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.”

it? Who was

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

me but can’t give me the

that? Who

“Don’t… go…”

Who was that?

was…

was pleading with the woman, begging her not to go. If she left, then

Don’t go! Please!

to something, but nothing happened. His surroundings got increasingly darker like

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

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

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

Serenity! The woman

slowly opened his eyes, and a petite face with delicate features entered his sight. Her eyes were filled with concern, and her lips were moving as

telling me not to be

that Jackson had opened his eyes, Serenity finally let out a

what happened? Was it

dream? It was about that woman who had heartlessly left him and his

was a nightmare,” Jackson muttered

tightly gripping her

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

so muddle-headed that he had mistaken someone for a

released her hand, and the warm, gentle feeling disappeared instantly. He frowned, and his face gradually paled. He curled up where he

worried again. “Do you feel

shoving down his discomfort. “Just… some stomach cramps.

younger, he would often experience stomach cramps due to stress, but he had hardly had any relapses

increasingly pale face and noticed a thin layer of sweat forming on his

glass of warm water and helped him sit

reluctantly took a few sips before pressing his lips together. Occasionally, he would grind his teeth as if using all his willpower to fight against the

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