes. The joy he would never have for the rest of his life.As soon as Lucas got home, a beautiful woman appeared. "Lucas! You're back."Lucas stared at the woman standing before him, studying her face that resembled the young Serenity. Lucas had first met her in the nightclub and heard she was going to sell herself. Not wanting a woman who looked like Serenity to suffer such a mise
Snow's resemblance to Serenity was her biggest advantage. Naturally, she had to make good use of it. Moreover, Lucas did not make any complaints. Instead, he would stare at her sometimes, appearing dazed. Snow was thrilled and thought she had made the right move. "I told you. You're just my assistant and nothing more. I don't need you to miss me," Lucas said, his tone cold. "If you find your job boring, you can quit. Let's consider the contract terminated. You can leave at any time."Startled, Snow quickly dropped her eyes and said timidly, "I-I know my responsibility. I'm not asking for anything. It's just… Mr. Gomez, you saved me at the lowest point of my life. I just want to repay you for your kindness. I know I can't help much with your current project, but I'd like to learn and improve better." Then, she gazed up at Lucas, her eyes twinkling with light.Snow had studied everything about Serenity and knew the kind of angle and expression that resembled Serenity the most. Sure e
Jacqueline wanted to make origami frogs with Fred this time, so she had brought along a lot of colorful paper she loved for this visit. While Serenity and Jackson were on the way to the Stanton Residence, Jacqueline was teaching Frederick how to make origami frogs in excitement. Micah watched Jacqueline and Frederick with boredom, unable to figure out what was so fun about the paper frogs. He thought folding a few was more than enough, but Jackie seemed to be planning to fold hundreds or even thousands of them. Fred's enthusiasm puzzled him the most. He enjoyed it so much and was happy folding paper frogs with Jackie.Was it that fun? Anyway, Micah did not think origami was as much fun as a jigsaw puzzle. The Stanton family watched the two children folding paper frogs with interest, especially Emma Stanton.Emma enjoyed watching her grandson playing with Jackson's daughter. Fred and Jackie looked so cute together, especially when they were so close to each other. Besides, Emma th
After the meal, Jacqueline and Frederick sat down at the piano in the living room and began to play. When Frederick was staying with Jacqueline, the Valor family used to listen to the two little ones playing the piano after dinner. It had been a while since Frederick and Jacqueline had played a piano duet together. As soon as they positioned their fingers on the piano keys, the flowing music of the piano came effortlessly.The two's synchronization and beautiful symphony were unbelievable. It was fast-paced, and the adults could see their four little hands dancing quickly on the piano keys as the music flowed quickly.The Stanton family knew Jacqueline played the piano well but never realized she was this good. Frederick always mentioned Jacqueline's superior piano skills whenever receiving praise for his piano playing, but the Stanton family thought Fred had been exaggerating. Frederick had been receiving praises for his skills from even the best pianists in Lanford, after all.