“I’m sorry,” Serenity’s face suddenly turned red. “I… I was just… If… If you’ve got nowhere to go, you can stay with me here.”

She blurted those words out nervously at first, but now that she had gotten it off her chest, she was filled with a sense of relief.

The man’s obsidian-like eyes were fixed on her flushed red face, and a look of surprise seemed to have flashed across his face.

“If you don’t want to stay here,” she said, biting her lips, “it’s fine. Just pretend that I never said anything.”

His thin lips finally parted as he asked, “Do you want me to stay here?”

His voice was as cold as a winter spring, and the silence of the room made it sound even more crystal clear.

Had those words come from another man’s lips, it would have sounded like flirting. However, this man’s voice made it sound as if it was a factual question that demanded a definite ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer. There was simply no room for ambiguity or mystery in his tone, even his eyes were perfectly calm.

Serenity pursed her lips and replied, “Yes, I’d like you to stay here.”

And that was her honest answer.

He stared at her, and a faint smile slowly bloomed on his thin lips as he said, “Okay, then.”

It was the first time she had ever seen him smile, and although it was such a faint and subdued smile, it was still so… incredibly beautiful.

***

Jackson 5 dollars so that he could

exited the apartment building, there was already someone waiting

man greeted when

Jackson casually

parked in front of him, looking at

is a contract worker at the Sanitation Office. She rented a

after serving her full

Three years ago, she was the one who killed Miss Mira Hall in a car crash. She was charged with drunk driving. She’s also Zeke Shaw’s ex-girlfriend. She was sentenced to three years in prison, and her lawyer’s license

the woman’s name as a faint but playful

to marry him, so he had agreed, seeing that she was a pretty good candidate for a wife, and if he had to choose a woman to marry, Mira seemed not to be a bad choice at all. But then,

this woman, Serenity Lewis, found out about his connections to Mira Hall, Jackson wondered what kind of expressions he would see on

had ever taken his hand and boldly brought him back to her place before confessing to him in a gentle but firm voice that she

asked, “Connor, what kind of woman do you

responded in surprise, unsure of what to say. “I guess it depends on what kind of woman you

Jackson blushed slightly.

got all of Serenity Lewis’s information ready on my desk when I

if Mr. Valor had… taken a

***

go home and saying that

had been released, her family had always seemed too eager to cut all connections with her. In fact, over the last three years, none of them had ever visited her. It was as if she was dead to them

biological mother had passed away a long time ago, and she was only three years old then.

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