Serenity looked so small in the photographs. Her cheeks looked chubby with baby fat. Her hair was thick, luscious, and black. She was such an adorable and cherubic child.Jackson never knew that he would ever be so fascinated by a little girl before, yet at that moment, as he was looking at the tiny toddler in the photo, a peculiar love grew from the bottom of his heart. In fact, he even had a feeling that if the girl in the picture would appear in front of him right now, he would not be able to stop himself from hugging and kissing her.Was it just because the little girl was Serenity? Was that the reason why he thought the girl was so cute? In any case, he had never felt this way about any other child.Jackson continued to pull out each photograph carefully one by one. It started with photos of Serenity and her mother, but afterward, there were mostly photos of Serenity alone. She looked slightly older in these photos than she did in the photos with her mother. She was probably ab
"Sick? You got sick?" He suddenly sounded nervous."It was just a fever. It lasted a few days and made my mind blurry. But after I recovered, I was still as lively as ever. Unfortunately, the dress was gone," she said regretfully. However, her Granny later secretly promised her that if she managed to get the best grades in her class in the final exams, she would buy Serenity another beautiful dress.But when Serenity managed to do that, she had to leave her Granny to go back to her father.Before she left, her Granny secretly slipped a new dress into her luggage.While Serenity was lost in thought, a large hand suddenly reached over and touched her forehead. Serenity looked at Jackson in surprise. "I... I don't have a fever right now.""I know," he said softly, "From now on, I'll buy you any dress that you want."His words made her heart tremble, "I'm not a kid anymore. I'm no longer interested in dresses." She bit her lip and quickly lowered her eyes.The longer she looked at h
The problem was, someone like him must have seen a lot of cute people. Was she really so cute when she was little that he must have that photo?However, she did not have time to think too much about it because she had to go meet Lisa.Jackson asked his driver to take her there.She knew from past experiences that protesting was futile. When he had decided on something, there would not be much room for negotiation.Serenity got in the car and told the driver her destination.And so, she arrived half an hour earlier than intended.Serenity went into a fast food restaurant, found a seat, ordered a drink which cost a dollar, and sent a text to Lisa.While waiting for her friend, she looked idly at the delivery riders who were dashing in and out of the restaurant.Deliveries... Serenity was intrigued. Her driving license had been revoked, but that did not mean she could not ride an electric scooter. She would also be paid according to how much labor she put in. Although the base sal
"Are your hands okay?" Lisa asked with concern."They're fine," replied Serenity, "The injury looks worse than it is because of the bandages. My hands barely hurt anymore. I can hold things just fine."Lisa heaved a sigh of relief.The two girls chatted as they ate. Lisa finally explained to Serenity what she meant when she said she found a witness. Lisa's co-worker shared a video in their work chat group in which Lisa saw one of the witnesses from Serenity’s case.The man recently got married to a relative of one of Lisa's co-workers. He was currently living in San Marco.Lisa pretended to casually ask her co-worker for his name. Unfortunately, her co-worker did not know. She did say that his surname was York, though."York" was not a very common surname, so Lisa was pretty sure it was not a mistake.But just in case, Lisa showed Serenity the video.It was a video of a pair of newlyweds being teased. The scene was joyful and filled with laughter. Serenity eyes were fixated on
He was a young adult, a beautiful man with the kind of pretty androgynous face that was very popular at the moment.His facial features were exquisite, as if they were painted on. But at the moment, his thin lips were tightly pursed together, and that pair of extremely beautiful black eyes seemed to be shrouded by anger.That man... was angry? thought Serenity. Moreover, based on the direction he was looking at, he seemed to be angry at something in her direction..."Serenity, I'm talking to you. Did you hear what I say?" Lisa's voice resounded in Serenity's ears, causing her to come back to her senses."What did you say?" Serenity turned to look at her friend and asked."I asked, did the doctor say how long your hands would take to heal?" asked Lisa."About a week. After that, I'll have to wait for the skin to slowly heal," answered Serenity. When she glanced in the direction of the strange man again, the car was no longer there."What are you looking at?" Lisa followed her fri
Something smells fishy! Serenity stared at her friend curiously, "So there is someone?""Kinda," Lisa smiled sheepishly, "There was someone I liked, but that guy looked really young. When I was with him, I felt like a cougar. It was just a fateful encounter... but it was pretty sweet.""......" A cougar? Serenity was speechless. Lisa was only 27 years old. "He's that young?" she asked."Yeah, he's quite young." She shrugged and said, "We met abroad... but afterwards... Sigh, I don't wanna talk about it. He's probably forgotten what I even look like by now."After all, a handsome man like him was probably surrounded by women all the time. There's no way he would remember someone he only spent a few days with for too long.Lisa felt that having one experience like that in her life was already enough.Serenity's face fell when she heard Lisa say "abroad". As far as she could remember, Lisa had only been abroad once. Before Serenity's accident, Lisa planned to further her studies in
He stared deep into her eyes. "Does it matter if I believe you or not?"She was stunned, and then she smiled to herself. Yeah, whether he believed her or not had nothing to do with her. Why was she so nervous when he looked at her just now?"I'm going back to my room," said Serenity. She tried to walk past Jackson to get to the stairs.But she only managed to take two steps before he grabbed her arm. The next moment, she was pulled into his embrace."I believe that you're innocent." He bent down and said next to her ear, "But do you really think you can find out anything investigating on your own like this? Three years have already passed. Have you ever thought that maybe the truth you wanted to uncover never existed in the first place?"Serenity's bright almond-shaped eyes looked back at Jackson. She smiled gently and said, "Rich and powerful people like you think that I can't possibly overturn the case with my own power, but a common folk like me still believes that one day, I c
"It doesn't matter if you’re her or not. You can only be with me and no one else!" He stared at the photo and declared coldly.It was a declaration of absolute dominance.He would never let her go or let anyone else get a chance!In a luxurious clubhouse suite, Aria Lewis was trying hard to please Lucas Gomez.She could not get any guarantee out of Serenity, so she could only put in more effort on Lucas's side.But to Aria’s frustration, from the time she walked into the suite, all he had asked about was Serenity. He asked what she was like as a child, how her grades were, and so on.He wanted to know everything about Serenity. As long as it's something related to Serenity, he was interested in hearing it, no matter how trivial.What the hell?! His girlfriend was her, not Serenity! Aria complained inwardly. However, she kept a gentle smile on her face and talked about some of the things she remembered about Serenity like they were loving siblings.They were just random, trivia