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.

that he was

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the club, he returned to a

Saunders family and Valor Group were affected,

losses

that day, they either lost their

Everyone complained bitterly.

the Human Resource Department, her legs shook, and she felt as though she couldn’t steady herself. She had been handed a termination letter stating that she had been fired and to complete her resignation process

Fired?!

considered that this

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 few blind date prospects she had met were willing to engage her further precisely because she

job in the current market, but she would also be humiliated before her family and friends. The prospective

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lose interest in her once he found out she had

replied, “It’s an order from the higher-ups. Compensation for the termination will be provided, but you’ll never be

and called

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