“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.

***

work, she gave Jackson 5

exited the apartment building,

Valor,” the man greeted when he saw

Jackson

Mercedes parked in front of him, looking at the five-dollar bill in

got into the car, “The woman you were with last night is a contract worker

serving

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

Jackson murmured the woman’s name as a faint but playful smile cropped up on his lips.

wife, and if he had to choose a

his connections to Mira Hall, Jackson wondered what kind of

woman had ever taken his hand and boldly brought him back

asked, “Connor, what kind of woman

say. “I guess

Jackson blushed slightly.

of Serenity Lewis’s information ready on my desk when I get back to

Connor nodded with an affirmative, wondering if Mr. Valor had… taken a

***

and saying that since she was now released from prison,

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

long time ago, and she was only three years old then. Three months after that, her father remarried and had

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