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 worker!”

moment, Serenity’s sanitation worker uniform stood

recognize you after you spent three years in prison. Didn’t Zeke use to dote

name. Every time she heard his name, a pang would run

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

attempted to assault her. After Zeke had taught him a lesson, he had

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

fake, hypocritical smile and took the

sorry for the

turn and leave, William suddenly grabbed her arm from behind and said, “What’s the rush to leave? It’s a class reunion, after all.

he spoke, he held a glass of red wine

a drink. You got charged for drunk driving back then, right? Don’t tell

her head to avoid the glass.

man lost his balance, and the red wine splashed all over his body.

you’re still Zeke’s girlfriend?! You’re just a street sweeper right now! You really

as he grabbed a nearby bottle of wine and poured

wine drenched her body, leaving her

“Serenity, you should apologize to

Apologize?

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

of clarity seeped into her inky eyes. No matter how wretched a

display only served

apologize because I hold you

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

exclaimed in

willing to speak up for her, let

was fairer than an average

of the scars had yet to fade, and they appeared grotesque and

these were remnants from her time in

struggled to cover her 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

such a hurry to leave? You haven’t even properly apologized

desire was only to see Serenity’s suffering

hand made Serenity feel as if she were back in prison when her bones were being slowly

only accept her fate like

But now…

up all her strength and yanked her left hand from William’s grasp. Then, she shoved Amanda off her before running out of the

had

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

It hurt!

It was so painful!

like it

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

William abruptly stopped talking.

a painfully familiar voice, “William? What are

Serenity stiffened.

That was… Zeke.

her from everything, but in the end, he had casually discarded

couldn’t help but tremble. She never expected to encounter Zeke again after her release, much less in such

me for a meal too. However, she doesn’t know what’s good for her even if it fell into her lap, you know? That pissed me off. Do

William spoke, he grabbed Serenity’s hair and forced her head up

fell on Zeke’s

used to feel extremely distressed every time she was in pain, but now, he merely furrowed his brows

coldly agreed

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