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.

beauty is now working as a sanitation worker!” Amanda chimed in with a grin

uniform stood out conspicuously in

three years in prison. Didn’t Zeke use to dote on you excessively? And yet, you’re

time she

William

her. After Zeke

Janice, handing over the document and saying, “This should be the file you

plastered on a fake, hypocritical smile

for the

William suddenly grabbed her arm from behind and said, “What’s

he spoke, he held a glass of red wine

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

abruptly turned her head to avoid

splashed all over his

right now! You really don’t know

grabbed a nearby bottle

body, leaving her in

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

Apologize?

found the situation ridiculous. Clearly, she was the one being

her lips, and a sense of clarity seeped into her inky eyes. No matter how wretched a state she was

current display only served to

you think you were still Zeke’s girlfriend? I’m asking you to apologize because I hold you in high regard, you know? No one would stand up for

room, and Serenity’s clothes were

exclaimed

the room was willing to speak up for her, let alone step

imprisonment with hardly any exposure to sunlight, her skin was fairer than an average person’s, but it

to fade, and they

were remnants

to cover her body and tried to stand when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her hand. Wincing

now, why are you in such a hurry to leave? You haven’t even properly apologized to Mr. Sanders

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

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

and could only accept her fate

But now…

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

to escape… She had

a tremendous force struck her from behind, causing her to

It hurt!

It was so painful!

felt like it was

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

William abruptly stopped talking.

painfully familiar voice, “William? What are you

Serenity stiffened.

That was… Zeke.

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

Zeke again after her release, much less in

your fiancee today? What a coincidence! Your ex-girlfriend is here with me for a meal too. However, she doesn’t know

Serenity’s hair and forced her

on Zeke’s familiar

distressed every time she was in pain, but

then when he had coldly agreed to let

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