Chapter 21

“If you like it, I like it too,” Jackson said.

“Don’t just consider whether I like it. You should consider if you like it instead. If you don’t, I can always find another style or color for you,” Serenity said.

“No need. This one is perfect. I really do like it,” Jackson assured her.

“Okay. I’ll get it, then,” Serenity said as she confirmed her order.

He looked at her and suddenly asked, “Sis, why are you so good to me?

Serenity would buy him clothes and a phone, yet she was frugal when it came to herself.

“Because you’re my younger brother, so it’s only natural that I treat you well,” Serenity said matter- of-factly.

Jackson was unsure why, but hearing her call him her ‘younger brother’ was somewhat grating on his

nerves.

forget that he was still a

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returned to a beating from

the Saunders family and Valor

losses

class reunion that day, they either lost their jobs or their family

Everyone complained bitterly.

she couldn’t steady herself. She had been handed a termination letter stating that she had been fired and to complete her

Fired?!

never considered that this would happen to

a lot of effort into securing her position in the City Council, and it had taken considerable connections and favors to secure this stable job. Moreover, her job was a highlight when it came to blind dates and finding a partner. The

another job in the current market, but she would also be humiliated before her family and

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would probably lose interest in her once he found out she had been fired from

they simply replied, “It’s an order from the higher-ups. Compensation for the

panicked and called

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