Chapter 57


    Chapter 57


    Serenity raised her head ever so slightly to nce rideways. She then breathed a sigh of relief and


    looked up at Jackson, asking. “Have you paid the hill?


    “Yeah.”


    “Let’s go, then,” she said, grabbing her handbag. Then, as if trying to escape something, she hurried


    out of the restaurant.


    “What’s going on?” Jackson asked. “Are you hiding from someone?


    She paused her steps. A peculiar look flushed across her face, and she said, “My former colleagues


    were in that restaurant,


    I didn’t want them to see me


    As she spoke, she chackled, almost as if marlding herself, and she added, “Isn’t it ridiculous? They all


    know what has happened to me, and they must’ve guessed how far I’ve fallen now, yet I still can’t face


    them and want to hide from them.”


    She did not want to see the pity in their eyes. She did not want to see them feeling sorry for her.


    and


    Back then, she had fought tooth and nail to build herself a sessful career as awyer, yet now, while


    all her colleagues were still in the profession, that path was closed off to her forever.


    The derision she felt for herself at that mament suddenly made him feel deeply sorry for her.


    “Then just avold them this time,” he said softly, holding her hand tight. “One day, you’ll shine even


    brighter than them, Sis.”


    any


    of


    Shine.. she smiled butterly. At present, she no longer dared to dream of a bright future because she


    had to fight with all her might just to survive from day to day.


    “I heard Jenny say you tried to get that woman. Serenity Lewis, a job the other day. I’m warning you,


    don’t ever get Involved with that woman again! She was the one who killed Jenny’s sister, Jackson


    Valor’s fiancee! Our family simply can’t afford to offend Jackson Valor!”


    Zeke’s father’s stern voice rang in his ear through the phone. Zeke frowned slightly and simply replied,


    “I know, Dad.”


    “Don’t ever offend Jackson Valor,” was a sentence that he had heard too many times before. Back


    then, everyone had med him for choosing a woman like Serenity to be his girlfriend. Fortunately,


    after breaking up with her, he had started dating Jenny Hall, whom his family very much approved of


    The Shaw family and the Hall family were equals, so they were a good match. They had almost gotten


    married then, and the two families had nearly be inws. Although the marriage had note to


    pass, the two families still got along we??


    The Shaw family hoped that if things turned really bad for them, the Hall family might be able to save


    them by persuading Jackson Valor to go easy on them.


    After the call ended, Zeke stared ahead at the red light in front of him and slowly stepped on the


    brakes. The image of Serenity crossed his mind, and he could not deny that she was no longer the


    same woman she used to be all those years ago. Although she might still look exactly the same, the


    aura she now exuded waspletely different. Not to mention that the sanitation worker uniform she


    had been wearing convinced him that he made the absolutely correct choice in breaking up with her


    back then.


    He now knew that Jenny was his suitable match. As for Serenity, she now belonged in the past, a past


    that might forever be a stain on him should anyone mention it to him in the future. He felt slightly guilty


    when he saw how she had ended up now, of course. After all, when she had asked him to collect the


    evidence for her back then, he not only refused her but even broke up with her right then and there.


    Still, it was ultimately her own fault that she had killed Mira Hall! That one tragle mistake meant that she


    had not only offended the Hall family but the powerful Valor family as well. How could be ever help her


    then?!


    As these thoughts went through his mind, a slender figure at the intersection that he saw through the


    windshield caught his


    eye.


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    That was. Serenity!


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    Zeke was taken alsack, but what shocked him more was the discovery that there was a man by


    man’s side. They were


    saying something to each other, and then Serenity slowly raised her head toward the man while the


    man leaned gently down toward her, their faces inching toward each oflier.


    It clearly looked like they were going in for a kiss!


    Anger bubbled up inside him. He did not expect Serenity to find a new man so soon after being


    released from prison. He really should not have wasted his time trying to help her!