Grayson, Catherine, and Aria looked at each other at a loss.
Catherine wanted to curse, but Grayson stopped her. “Enough. That man may be an ex-convict too! There are all kinds of people in jail. Who knows what he was in jail for.”
Catherine paused for a moment before saying uneasily, “Are we going to leave this matter alone?”
After a moment of hesitation, Grayson said, “We’ll see. If Heiden does pursue Aria on this, we’ll think of something.” Grayson did not have the guts to go back in and challenge that man again.
Aria stood beside them, deep in thought the whole time. She wondered if the man earlier was really an ex-convict. She had been unable to see his face clearly as his bangs were covering his eyes. Even so, she could tell that he was charming.
For some reason, she found that Jackson’s figure looked inexplicably familiar. It was as if she had seen him somewhere before. Could he be someone from the entertainment industry?
***
Meanwhile, Serenity looked at Jackson, who was in the room with her, and thanked him.
“Thank you.”
If Jack had not come back, her father would have hurt her.
“What are you thanking me for? Helping you is the right thing to do.” Jackson glanced at her ankle and said, “Your ankle hasn’t healed. I’ll help by rubbing it with the safflower oil.”
oil, rubbed some on her ankle, and massaged
slightly as she asked nervously, “Aren’t you going to ask me about
you don’t want to say it, I
are my father, stepmother, and
you have anything else to ask?” She knew Jack must have overheard her father’s curses earlier,
eyelashes fluttered lightly. Then, he looked up at Serenity. “What do you
eyes reflected a strange tranquillity in
down and took a deep breath. “I was in prison for three years, and I
her had changed upon finding out that she had been in prison. Those who knew her history were judgemental of
be the same. At this moment,
lightly
surprise. She blinked her eyes and wondered if
asked in reply. “As you said, I’ll call you Sis. We’ll take care of each other, and I
down because of his words. “Jack,
not notice the glint that flashed across his eyes at
***
on Sunday. When she met Jack, she could not relate him
was wearing just plain street
a well-defined face. His eyes were covered by his bangs, but even so, the occasional glimpses of
more striking than the idol stars she knew, and he had
he was
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