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 returned to a beating from his father, which landed him in

between the Saunders family and Valor

significant losses

who had attended the class reunion that

Everyone complained bitterly.

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

Fired?!

that this would

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 worked

like this, not only would it be hard to find 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

asked the Human Resources Department the reason she was fired and what she had done wrong, they simply replied, “It’s an order from the higher-ups. Compensation for the termination will be

panicked and called

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