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.”

was it? Who was

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

loves me but can’t give me the life I want! I’ve already done everything I could

that? Who was

“Don’t… go…”

Who was that?

was… him,

the woman, begging her not to go. If she left, then his father

Don’t go! Please!

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

air, trying to grab something… He didn’t care, even if it

enveloped him, and a gentle voice rang out faintly in his ears like it was

I’m not leaving! Don’t be scared! I’m

voice was… Serenity! The

entered his sight. Her eyes were filled with concern,

She was telling me not to

Jackson had opened his eyes, Serenity finally let out

what happened? Was it a

that dream? It was about that woman who had heartlessly left him and his father, and seeing his father knowing about it but not doing anything to stop

it was a nightmare,” Jackson

noticed that he had been tightly gripping her hand as if he had been clinging to a

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

he so muddle-headed that he had mistaken someone for a

his face gradually paled.

was instantly worried again. “Do

voice clearly indicating that he was shoving down his discomfort. “Just… some stomach cramps. It’ll

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

and noticed a thin

quickly poured a glass of warm water and helped him sit

he would grind his teeth as if using all

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