Chapter 167

Serenity walked into the office, after which Connor gently closed the door behind her.

He decided to bring Serenity here not just because of what she had told him, of course, but because he knew how much his own boss cared about this woman. Perhaps he only wanted her to coax him a little. Besides, Serenity looked very visibly troubled just now, so it might give Jackson a great chance to swoop in and save her.

The thought of this somehow brightened Connor’s mood.

Afterward, when he returned to his office, his colleague came over to him and asked, “Who was that woman who went into the CEO’s office with you just now, Mr. Gunn?”

The employee was especially curious because judging by the way the woman dressed, there was no way that she was the kind of person who usually went in and out of Mr. Valor’s office at all.

Nevertheless, the only reply from Connor was, “That’s none of your business. If you needed to know about it, you would’ve known it already.”

along, gossiping about Jackson Valor had always

desk, almost choked by the tense air of awkwardness. Back then, she had firmly refused to stay by his side no matter what, and she was certain that from then on, they would have a clean break and not have anything

and come crawling back to him would come so soon. It had only been a

like the man she knew. This man was sitting in a spacious office, clad in a smart gray suit with his hair combed back neatly, revealing his full forehead. His long eyebrows, were

collar and a navy blue tie. His long fingers were wrapped around a black fountain pen, and as he held the pen and signed his name on the documents, his movements

quiet in the office for a long while

just to

as it reminded her of how naive and stupid she had been. Back then, not only did she bring him back

something to ask of you,” she said, licking her

still

lessons. I’m going to

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