"Don't mention it," Lucas replied in a calm voice. "Since it's a wish of yours, I'd gladly help you.""You're so nice to me, Luke."Lucas's heart trembled when he heard that nickname. For whatever reason, hearing it from the lips of this woman somehow irritated him."Just call me Lucas next time," he told her. "Luke is just a nickname I had when I was young.""Okay," Lynette responded without raising any questions.After all, she had only heard the name "Luke" from Serenity all those years ago. Back then, when she was still a little girl, Serenity had returned home with her dress all tattered and dirty. She had claimed that she had saved someone, but no adults at home believed her. They all just assumed that she was lying to cover up her own naughtiness, and she had even been spanked for it.As for Lynette, because she still had a child's curiosity, she had asked Serenity exactly what had happened to her. That was when she had found out how Serenity had saved a little boy, and sh
"A year?" Lisa repeated in a low voice, then asked, "Does that mean that you're going to postpone your wedding with Jackson?"Serenity nodded, "I haven't told him about it yet, though. I'll do it tonight and see what he thinks about it."Still, she had a hunch that he would agree to it because ever since they had started dating, he had always agreed to everything she asked.Lisa studied her friend's wearied, worn-down face and then suggested, "Why don't you come with me to the mall, Serenity? Terry wants me to attend a gala with him, and he told me to pick up a dress he ordered for me in a boutique at the mall nearby."To be frank, Lisa had never had any desire to attend any banquets or galas at all because she hated to be the center of people's attention, but Terry seemed to have gotten addicted to dragging her everywhere with him and just would not take no for an answer.What was even more exasperating was that when she gave him an excuse of being too busy having to work overtim
"I'm only here with a friend," Serenity replied in a flat tone. "If you want someone to help you choose what to buy, you'd better ask that lady over there. She's the shopping consultant."And so, Lynette awkwardly went off toward the lady standing nearby for her help.Just then, Lucas walked up toward Serenity and told her, "Don't be too sad about your grandma. Everyone dies in the end. Some people just get there before others."Serenity raised her eyes to look at him. Was he trying to... comfort her? Lucas's tall and slender frame was clad in a dark silvery gray suit, and his handsome face was set in a cold and indifferent expression. The Prince of the Entertainment Industry had always been infamous for being a cold and distant man, known for switching from one girlfriend to another, but nobody could guess who his next girlfriend would be. 'Would it be Lynette?' Serenity thought suddenly. After all, Lucas had chosen all those other women in the past to be her cousin's substitut
"What were you two talking about just now?" Lynette asked, full of suspicion. "Why did you suddenly..."But the words that came out of Lucas's mouth next shocked her to the core."How did you know that my nickname is Luke, Serenity?"In an instant, Lynette's body was covered in goosebumps. She stared at Serenity in disbelief. Did she... Did she just call this man Luke just now?!Did it mean that Serenity had regained her memory?!When she thought of how she would lose everything she had right now the instant Serenity regained her memory, Lynette felt so dizzy she thought she might lose her balance."So, is it true?" Serenity asked, her brows furrowed. "Is your nickname really Luke?"In other words, that boy in her dreams really was Lucas, right? And in that case, did it mean that everything she had seen in those dreams had actually happened as well?"Tell me exactly how you know about this nickname!" Lucas once again demanded."It was me!" Lynette suddenly interjected. "I was
For some reason, she felt a dull pain in her heart when she heard those words from him.***After hearing Serenity's explanation about the connection between Lucas Gomez and Lynette Blossom, Lisa's jaw dropped, and she mumbled, "That's just way too dramatic!"Who would have thought that the real woman that the Prince of the Entertainment Industry, who had been changing from one girlfriend to another for ages now, had been looking for was actually her best friend's cousin?!"Then why did he grab your arm in the boutique just now?" Lisa asked.Serenity considered it and replied, "I asked him a question, but it looked like... I must've touched a sore nerve or something."What truly made her wonder was why her cousin would say that she was the one who had told her about Lucas's nickname, because she had absolutely no memory of Lynette telling her about saving a boy before, much less mentioning the nickname Luke to her.But she had no time to ask Lynette about it before they left."
Serenity felt as if she was being pressured into marrying Jackson."To tell you the truth..." she began, "I don't think we're that different from a married couple right now."She thought of how they had been living together for a while now and how they had even been sleeping together every night. The only difference between them and an actual married couple was nothing but a marriage certificate—a mere piece of paper."There's a world of difference!" he murmured in a husky voice. "Right now, everyone regards you as Ms. Lewis, not Mrs. Valor. But I want you to be completely mine, and I want to be completely yours!"This only made Serenity feel like Jackson was giving too much weight to that mere piece of paper, so she blurted out, "But married couples get divorced all the time, you know."In the next instant, Jackson's expression changed dramatically. His deep dark eyes became even more unfathomable now."So you're saying that even if we do get married, we'll get divorced one day,
Serenity dragged her sore body into the bathroom and took a quick shower. She was about to go downstairs when her phone rang. It was a call from Lynette.As soon as she picked it up, she heard her cousin's voice ask, "Are you free today, Serenity? I've got something to talk to you in person about."Serenity considered it for a moment then answered, "Okay, let's meet up."What a coincidence. Serenity was just thinking about asking Lynette about Lucas's nickname and asking her why she had said she used to talk to Serenity about saving Lucas when they were younger.Afterward, when the two met up, the first thing Serenity noticed when she saw Lynette was how she was wearing expensive designer brands from head to toe in the latest style, complete with a pair of seven-inch high stilettos, and how she was carrying a handbag made of crocodile skin. Her hair was luxuriously curled, her face was delicately made up, and she was even wearing a pair of sunglasses.At a glance, she looked just
With her chin raised haughtily, Lynette told Serenity, "I'm not afraid to be blunt with you now—I won't lie and say that I'm not at all touched to find out that Lucas had been looking for me all these years, and now that I'm divorced, I have every right to pursue my own happiness. I'm aware that you and Lucas knew each other before, and I've heard that he mistook you for me for a while, but in the end, you're still not me, aren't you? So I hope that you'll be more careful with your words and behavior from now on. It will be best for everyone that way."Lately, Lynette would get dressed up by a professional stylist every day, and with this kind of help, she managed to look like a celebrity even though her looks had been ordinary at best, and naturally, her self-confidence had soared ever since. She now felt that the reason why she looked so plain and ordinary in the past was simply because she had not dressed herself up very well. As long as she wore nice clothes and put on good make