Chapter 57

Serenity raised her head ever so slightly to glance rideways. She then breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Jackson, asking. “Have you paid the hill?

“Yeah.”

“Let’s go, then,” she said, grabbing her handbag. Then, as if trying to escape something, she hurried out of the restaurant.

“What’s going on?” Jackson asked. “Are you hiding from someone?

She paused her steps. A peculiar look flushed across her face, and she said, “My former colleagues were in that restaurant,

I didn’t want them to see me

As she spoke, she chackled, almost as if marlding herself, and she added, “Isn’t it ridiculous? They all know what has happened to me, and they must’ve guessed how far I’ve fallen now, yet I still can’t face them and want to hide from them.”

She did not want to see the pity in their eyes. She did not want to see them feeling sorry for her.

and

successful career as a lawyer, yet now, while all her colleagues were still in the profession, that path was closed off

mament suddenly

holding her hand tight. “One day, you’ll shine even

any

of

no longer dared to dream of a bright future because she had to fight with all her

day. I’m warning you, don’t ever get Involved with that woman again! She was the one who

voice rang in his ear through the phone. Zeke frowned

times before. Back then, everyone had blamed him for choosing a woman like Serenity to be his girlfriend. Fortunately, after breaking up with her, he had started dating Jenny Hall, whom his family very much approved of The Shaw family and the Hall family were equals, so they were a good match. They

Shaw family hoped that if things turned really bad for them, the Hall family might be able to save them

on the brakes. The image of Serenity crossed his mind, and he could not deny that she was no longer the same woman she used to be all those years ago. Although she might still look exactly the same, the aura

stain on him should anyone mention it to him in the future. He felt slightly guilty when he saw how she had ended

had not only offended the Hall family but the

figure at the intersection that he saw through

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