"Well, I feel like I can support myself with my job," Serenity stated. A faint glint flickered in Jackson's eyes. Then, he smiled softly. "I'll send you to work today," he offered, kissing her forehead. Then, he lifted the quilt and got out of bed. "Oh!" Serenity let out a low gasp and reflexively looked away.Her shy reaction amused him. He found her really adorable."What? You don't like that?" Jackson turned back. He propped himself up on top of her, his breath close to her.Serenity's cheeks heated up red. With him this close, she did not know where to look. "I-I'm just shy.""What is there to be shy about?" Jackson pulled her hand to him, letting her feel the skin of his chest. "Didn't you touch me here yesterday? You've already seen it all. We're in love with each other. It's only natural for you to look at me. Well, unless you find me unattractive.""Of course not!" Serenity instinctively refuted, her face burning redder as soon as her words escaped her. Gosh! What was
As the years passed, the hideous scar had gradually faded and become lighter, but it remained on his skin. Jackson could remove the scars easily with the cosmetic technology today, but he never did. It was as if he kept the scar as a reminder. Jackson's insecurity about relationships seemed to stem from his mother. What about Serenity? Serenity also had some insecurities. She became afraid of love after Zeke's betrayal and thought she would be alone for the rest of her life, but Jackson made her feel secure. He made her want to love again."What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" Jackson looked up and met Serenity's eyes. Her emotions seemed to be heartache mixed with a hint of sympathy and something else he could not understand. Serenity snapped back to her senses and shook her head. "It's nothing. I just realized that I love you very much." She leaned forward slightly and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Jack, I'll be good to you. Always."Was Jackson insecure?
Clara could tell that Serenity had fallen hard for Jackson. Still, after thinking about it, she decided to stay silent. After all, Serenity had been through just as much as Clara. Serenity must have considered the worries she had. She could only hope for Serenity's good ending and pray that she would not end up like her.Lisa was free in the afternoon and started chatting with Serenity. When she learned that her best friend had gone to Finn Gordon's movie premiere, she gasped in surprise, wishing she had been there yesterday.Lisa then asked Serenity about the meeting yesterday and wanted to see a photo or something.Serenity sent Lisa the group photos that Jackson had taken for her yesterday on her phone. As for the autograph and signed posters, she would have to take pictures of them later."Wow! I'm so jealous of you! You got to meet Finn up close! I heard he's got a couple more roadshows coming up in Solaria. I wonder if I can meet him!" Lisa exclaimed."Do you really want to
"I have two more posters to go," Serenity said."Let me." Jackson grabbed the phone from Serenity's hand. He took the photo of the remaining posters and sent them to Lisa. Why let her take the photos? He would rather do it himself."You're done?" Serenity was surprised by his speed."Yeah. It's just two posters. How long did you think it'd take?" Jackson said.Serenity glanced at the photos Jackson had just sent to her friend. Uh... It was a little bit off-center. She wondered if Lisa would mind. Perhaps she should retake them again later.Serenity clicked on the photo album in her phone and started looking through the photos Jackson had taken of her and Finn yesterday. She planned to print out one of them as a nice memory with her favorite star."Why are you still looking at these photos?" A fit of new jealousy rose in Jackson once more."I'm going to print one for the photo album," Serenity said."Is he really that good-looking?" There was a strong hint of jealousy in Jackson
Serenity put her face close to his. She even took the initiative and pressed a kiss on his lips. "You're the most beautiful in my eyes. You're the one I love. Stars are just stars. I'd go through fire and water for you, but not for a celebrity. So don't be jealous."Since Jackson was extremely insecure, she would try to change that and let him feel assured!'Go through fire and water...' Jackson was slightly startled. He had not expected her to say this. Serenity's words washed over Jackson in warm waves, filling his heart with warmth and spreading to the rest of his body.Serenity Lewis. His most beloved Serenity."I'd go through fire and water for you too!" Jackson muttered softly, his words like a heavy promise.It was a promise to her—a promise of a lifetime. Serenity had become a part of Jackson's life without him realizing it. She was more important than his life!***Meanwhile, Lisa was happily looking at the pictures her friend had sent her.Hmm... So handsome! Finn was
Terry was good-looking and nice to Lisa. He wondered why Lisa would not put the same kind of passion into him instead of chasing stars. She did not even have a picture of him on her phone."Were you looking at Finn?" Terry looked through Lisa's phone and found her chat with Serenity. Serenity was the one who had sent the picture of Finn. 'Lisa is just like a perv!' Terry thought as he went through the chat conversation, and he grew angrier as he read the chat. Seriously, Lisa?! It seemed he had to remind her that she was dating him!"Yup." Lisa was surprisingly frank. "Serenity is so lucky. Jackson took her to Finn's movie premier. She even met Finn in person! Finn gave her these posters.""He's just an actor. What's so great about him and these posters?" Terry said.Lisa raised her eyebrow. She did not like what she heard. "What? Are you looking down on actors?"Terry's face darkened. His beautiful dark eyes gazed at her. "What? Are you going to speak up for him?" There was a h
Lisa almost choked on the food in her mouth. She swallowed hard and looked up to meet Terry's deep eyes. His gaze was pinned to her as if trying to see through her."Well..." Lisa bit her lips. It took her a while before she could manage an excuse. "Because you... You seem a little too cool sometimes, just like... You seem untouchable, so... I feel shy to be intimate with you."Lisa felt a little guilty as she spoke. She thought of what she had done with him years ago which had landed her in her current situation. She would love to be intimate with him again but had no guts to do so!'Hah! Be intimate with him again?!' Lisa warned herself in her mind. She just did not want to get into more trouble with him in the future."But why didn't you feel the same back then? You even went ahead and did it." Terry questioned in amusement.Lisa's breath caught. If she knew her one mistake would lead her to such a result, she would not have gotten herself drunk. "Well, I was drunk, and you kno
Lisa's cheeks were burning red. Her eyes were half-closed, her head resting on Terry's shoulder. There was a faint alcohol smell in the car.Lisa might be completely drunk, but Terry remained sober. There were times he hoped he could get drunk as easily as she did. Maybe he would think less if he did.Terry stiffened suddenly. Someone's hand was moving around his chest slowly. Lisa was very drunk and would not stay still."Lisa. Do you know what you're doing?" Terry asked, but he laughed at himself as soon as the words were out of his mouth. What was he doing? Questioning a drunk woman? She probably would not know what he was asking.However, Lisa answered, "Yeah, I know... I'm touching you..."'Good. She knows.' Terry thought and sneered, "Won't you regret it again after you sober up?"Despite that, he was still a little reluctant to pull her hand off his chest.This time, Lisa simply ignored him and carried on, muttering something. She raised her head slightly a few moments la
“……” Morgan suddenly found himself unable to retort. She... wasn't wrong. “But when you play house, you can pretend to be parents with one person today and another person tomorrow. Real marriage is different; you can’t choose someone else.”Renee widened her eyes, listening intently.“The only person you can choose is me. Do you understand, Renee?” he continued.She nodded vigorously. “I understand!”“Do you really?” Morgan asked, a little skeptical. He was already fifteen, so he could grasp the concept of marriage, but she was only eight. Could she truly comprehend it?“So, in the future, I can only marry Morgan and be your bride, right? I can't be someone else's bride, right?” she asked. “I don’t want to marry other boys anyway. I like you the most, Morgan. Of course I’ll only be your bride!” she happily declared, her worries fading away.So she could be Morgan's bride when she grew up! That's great!After finishing another piece of snack, Renee thought of something. She put o
Despite her unease, she couldn’t resist when she saw the sweet desserts. She indulged herself.However, as she ate, her eyes remained fixed on Morgan, clearly still waiting for him to clarify Lucy’s claims.“You want to know if you’re a child bride, right?” Morgan began.Renee nodded.“Do you know what a child bride is?” he asked.She blinked. She had a vague idea, but not enough for her to articulate it.“To put it simply, a child bride is a girl raised by a boy's family. The girl will marry the boy when she comes of age. In the old days, some families were too poor to raise their daughters, so they would sell their daughters to become child brides for richer families,” Morgan explained.Renee blinked. “But my parents aren’t poor, and I'm raised by them, not by other people. That means I’m not a child bride, right?”“Correct, you are not,” Morgan affirmed.She breathed a sigh of relief, and a bright smile spread across her face. “I knew it! My parents would never sell me! The
"Morgan!" Renee turned to Morgan, unease etched on her face."The Moon family, eh? I'll remember this," Morgan replied calmly, then lowered his head to meet Renee's anxious and confused face. "Let's go, Renee. I’ll tell you what you want to know later."He led her away holding her hand.Benson looked worried. "Miss Lucy, how could you say that?""It's the truth!" Lucy shook off her fear and spoke defiantly. "Daddy and Mommy said she’s a child bride. A child bride is a girl sold by her own parents!""But the White family is not like that. Those things only happened to daughters of poor families in the old days," Benson explained. "You really shouldn’t have said that, Miss Lucy. You shouldn’t do that again.""Why do I have to listen to you?" Lucy retorted, displeased.Benson was too ashamed to tell Lucy in front of others that the Moon family simply couldn’t afford to offend Morgan. Dealing with the White family was already a headache, and Morgan's background was even more formi
Benson and Lucy were also dumbfounded. Benson started getting anxious. He felt like things were starting to unfold in ways that he did not expect."Mr. Grimes, I..." Benson stepped forward, intending to speak to Mr. Grimes.However, Mr. Grimes moved past Benson without so much as a glance at him. He went up to Morgan and said, "Master Morgan, I apologize for the oversight!"Everyone was stunned to hear that, including the security guards who had been called over. They were secretly relieved they hadn't forcibly removed anyone yet. If they had offended someone Mr. Grimes was showing so much respect to, it would have been really bad for them!Morgan regarded Mr. Grimes with an unreadable expression. He calmly recounted the situation to Mr. Grimes.After hearing about what happened, Mr. Grimes responded, "This set of stamps was not pre-ordered. If you like it, please take it. Feel free to take anything else in the exhibition that catches your eye."This declaration shocked every
"Who are you?!" Benson exclaimed, astonished. The mysterious figure remained silent, simply looking at Morgan.Morgan calmly reiterated to Benson, "I said, wait for Mr. Grimes." He then pulled out his phone and dialed a number. "I'm Morgan Wood. Please have Mr. Grimes from Lazy Cat Culture come to the Sleepy Cat Exhibition in Solaria. He should be in the area, right?"After ending the call, the person on the other end stared at the phone in disbelief.The Sleepy Cat Exhibition? What's going on?Benson, Lucy, and the staff stared at Morgan in shock, but the look in their eyes quickly turned to ridicule."Ah, a young man's naive bravado – how impudent!" Benson scoffed."Sir, please don't cause trouble," the staff member warned. "Or I'll have to call security."Morgan simply lowered his head to say to Renee, "Looks like we'll be here for a while. If you're bored, I can ask someone to walk around with you."Renee shook her head. "Morgan, what if this stamp set has really been p
Benson's words were not only meant to exert pressure on the staff, but also to inform him that they were on the same side.As expected, when the staff heard what he said, there was an instant change in his expression. He turned to Morgan and Renee and said, "I'm sorry, but it turns out this stamp set has already been pre-ordered by this customer."Morgan saw through the so-called pre-order as nothing more than an act. "When I asked you to wrap it up earlier, I didn’t hear you mention it was pre-ordered.""We forgot to mention that. Our apologies," the staff replied.Lucy, wearing a smug expression, raised her chin at Renee, causing Renee to puff out her cheeks in frustration.Benson calmly observed Morgan and Renee. The White family's White Maple Group had numerous overlapping businesses with the Moon Group. They were often competing with each other. Originally, the White Maple Group’s business activities weren't concentrated in Solaria, so even though there was competition wi
But before Morgan had even finished speaking, a girl's voice piped up, "I want this stamp set!"He turned to the voice and, upon seeing who it was, narrowed his eyes slightly. It was Lucy Moon, the girl Renee mentioned earlier. At the sight of Lucy, Renee immediately reacted like an angry little kitten. "Lucy Moon, why do you always try to take my stuff away?""Your stuff? How is this your stuff? You haven't paid yet!" Lucy shot back, her eyes fixed on Morgan.Morgan was well-known in their class, admired by many girls who claimed he was even more handsome than movie stars. If only Lucy had a big brother like that! She would be the envy of all the girls in class... no, all the girls in school!Unfortunately, her own big brother was not as good-looking.Last time, Lucy had tried to give Renee Sleepy Cat toys, asking for Morgan's email address in return. However, Renee accepted gifts from everyone but her, which infuriated Lucy."But if you want, I can give this stamp set to Re
Unlike many wealthy kids, Renee was quite restrained with her spending. She had never spent recklessly and often saved leftover money. Of course, when she wanted something beyond her budget, she would act cute and ask her Daddy or Morgan to buy it for her.Lisa was the least susceptible to her charms, so Renee didn’t dare to bother her!When they arrived at the exhibition, Renee’s eyes sparkled with excitement. There were so many adorable Sleepy Cat merchandise! They're all so cute! She wanted a lot of them, but realizing her limited budget, she knew she needed a sponsor! The best one was right beside her: Morgan!"Morgan," she said, flashing him a super bright smile.Seeing her like this, Morgan immediately knew she wanted to ask him for something. "What is it? Do you want me to buy you Sleepy Cat merchandise?""You’re so smart, Morgan! No wonder so many girls in our class like you and asked me for your phone number!" Renee praised him.As soon as she mentioned it, Morgan'
"Okay," Renee replied obediently, snuggling up to Morgan and acting cute. "Take me to the exhibition, Morgan! I know you’re the best. You’ll definitely take me, right?"Morgan pursed his lips. At 15, he was no longer a little boy. Although Renee was only 8, she was his destined wife.He had been protecting her since the day she was born. At first, he thought that he would only marry her because according to the family prophecy, she was the one most suitable for him. Over the years, however, he realized that his feelings for her ran deeper than he had initially thought.He found himself wanting to help her fulfill her wishes, and would clean up the mess when she caused trouble. Things had become different from what he had expected, but he welcomed them. He felt grateful that she was the one who was destined for him!With her by his side for the rest of his life, he would never feel lonely."Will you get into fights again?" Morgan asked."No more fighting, I promise!" Renee quickly