"But the fingerprints on the steering wheel and the surveillance video of them getting into the car both indicated that Ann Hawkins was in the driver's seat and Susie Sheen was in the passenger seat," Mr. Graham argued."That is true," replied Serenity, "but… there's something fishy about the time.""The time?" Mr. Graham narrowed his eyes.Serenity continued, "I did a little experiment myself this morning and took a taxi from the location they got into the car to the location of the accident and made sure that the taxi was driving at the speed we estimated from the surveillance videos. It took me 15 minutes to get there, yet in this case, the witness, Peter Wall, immediately reported the accident to the police after it happened, which showed that the time between those two people getting into the car and the time of accident was 23 minutes! No matter how you look at it, the 8 minutes' difference is just too significant to ignore, don't you think?"Mr. Graham's eyes gleamed. This w
Although Susie would sometimes pause when she spoke as if she was trying to recall her memory, Serenity had a feeling that the look in Susie's eyes was not that of someone recalling something.If it was true that Susie's answers had been prepared beforehand, there was a high chance that her theory might be true.As she was lost in her thoughts, someone suddenly shoved her aside and yelled, "Damn it, you extra! What are you doing standing there?! Get out of here! Don't you see the camera here? Don't just wander around wherever you like!"Alarmed, Serenity realized that she had inadvertently walked in front of the camera in another team of filming crew. She then apologized profusely, "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean it!""Who hired you, anyway? Don't you know that you can't just go anywhere you like around here? Besides…"But before the man could finish his sentence, another voice interrupted him, saying, "She's not a part of the crew."Serenity turned around swiftly and saw Lucas Gome
She had a hunch that Lucas would hold her there for as long as she would not give him an answer."He has already broken up with me, so of course I would stop loving him. There, I’ve answered you. Will you let go of me now?""Who will you love, then?" he asked.She had no desire to love anyone anymore. All she wanted now was to live a quiet and peaceful life alone.She looked up at him and said, "That's none of your business, Mr. Gomez. Didn't you tell me back in the mountains that from then on, we would be strangers to each other and nothing more?"His body stiffened. Strangers… He had indeed decided that they would be strangers to each other from then on, but when it came the time to actually make it happen, he found it to be excruciatingly hard.That night, after noticing her standing so awkwardly next to the pool table, he just could not take his eyes off her. Her appearance had so easily broken his initial resolve.In fact, he even felt a little happy when he heard of her br
That way, everyone in the film crew would know of her connection to Lucas Gomez, and then, even if she only landed a minor role, she would still be able to hold her head high and be respected by everyone, not to mention that there might be a chance the director would add more scenes for her to be in!This had all been planned carefully by Lynette, and everything had indeed happened as she had planned. That was… until everything changed with Serenity's sudden appearance!Especially after so many people in the crew had seen how Lucas had grabbed Serenity's arm just now, and now that Lucas had even left…Lynette could sense that the eyes around her, which had initially been looking at her with envy, had now all turned into mockery and even sympathy.And all of this was Serenity's fault!She would never let Serenity take Lucas away from her! Lucas was her hope for a better life. If she wanted to live prosperously and luxuriously for the rest of her life, hanging onto Lucas Gomez no ma
Serenity froze in shock. She staggered uncontrollably and was about to lose her balance, but an arm suddenly wrapped around her waist and supported her.A moment later, she could hear Jackson's voice asking her, "What's going on here?"She turned around and stared blankly at the face that was only inches away from her. She then turned to the two men who were now subdued by Jackson's bodyguards. Only then did her senses return to her and she said, "I don't know them.""You don't know them?" he responded, frowning."No," she answered, before turning back to him and asking, "What are you doing here?""To see you," he replied, his eyes focused on one of the men lying on the ground, wailing in pain. He turned back to her and said, "Just now, I think I heard that man say he's your boyfriend. Is that true?"His voice was low, but it was laced with a distinctly threatening aura."I told you I don't know them, so how could he be my boyfriend?!""You're right," Jackson smiled. "That was
As she spoke, she vehemently tried to pull back her hand from him, but he still held it firmly and would not let it go."Call me Jack," he said."That would be inappropriate, Mr. Valor. We…""Call me Jack," he insisted again. "Or else, do you want to stay here with me like this forever?"Serenity bit her lips. She scanned her surroundings and noticed a crowd of people staring at them. If they remained this way any longer, it was very likely that there would be a video of her with Jackson getting posted online."Ja… Jack!"She uttered the name with visible difficulty, but in the next moment, Jackson smiled faintly, and his eyes even shone with happiness, replacing the threat and hostility that had been there earlier…— Serenity watched as Jackson boldly strode into her rental room, contemplating whether or not she should move to another place. But then she thought that even if she moved, he would still follow her to her new place anyway."What exactly do you want?" she asked,
Jackson dove right in and started eating. After tasting a few bites, he looked up at Serenity and exclaimed, "It's delicious, Sis!"Her expression soured, and she told him, "I'm not your sister.""You're not?" he smiled. "But what's wrong with being my sister? You'll be the most highly esteemed woman in Solaria, and you'll get whatever you want in this city. Anything you desire, no matter how valuable, will be offered up to you on a silver plate.""And what if what I desire is for you to never show up anywhere near me again?" she asked.His eyes gradually turned gloomier. "So, you don't want to see me that much?" Even his voice had turned icy cold."That's right," she answered him firmly, her eyes meeting his.Only by never seeing him again could she truly forget him and forget all the feelings they had shared between them when they were dating.His face darkened, and a tense atmosphere began to fill the room. Just as Serenity thought Jackson might storm out in anger, he sudde
"Why?" he asked, his eyes narrowed.Because it was the only shred of dignity she had left. Although her dignity had been trampled on before and she was only beginning to piece together the broken fragments now, still… She did not want to be trampled on again."Because you're not the family that I want. For me, the current version of you can be the creditor that I'm indebted to, or you can be a boss lording over me, or you can just be a stranger, but you can never be my family!"The word "family" had always been special to her, and it had always been something that she achingly yearned for ever since she was a child. That was precisely why she would never let the sacredness of this word be trampled on!He scrutinized her with a piercing gaze. His eyes were filled with a coldness that cut through her like a blade. She endured every excruciating second of his stare and refused to avoid his eye contact, almost as if silently telling him that he would never become her family.Jackson w