Chapter 272


    Chapter 272


    Lisa was fabbergasted. She never expected to hear the voice of a man answering the phone,


    especially when it sounded like…


    “Are you Jackson Valor?”


    “Yes,” was the short reply she got before the call was swiftly ended.


    Lisa stared at the phone in her hand and was in a daze for a few seconds before she came back to her


    senses. If Serenity was already asleep.. Why had Jackson answered her phone?! Did that mean that


    he was by her side?


    And if she was not at her ce, where else would she be staying right now?!


    Lisa’s


    ‘s gaze shifted from the phone to the door to Serenity’s rented room, which was closed shut. Could it


    be that.. she was staying with Jackson Valor?!


    Could something so oundish even be possible?


    Meanwhile, Jackson put Serenity’s phone away and very carefully carried the woman who was


    sleeping in his arms out of the car. Worried that she might get cold on the way, he took off his coat and


    laid it over her body to keep her warm.


    All the servents who saw them along the way could barely hide their astonishment. Although they knew


    that Miss Lewis must not be any ordinary woman since she had been staying at the Valor Residence..


    Who would ever think that Mr. Valor would treal anyone with such care and tenderness?


    He held her in his arms as if s might disturb her sleep.


    she was his most treasured prize, and be even forbade anyone to make any noise, for fear that it


    When the butler, who had always been with the family even before Jackson was born, saw the young


    master of the house treat a woman sa dearly, a conflicted look of mixed feelings arose in his


    expression.


    It was exactly the same way Jude Valor, Jackson’s father, hat treated Jackson’s mother when he had


    first brought her back to The Valor Residence. But then, how had it all ended? He was left with nothing,


    not even his own life.


    Sometimes, things could only end in tragedy when you focused all of your heat and soul on one


    person.


    Would history repeat itself with Jackson Valor? Had he already given all of his heart and soul to Miss


    Lewis? After all, he had never treated any other woman like this before, not even his former nce Miss


    Hall


    On the one hand, the butler hoped that Jackson could meet someone he loved yet at the same time, he


    dreaded the possibility. that Jackson would love this woman so much that it would all end in another


    tragedy in the family.


    Jackson carried Serenity into her bedroom. He opened the door and carefully ced her on the bed,


    then took off her shoes


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    The tear stains on her fare had dried, yet her brows were still furrowed though she was already asleep.


    It looked like she was unable to escape the aguny even in her slumber. She clung to the ball–burnt


    photo album very tightly even though she was in deep sleep. It took Jackson a long time before he


    could finally pay the album out of her hands without waking her up. The sight of her fingers wrapped in


    bandages stung his eyes.


    “Why did you have to do such a stupid thing just for a photo album?” he grumbled in a low hasky voice.


    Even if the albums contained photos of her with her mother, she still should never have risked her own


    life to save it. Had the mes spread to her body, her injuries would have been far more serious now.


    He gently took her hand and kissed her fingertips, which were all swaddled in ganze


    “It must’ve hurt a lot when you got burned, he murmured. “I wish I could’ve bare the pain for you…”


    This was the first time in his life wishing he could bear someone else’s puin. If there was anything he


    could do to transfer all


    the suffering she had to endure onto his own loudy, he would have done without hesitation.


    Jackson tucked Serenity under the nket and stared at her sleeping face, feeling like he was losing


    his mind…


    Serenity felt like she had a long, unending dream. In it, she saw herself when she was still a little girl,


    and beside her was her own mother. Fuzzy images from her memories shed before her eyes


    But gradually, the sweet idyllic dream turned into a nightmare. The fetus in her mother’s womb took the


    form of a bal?y—her httle brother–but it was cold, still, and lifeless.