Chapter 523

“Zeke,” said Jenny, “it’s getting too stuffy in here. Come with me to the back garden. I need some fresh air.”

“Okay.” Zeke turned to his fiancee beside him with a conflicted look in his eyes.

“Why didn’t you want me to speak back then?” he asked her in a voice so soft that only the two of them could hear it. “Did you expect this to happen?”

“Yeah,” Jenny replied with a faint smile. “Since someone is so eager to jump in front of the bullet, there’s no point for us to stop her. Besides, now, another family apart from ours has offended Jackson Valor. In fact, she seems to have offended him much worse than we did.”

Zeke stared at the smile on his fiancee’s lips, and feelings of loss and gloominess arose in his heart. He felt as if he had truly lost something that he would never be able to get back. And now, all he could do was to be tied up forever with this woman in front of him–all for the benefit of their two families!

Not far away from them, there was another man who had been watching the commotion with a cold gaze.

at the three women pointing fingers at each other, pushing the blame onto one another. Then, he raised his head and emptied the red

laughingstock amidst the crowd, he had the urge to step up

to do. Serenity already had Jackson to protect her. There was simply no need for

were mocking her and laughing at her, naturally,

not already made up his mind not to get into a fight with Jackson just for that woman? Lucas lowered his eyes, and a smile cropped up on his lips–a

beside him, softly

be more precise, she realized that in truth, she had never gotten

go!” Lucas muttered in a flat voice. “This

of the function hall toward the

in shock before hastily following

she told him, “You can put

he asked, looking down at

that they had attracted too much attention when Jackson carried her in

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