"But do you truly know this man?" Lisa asked."I think so," Serenity replied. "I know everything about his family, his career, his daily routine, his personality, and all the rest of it. I've lived with him in Valor Residence for quite a while now, anyway.""But what about his dark side?" Lisa blurted out.Serenity stared at her friend with some surprise, making Lisa blush in embarrassment."What I meant to say," Lisa explained, "is that this guy is Jackson Valor, after all! Haven't you heard of... the rumors about his ruthlessness, and all the terrible things that happened to those who offended him?"Serenity slowly lowered her gaze, finally understanding what her friend was trying to tell her. It was just like what had happened to her in prison. How could she forget what all those people had done to her just because she was guilty of offending Jackson Valor?Still..."Lisa," Serenity said, looking straight into her friend's eyes, "Sometimes, you just don't know what's going to
He should have held onto her and never let her go from the start!"Why the hell are you drinking alone?" Caleb Moss’s voice suddenly rang in Lucas's ear. "You hardly ever come here, yet you spend your time drinking alone? How dull!"Dull?Lucas swirled the glass in his hand and swept a glance over the people around him. The only reason why he had accepted Caleb's invitation to come to this party was because he had been feeling too depressed these past few days and needed to take a breather.But then he discovered that he felt no better at all here, anyway. His brain was fully occupied by thoughts of Serenity, and he just could not shake them off no matter what he did."By the way," Caleb continued, "I heard you and Jackson had a fallout. What's going on?"There was a faint cryptic smile on Lucas's face as he looked at his old friend and told him, "Looks like you're really up to date with the news.""So it's true?" Caleb responded in shock. He had assumed that it was nothing more
What had just happened there? That was the first time Caleb had ever seen Lucas so anxious over a woman! He had even... rushed out the door just like that!Just what kind of woman was Serenity?! He had assumed that even though there might be a clash between Jackson and Lucas over a woman, it was nothing but a minor clash that would be resolved easily over time. But now... A wave of concern surged inside Caleb's heart. If these two men were to truly fight with each other over a woman... only heavens knew what kind of violent chaos Solaria would be thrown into!But this could not be right! Had Lucas's mind not been set on the bracelet owner alone?Unless... At this point, Caleb dared not continue this train of thought, because if his conjectures were true, then the consequences that would surely come were nothing less than nightmarish!***Lucas drove toward the tiny restaurant at full speed. Marry? Was Serenity really going to marry Jackson?!Especially now that he had not fig
Clara could not afford to take the slightest risk. She simply could not lose Yanny because Yanny had become the only reason she kept on living!Serenity knew that this was not the kind of matter she could meddle with as an outsider, so she could only simply suggest, "If you ever need my help, I'm always here for you, okay?""Thanks!" Clara smiled. "Actually, you've been helping me a lot, you know. Without you, perhaps Yanny might never be able to..."Just then, a man barged into the restaurant and cut off what Clara was going to say. Lucas had just rushed in and was almost out of breath as he grabbed Serenity's wrist, to the shock of Clara and Serenity herself, and asked her, "Are you really going to marry Jackson?!"Serenity was stunned. They had not publicly announced this yet, and she had only talked to Lisa and Clara about it."Yes," she answered firmly."Why?""Because I love him," she replied, calmly looking at him, "and he loves me too, so there's nothing surprising abo
"You've got the wrong person, Mr. Gomez. Besides, even if you were right, nothing would change anyway, because the man I love is Jackson, and he's the one I want to marry. I don't have any such feelings for you."Her words froze all the blood in his body in an instant, making his whole body extremely stiff.Serenity took this opportunity to withdraw her hand from his grip, and she told him, "I hope you won't come to me for this matter again because whether or not I am the person you're looking for, nothing will change."After speaking, she turned to Clara and said, "I'll be leaving now, Clare.""Okay," Clare responded.As Serenity walked out of the tiny restaurant, Lucas still stood there, stiff as a statue, staring blankly at his empty hand.The absence of another hand in his was almost too much for him to bear!Nothing would change whether or not she was the person he was looking for?How could that be? How could it end up like this?! Why?!Lucas slowly balled up his fist an
What was going on? Why was that childish conversation in her dream almost identical to the words Lucas had said to her at the restaurant earlier that evening?Or perhaps she had had this dream because of what he had said?Thinking of this, Serenity could not help herself from frowning again, and the throbbing headache returned."What's wrong?" she heard Jackson ask her. "Are you feeling unwell?""No," she replied. "Just a headache."He raised his hand and gently pressed his warm fingertips on her forehead and temples, massaging her. He used just the right amount of strength, and it really did soothe her a lot."Better now?" he asked."Yeah," she nodded. "I'm feeling a little better now.""Maybe I should take you to the doctor for an examination tomorrow," he suggested, "just to find out what's been causing your headache.""No, it's fine. I think I'm only having a headache because I had a weird dream after hearing what Lucas said to me this evening.""What did you say?" Jackso
"Okay," she replied, gently closing her eyes to savor the gentle massaging of his fingers."Still..." she murmured. "It looked like Lucas really cared about that woman, Jack."In the past, she used to think that Lucas was a playboy, but his persistence in his search for the woman in his memories truly surprised her. It sounded like the woman he was looking for was a little girl he had met when he was a boy himself. In that case, how long must he have been searching for her? Ten years? Twenty years?The kind of determination it took for someone to keep looking for a person was really rare to see. "He must've been looking for her for a long time," Serenity commented. "Do you think he'll find her one day?""What do you think?" he threw the question back at her. "Do you want him to find that person?""I hope he will," she responded. "That way, he'd never mistake me for that person again."With her eyes closed, she did not see Jackson's eyes, which were hazy with deep thoughts at th
She remembered how the price of this diamond had gone up to tens of millions of dollars. She had even joked at the time about who would eventually get to wear such an opulently expensive diamond.Never would she have thought that one day, the very same diamond would appear once again right in front of her.She asked Jackson, "Is this... the Heart of Serenity?""You've seen it before?" Jackson responded, somewhat surprised."Uh-huh," she nodded."I was planning to use this diamond for your wedding ring," he told her. "Later, you may choose the best style of ring for you, or you can let the designer design a special style just for you."Wedding ring?! Serenity blinked her eyes in disbelief.Was this diamond that was worth tens of millions of dollars really going to be on her wedding ring?! She suddenly felt as if everything was getting too surreal."What's wrong?" he asked, slightly furrowing his brows. "Don't you like it? If you really don't, I can find a different diamond, or p