Chapter 23

“But… you got embarrassed in front of everyone because of me… and William Sanders even…‘

“They did that. It has nothing to do with you, right?”

It did have something to do with her! Janice cried out in her mind. For the first time in her life, she was desperately trying to take the blame for something.

“Well, if that’s all, I need to get back to work,” said Serenity, ignoring Janice’s pained look. She walked past Janice and crossed the road to sweep the other side.

Although she did not know why Janice had come to look for her today, she had no intention of forgiving Janice for what happened that day.

While she was sweeping, a person suddenly appeared in front of her. She looked up and saw that it was Peter Wall.

Peter was blushing slightly. He seemed to be mustering his courage to say something. After some hesitation, he said, “Serenity, Xyla told me that you’re not ready to get into a relationship right now, but… but I’m serious about you. I can wait for you. When… When you’re ready to date someone,

to me.‘

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come

wrong, so he added in a hurry, “No, I’m not saying that

for someone more suitable for you. I’m just a sanitation worker. I don’t earn that much and my job has no future. I’m not a good

like you.” After saying that, Peter blushed even harder. “Xyla said you don’t have a boyfriend

I…” She wanted to reject him again, but when she saw his reddened face and somewhat nervous expression, she fell silent. From what she could tell, he seemed to really like her, and Xyla said

was an honest man.

and a good father, but… when he found out that she was an ex–convict, he would probably stay away

someone said from behind her, “Sis,

saw a familiar figure walking over. The black down jacket, black pants and black sneakers he wore were nothing fancy, but they looked really good on him. The pair of pretty peach blossom eyes under

What are you doing here, Jack?” asked

said Jack as he held Serenity’s left hand. “Your hand’s a

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