"Who's that? Your goon?" The woman mocked as soon as she saw Serenity.Serenity frowned and turned to her best friend. "Lisa, what's going on?""Ignore her," said Lisa.The young woman instantly lashed out like a powder keg that was ignited, "What? You shameless b*tch! How dare you seduce my boyfriend! I bet if I hadn't caught you in the act, you would have stripped naked and jumped into his bed!"Lisa glared at her angrily, "Seduce your boyfriend? I wouldn't even look at a guy like him twice. Do you have tofu for a brain? Maybe the problem lies with your boyfriend and not with other people!""I saw it with my own eyes! How dare you deny it!" said the woman."What the hell did you even see?!" Lisa retorted indignantly. She pointed her finger at the cowering man. "I'm telling you, even if you gift-wrapped a man like that and delivered him to my bed, I still wouldn't want him. Besides, I have a boyfriend, and my boyfriend is much better than him. Why would I want him? Is he made of

While Serenity was going through the bail procedures for Lisa, Jackson called her. "You're at the police station?""Huh?" Serenity was surprised, but she soon figured out that the driver must have told him."Yeah, I am," she said, "Lisa ran into some trouble. I came here to bail her out.""She asked you to bail her out?" Jackson seemed to find it a bit funny, "Why didn't she ask Terry White? Isn't Terry White her boyfriend?""..." It was too complicated to explain. Besides, it concerned Lisa's privacy, so Serenity simply said, "She must have her reasons. I'm actually in the middle of handling the bail procedures, so I'll talk to you later!"Serenity ended the call and went back to the bail procedures.Jessica was still yelling at Lisa. She still believed that Lisa had seduced her boyfriend.Lisa was so mad that she cursed her out! Her boyfriend was Terry White, for goodness' sake! Even if he was only a temporary boyfriend, he still let her have her way with him! Why would she se

Gavin cowered and nodded, "Y-Yeah, Lisa... Lisa seduced me!"Lisa felt the urge to give him a big fat slap on the face!Serenity was worried that she would, so she quickly held her friend back and said, "I will hold you legally responsible for your words. If you're lying, that means you're slandering her. Should we go back inside to file a case?"Gavin shuddered and instantly shut his mouth.Meanwhile, Jessica was still yelling. Jackson gave her a nonchalant glance and said, "What a conceited woman. As if I don't know what kind of person my girlfriend is. Who are you to talk about her like that? Get out of my sight."Jessica's face twisted in rage. His words were like a huge slap to her face."I... I'm just reminding you not to get tricked," she argued.But Jackson could not be bothered listening to her. He instead turned to Lisa and said, "You had to come to the police station because of a person like that? I guess Terry White must not know about this. If he did, she wouldn't b

"..." Lisa had a helpless look on her face. She wished she could hide the fact that Terry White and her were dating so that her life would not be impacted too much when they eventually broke up.She did not even want to tell her parents about it if they had not found out by accident!"I... Ah, he's at work, so I don't want to bother him," Lisa could only give a random excuse."But you're okay with bothering Serenity?" asked Jackson.Lisa did not know what to say. Serenity quickly said, "I don't mind her bothering me." She then told Lisa, "If anything happens again, you have to come to me. You're my best friend."Lisa felt a warmth in her heart. She gave Serenity an affirmative answer while stealing a glance at Jackson Valor through the rearview mirror. Just now, he sounded like... he was jealous. She felt like she had become the object of envy for no apparent reason.But the problem was... was Jackson Valor really jealous of her? Because of Serenity? The thought made Lisa shudder

She froze in surprise, then said, "It's different."One was the man she loved and the other was her best friend. They were two completely different kinds of feelings!"But..." She thought for a moment and said, "Both of you are people that I would protect with my life! So you're both important to me."His eyes flickered slightly. He should be content. She said she's willing to protect him with her life!But... why couldn't it be just him?He was simply too greedy. He wanted to be her one and only and did not want anyone else to be that important to her."Just because she helped you in the past?" he asked."Yeah, I guess. Before that, I didn't know that she could sacrifice so much for a friend," Serenity said emotionally. Although they were close back then, it was hard to tell a person's true nature without experiencing hard times.Only after going through hard times could you get a better read of the people around you. You would know that some people deserved your sincerity."

She told him about getting harassed by her male co-workers, being misunderstood, getting into a fight, being brought to the police station, and being bailed out. She told him everything in detail. She spoke so much that she was starting to get a bit thirsty.Terry listened with a frown. It was hard to tell what he was thinking from his expression.He waited until Lisa finished before he said, "Why didn't you call me?""I... I didn't want to bother you. I thought you must be busy with work. It's not a big deal anyway," Lisa lied.Terry stared fixedly at Lisa. It made her feel guilty."Is it really because you didn't want to bother me?" After a while, he broke the silence.She said sheepishly, "Of course."He pursed his lips and said no more. They went back to staring at each other. Lisa was getting anxious. She wondered how long he was going to stare at her for.Shouldn't he be happy that she didn't call him and disturb him for every little problem she had? Why was he looking at

She could find no retort.-In the end, Lisa brought Terry home with her.When they arrived home, Lisa's parents welcomed Terry enthusiastically. They even asked him to stay for dinner.Terry naturally agreed, much to Lisa's horror. She was worried that he might blurt out her secret if he stayed for too long.Lisa dragged Terry into her room almost immediately after the meal. "When are you going to leave?""Why are you so eager for me to leave?" he asked with raised eyebrows.She laughed dryly. "I'm worried that my parents' enthusiasm might annoy you. As you know, they really think that you're my boyfriend, so they must be asking you all kinds of questions.""They're not annoying. Chatting with them is quite interesting," said Terry. He could learn new things about her like her childhood experiences by chatting with her parents. They would often mention things like that in passing."Also, from now on, no matter what problem you run into, remember to call me. You're not allowed

"Well... it's not like I could make a public announcement that I found a boyfriend," If she did, her co-workers would think that she's crazy."Is that so? Okay, I understand," he said.She blinked in confusion. What did he understand? Why did she have a feeling that she did not understand?-The next day, everyone in Lisa's workplace was talking about yesterday's incident. The way Lisa's co-workers looked at her had changed.Some of her coworkers were even making snide remarks at her, "Why do you have to barge into the relationship between Jessica and Gavin, Lisa?""Yeah! Even if you want to be a homewrecker, you shouldn't do it in our institute!"Lisa scoffed. She did not back down at all. "What do you mean I'm a homewrecker? If you have no idea what's going on then stop spouting nonsense! There's no way I would fall for a man like Gavin Stanton. If I do, I'll gouge out my own eyes!""You're just talking big. Gavin graduated from a good university. He'll be transferred to the

Lisa was about to hurl more insults at Jessica when her eyes caught sight of the entrance. The director of their institute was currently walking through the entrance, but what caught her attention was not the director but the person beside him. That person was... Terry?!Lisa blinked a few times in disbelief. She confirmed that she was not seeing things. It really was Terry.Terry had obviously seen her but he did not say hi to her. He merely gave her a little smile and kept talking to the director.From what Lisa could see, the director was talking to Terry in a very respectful manner. The director asked his secretary to make some tea and bring it to his office.Lisa could understand why he was being so respectful. Their design institute was not that famous in Solaria. The main institute was at least somewhat well-known, but the second institute was often viewed as just a stepping stone to get into the main institute.Meanwhile, Terry White was the person in charge of the White M

Lisa stole a glance at Terry. He was well dressed and looked like a gentleman. He was indeed good looking! No wonder she would do that kind of thing to him when she got drunk in the past.Speaking of which, he had a really nice figure too. He might look slightly thin, but he was actually lean and muscular... Although Lisa was looking at Terry, she was actually thinking about the body that she had once seen...She suddenly blushed and immediately lowered her head. She told herself to stop thinking about those things.Terry looked towards Lisa. He saw that she was sitting in a corner with her head bowed. He had no idea what she was thinking about.The sight of Lisa put a smile on Terry's face.The director of the second institute asked Terry, "Shall we begin, Mr. White?""Sure," Terry replied with a faint smile.Thus, the director started the meeting. First, he introduced Terry, then he introduced some of their institute's past projects.He did not forget to point out Jessica to