Chapter 59

Serenity furrowed her brows Was Zeke asking about… Jack?

“You should really mind your own business, Mr. Shaw. I was only with my brother yesterday. Do I need to report to you about that too?”

“Brother?” asked Zeke. “Since when did you have a brother?”

As far as he knew, the only sibling Serenity had was a younger sister.

“He’s a brother to me,” she replied, “and that’s all that matters. Do you have any problem with that?”

Zeke studied Serenity’s face, almost as if he was trying to determine the truth of her words from her expressions.

Just then, Xyla, who had been sweeping the other side of the road, noticed what was going on and hurried over, saying, “Calm down, Mr. Shaw! Don’t do anything rash! Let her go!”

Xyla recognized Zeke as the man who had accompanied Jenny Hall when she came to the Sanitation Office to apologize. According to her colleagues, this man must be Serenity’s ex–boyfriend.

“You really should let go of her, Mr. Shaw, otherwise someone might take a picture of you with her now, and then you’ll have a lot of explaining to do to your girlfnend, Miss Hall.”

changes before he finally let go of Serenity

want from you?” Xyla asked

she replied. “He probably had

to her and asking her who she was dating, it was definitely not because he still had any feelings for her. Still, what had

think you’d better talk to the director during lunch break, Serenity. I heard that Quinn has been collecting signatures in a petition

It seemed that Quinn was sparing no effort in getting rid of

said, “If the director decides to fire me, there’d be no point in talking to him. If it comes to that, I’ll just look for

job.”

to get this job after tirelessly applying

their position did not even sign a contract before taking up the job. Compared to those in proper positions like Quinn, they were, simply put, expendable. She did not even have to guess whose side the

they returned to the Sanitation Office together, where they

told Serenity with a smug look on her face. “No one here has any desire to work with a criminal,

sign of fear at all, which had been what Quinn hoped

This vexed Quinn.

up that act!” she dared Serenity. “Soon, the director is going to call you into his

most people in their workplace. Judging from the director’s reaction when she handed the petition over to him, she was pretty sure that

came to her and told her, “The

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