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.

is now working as a sanitation

moment, Serenity’s sanitation worker uniform stood out conspicuously in the

if it isn’t our class’s former academic genius and beauty? I almost didn’t recognize you after you spent three years in prison. Didn’t Zeke use to dote on you excessively? And yet, you’re now working as a sanitation worker. What

Every time she heard his

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

when she was dating Zeke, William had even attempted to assault her. After Zeke had taught him a lesson, he had become more restrained

over the document and saying, “This

hypocritical smile and

for the trouble,

and said, “What’s the rush to leave? It’s a class reunion,

glass of red

have a drink. You got charged for drunk driving back then, right? Don’t tell me you can’t hold

turned her head to avoid the glass. She also forcefully

splashed all over his body. He was instantly furious, and he

you’re still Zeke’s girlfriend?! You’re just a street sweeper right now! You really don’t know what’s

he grabbed a nearby bottle of

body,

apologize to William.

Apologize?

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

her inky eyes. No matter how

her current display only served to

Zeke’s girlfriend? I’m asking you to apologize because

and Serenity’s clothes

exclaimed in

speak up

of imprisonment with hardly any exposure to sunlight, her skin was

the scars had yet to fade,

remnants from her time in

felt a sharp pain in her hand. Wincing in pain, she turned to see

why are you in such a hurry to leave? You haven’t even properly

desire was only to see Serenity’s suffering as she pressed

hand made Serenity feel as if

only accept her

But now…

her left hand from William’s grasp. Then, she shoved Amanda

had to escape… She had to get out of

her from behind, causing her to fall flat to the ground,

It hurt!

It was so painful!

back felt like it was

her ear, “What’s this? Are you trying to escape? Haven’t you heard about

William abruptly stopped talking.

painfully familiar voice,

Serenity stiffened.

That was… Zeke.

in the end, he had casually

but tremble. She never expected to encounter Zeke again after her release,

she doesn’t know

William spoke, he grabbed Serenity’s hair and

fell on Zeke’s

distressed every time she was in pain, but

then when he had coldly agreed to

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