It felt like a vivid and painful slap in Amanda’s face.

She was so furious that she turned around and quickly left the place in embarrassment with Janice following close behind.

Serenity felt like she had just watched a drama unfold before her eyes. As soon as they exited the mall, they had witnessed someone smashing a car, which turned out to be Amanda’s.

“What happened? Did she offend someone and that was their revenge?” Serenity wondered.

“Who knows?” Jackson replied, his eyes flickering slightly as he pursed his lips.

“Anyway, it’s none of our business,” Serenity said as she grabbed Jackson’s arm and headed toward the bus stop.

Suddenly, Jackson stopped abruptly. Serenity turned to look at him only to find that he had turned pale, and there was a shocked look on his face.

He was also staring unblinkingly at the bus stop.

“What’s wrong?” Serenity asked.

“It’s… nothing,” Jackson replied as his expression gradually returned to normal.

That had been a mistake, right? He thought the woman who had just boarded the bus looked like a certain other woman he knew…

A woman who had once abandoned her husband and child.

But it was impossible for her to be here.

***

“Jack, don’t be like me, okay? Don’t give them all your heart even if you want to love someone.”

“As it turns out, love is the cheapest thing in this world. When she stops caring about you anymore, it’s useless even if you kneel and beg her.”

“Jack, maybe one day when you truly love someone, you’ll understand that in this world, there’s someone who can control the joy and sorrow you feel, who can make you feel alive or dead… But if possible, Daddy hopes you never experience that.”

Who was talking to

don’t want to stay here anymore! It’s cold… so cold… I

me but

that?

“Don’t… go…”

Who was that?

it was…

woman, begging her not to go. If she left,

Don’t go! Please!

desperately cried out and tried to hold on to something, but nothing happened. His surroundings got increasingly darker like he was drowning, and

grab something…

a gentle voice rang out faintly in his

not going anywhere. I’m not leaving! Don’t be scared!

The woman he

his eyes, and a petite face with delicate features entered his sight. Her eyes

telling me not to be

that Jackson had opened his eyes, Serenity finally

what happened? Was it a

that woman who had heartlessly left him and his father, and seeing his father knowing about it but not doing anything to stop her with a bitter but sorrowful smile

it was a nightmare,” Jackson

he had been tightly gripping her hand as if he had

clung to the warmth that had enveloped him when he felt like he was drowning like it was a lifeline, and

that he had mistaken someone for

frowned, and his face gradually paled. He curled up where he

worried again. “Do you feel any

Jackson replied softly, his voice clearly indicating that he was shoving down his discomfort. “Just… some stomach

was younger, he would often experience stomach cramps due to stress, but

thin layer of sweat forming on his forehead,

quickly poured a glass of warm water and helped him

before pressing his lips together. Occasionally, he would grind his teeth

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