Serenity could feel her heart pounding heavily in her chest.

Goodness, what had gotten into her?!

She blushed and quickly withdrew her hand.

“Okay, let’s… eat before it gets cold.”

With that, she concentrated on her food and started eating voraciously.

Jackson smiled faintly as he watched her face almost disappear into her bowl of soup, and the amusement in his eyes seemed to deepen.

“Then, do you like me, Sis?”

“Yes, I do,” Serenity replied without hesitation.

“I like you very much too,” Jackson said, his lips curling up into a smile.

It seemed like it had been a long time since someone had captured his interest like this.

***

After the City Council inspection ended, Janice said to Serenity, “Serenity, our high school classmates are planning a class reunion this weekend. You should come too.”

A class reunion?

Serenity laughed inwardly. Given her current situation, attending a class reunion would only invite more ridicule.

“No, I have something else on that day, so I won’t go,” Serenity replied.

“Come on, we rarely gather. What could you possibly have to do that you can’t skip? Join us, okay?” Janice urged, clearly eager for Serenity to turn up at the reunion.

If the former class valedictorian and class beauty were to show up in her current state, it would surely astonish everyone. Janice couldn’t wait to show their former classmates the state Serenity was in.

“I have to work this weekend. Did you think my job included weekends as regular days off?” Serenity replied.

Janice was momentarily speechless. She had indeed forgotten about that.

“But…”

“I have to go pick up rubbish now. Let’s talk another time if anything comes up,” Serenity interrupted Janice and walked away without waiting for the other woman to finish speaking.

Serenity wasn’t an idiot. She could clearly see what Janice’s intentions were.

However, she didn’t expect that even though she had deliberately tried to avoid it, the deputy director specifically instructed her to deliver a document to someone at the City Council on Sunday who was at a luxurious club in Solaria City.

Ordinary sanitation workers couldn’t even dream of entering an establishment like this, but when she arrived at the club entrance, staff members were waiting there as if they had already known she was coming, and they led her through a side entrance into the club.

One of the staff members pushed open the door to a private room that was filled with people.

As soon as Serenity entered the room, a familiar voice called out, “Hey, look! Guess who’s here!”

Serenity looked up to see Janice, Amanda, and a group of her former high school classmates.

The person who had called out was Janice.

Instantly, Serenity knew Janice had set her up. Janice was affiliated with the City Council, and the leader of the Sanitation Office branch Serenity was working at would naturally want to establish a good relationship with her. So, if Janice mentioned a seemingly insignificant document that needed to be delivered and specified who she wanted it to be delivered by, the deputy director would naturally comply with her request.

class beauty is now working as a sanitation worker!”

Serenity’s sanitation worker uniform stood out conspicuously

academic genius and beauty? I almost didn’t recognize you after you spent three years in prison. Didn’t Zeke use to dote

Zeke’s name. Every time she

approached Serenity slowly, and she realized it was William Sanders. He came from a well-known family

to assault her. After Zeke had taught him a

ignored William and walked up directly to Janice, handing over the document and saying, “This should be the file

plastered on a fake, hypocritical smile and took

for

turn and leave, William suddenly grabbed her arm from behind and said, “What’s the rush to leave?

he spoke, he held a glass of red wine to

a drink. You got charged for drunk driving back then,

lips tightly together and abruptly turned her head to avoid the glass. She also forcefully shoved William away from her with both

splashed all over his body. He

just a street sweeper right now! You really don’t know

grabbed a nearby bottle of wine and poured it directly over

wine drenched her body, leaving her

smiled calmly and said, “Serenity, you should apologize to William. Perhaps he’ll forgive you if

Apologize?

the situation ridiculous. Clearly, she was the one being insulted here, yet they expected her

and a sense of clarity seeped into her inky eyes. No matter how wretched a state she was in currently, she wouldn’t

display only served to

you. Did you think you were still Zeke’s girlfriend? I’m asking you to apologize because I hold you in high regard, you

echoed in the room, and Serenity’s clothes were ripped open,

exclaimed

none of her so-called friends in the room was willing to speak

to sunlight, her skin was fairer than an average person’s, but it

the scars had yet to fade, and they

these were remnants from her time

body and tried to stand when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her hand. Wincing in pain, she turned to see that Amanda was currently stepping

you in such a hurry to leave? You haven’t even properly apologized to Mr. Sanders here,”

sparkle as if her desire was only to see Serenity’s suffering as she pressed down harder on Serenity’s

on the back of her hand made Serenity feel as if she were

could only accept

But now…

she shoved Amanda off her before running out of

had to get

held onto her torn clothes and ran forward desperately. But suddenly, a tremendous force struck her from behind, causing her to fall flat to the ground,

It hurt!

It was so painful!

felt like

to escape? Haven’t you heard about this club? My

William abruptly stopped talking.

familiar voice,

Serenity stiffened.

That was… Zeke.

once believed he would shield her from everything, but in the end, he had casually discarded her like

encounter Zeke again after her release, much less in such a

What a coincidence! Your ex-girlfriend is here with me for a meal too. However, she doesn’t know what’s good for her even if it

Serenity’s hair and

on Zeke’s familiar

feel extremely distressed every time she was in pain, but now, he merely furrowed his brows in slight confusion, and his eyes

like back then when he had coldly agreed to let someone cripple her

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