Chapter 165


    Chapter 165


    In desperation, Serenity could only call the number with faint hope.


    The call went through, but no one picked up. All she could hear was the beeping tone.


    But she would not give up just yet. She called the number for a second time, then a third time…


    Meanwhile, on the other end of the line, a few top executives were in Jackson Valor’s CEO office, their


    attention fixed on the ringing cheap old phone. All the top executives knew that recently, the CEO had


    started to have two phones with him at all times. One was his usual phone, and the other was this


    curious cheap old mobile phone.


    As for the phone’s origin, the only person apart from Mr. Valor himself who knew about it would be


    Connor Gunn, his secretary. But if anyone asked Connor about it, thetter would just smile and refuse


    to say a single word about it.


    Because of this, the top executives could not help but specte about this strange phone.


    In the past, Mr. Valor would instantly pick the phone up as soon as it rang, yet today, he had let the


    phone ring for so long, and he still would not pick it up even though his eyes were fixed on it the whole


    time with an icy cold expression on his handsome face.


    This odd reaction stirred even more curiosity in the top executives‘ hearts, and they all turned to


    Connor.


    Meanwhile, Connor, who had been standing beside Jackson all along, was secretly worried as he


    watched the phone ringing. The only person who could call this number was Serenity Lewis and no one


    else.


    Having worked with Jackson for so many years, Connor could easily tell that his boss had been down


    in the dumps after Serenity had refused to stay by his side. Yet he would not pick up the phone when


    she called him just now, so what did it mean?


    Did Mr. Valor not care about Serenity Lewis anymore?


    No, that could not be. Connor had a hunch that perhaps the opposite was true. Perhaps Jackson cared


    about Serenity even more than he imagined. If Serenity meant nothing to Jackson, he could have


    easily thrown the phone away, yet he kept it by his side at all times all along. Could that mean that


    Jackson


    simply could not let go of Serenity?


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    But that would be highly surprising.


    Still, who would ever guess that a man like Jackson Valor would ever be interested in a woman like.


    Serenity Lewis? And yet, she had rejected him!


    Fifteen minutester, the phone finally stopped ringing


    Only then did Jacksonnguidly look up at the top executives in the room and tell them, “Okay,


    continue the report.”


    The executives froze for a moment before hastily continuing the report.


    Serenity ground her teeth as she stared at her phone. She had just called the number five times in a


    row, but no one ever picked it up. Could it be that Jackson Valor had… discarded this number, after all?


    Was that why no one picked it up no matter how many times she called?


    X noticed her acting weird and started to ask in concern, “What’s wrong. Serenity? You’ve been


    calling someone for ages! The food is going to get cold if you don’t start eating, you know.”


    “I… I’ve got some matters to settle, X. I think I need to leave work around three o’clock. I’ll clean up


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    the garbage on the streets, but could you help me with the restter?”


    Street sweepers like them needed to get someone in their own team to cover for them whenever they


    wanted to take a leave. If no one would cover their shift, they basically had no way to leave work early


    or take a leave at all.


    “No problem,” X replied with full readiness. “You helped me back when I took a leave in the past,


    after all.”


    Serenity smiled in response, full of gratefulness, even though her heart was still heavy.


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