"Stop filming! Stop it!" Aria wanted to cover her face and body but could not. She reflexively tried to cover herself with something else and grabbed her bag that was on the chair. Unfortunately, someone hit her, and her bag fell to the ground. The hidden camera device she had hidden in the bag rolled out.Mrs. Parker snorted. "It's funny how I'm not the only one who wants to film this."Meanwhile, Mr. Parker clearly understood Aria's plan. He immediately kicked and punched Aria in anger despite his embarrassing situation."You b*tch! How dare you try to trick me? Who do you think you are?!"Poor Aria. She got beaten up terribly once again after receiving a couple of slaps earlier. Aria begged for mercy but to no avail. Her miserable moments were all captured on camera.Over the next few days, these videos were all posted online. Although some indecent scenes were blurred, people understood what was going on!"How shameless!""Aria was actually going to make a video of her sel

'If Jack is gone one day...' Serenity immediately laughed at that thought. What was wrong with her? Jack was not Lucas, and she was not Aria."Serenity, have you seen Aria's scandal?" Lisa asked in their chat conversation."Yeah," Serenity replied."This must be bad karma for her! Aria thinks she's smart, but what's the use of it? She's now in deep trouble!" Lisa said.Aria had had her reputation destroyed overnight. No honorable man would want to have anything to do with Aria now."Oh, by the way, I heard Lucas even gave Aria a warning, telling her to leave Solaria. Did you know?" Lisa shared the gossip she had been hearing. She actually heard about it from Terry.Not many people knew about Lucas' warning to Aria, not even in the entertainment industry. For this, Lisa praised Terry for his great potential in collecting information for gossip. Well, Terry rolled his eyes at her appreciation, naturally. Serenity was a little surprised. She did not expect Lucas to do that. Maybe

Lisa's brows furrowed deeper as she listened to Terry analyzing all the things she had never thought of before. Indeed, they were all suspicious."Mrs. Parker is smart. What's the point of doing something that's not necessarily good for you?" Terry said steadily.Lisa was not an idiot. Hearing that, she immediately seemed to understand. "So, someone is behind this? Someone trying to screw Aria over?"Was it Aria's rival in the entertainment industry? Or was it Lucas? Or could it be... Jackson's face flashed in Lisa's mind."Something like that," Terry said nonchalantly."Who do you think is behind this?" Lisa asked curiously."I guess it's Jackson," Terry stated."Why?""Not many people can keep things under control like this. I'm afraid not many can get Mrs. Parker to put this into action. Besides, Aria is Lucas's ex-girlfriend. Allowing Aria to make a fool of herself would humiliate Lucas' pride. How many people in Solaria would dare offend Lucas?"Lisa fell silent. Terry wa

Anyone who tried to come close to Serenity would suffer from Jackson's most violent counterattack.'What kind of consolation was that?!' Lisa rolled her eyes at Terry's comment. "But what if? What if their relationship doesn't work out? What if Serenity accidentally pisses Jackson off? What do you think Jackson will do to Serenity?" Lisa said and thought, 'After all, anything is possible.'Terry laughed and flicked at her forehead. "Oh, Lisa. You're underestimating your friend. I'm afraid Jackson isn't the one in control."Lisa gaped in surprise. 'It can't be!' She could not imagine Jackson not being the one in control. It seemed out of character for him."Are you kidding me?!" Lisa said in disbelief."Do I look like I'm kidding?" Terry explained, "Your friend is probably the one in control of their relationship, so don't worry."No relationship was entirely equal. Being the one who loved more was always having less control. And between Jackson and Serenity, it was clear that J

Walking into the room, Serenity was surprised to find the room not empty. She thought everything would be gone, but the miscellaneous items were the only things removed. The room looked more like the room before she had gone to prison.If there was any of her mother's belongings... Serenity had kept her mother's belongings in a box under her bed. Serenity went to the bed and tried to drag the box out from under the bed."Let me." Jackson crouched down and helped Serenity drag the box out. The dust kicked up in the room and dirtied his clothes."Sorry about that," Serenity said. She knew Jackson had always been very particular about cleanliness. He would always keep himself clean, except when he lived in the rented place with her."What's there to be sorry about? Isn't it a man's duty to help his woman?" Jackson replied.'His woman...' Serenity's cheeks flushed at the way Jackson declared her to be his, but soon after, the box in front of her took all her attention.There were m

Serenity was the only one who could make Jackson feel this way! Jackson willingly submitted to her. Even if she wanted him on his knees, he would be more than happy to oblige.'No matter what happens, don't leave, please.' All Jackson wanted was for her to stay. His father had loved his mother the same way, but his mother had eventually left him, leaving his father in despair. Serenity was unlike his mother. Surely, she would never leave him!The kiss ended with Serenity breathless and her cheeks flushed pink. She wanted to take a step back, but Jackson tightened his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him."What's wrong?" Serenity looked at him, puzzled."Hey, say you won't leave me." Jackson gazed down at her, his dark eyes twinkling.Serenity blinked and broke into a smile. "I'll never leave you. What made you think of that all of a sudden?""Probably because..." Jackson hesitated for a moment and eventually confessed, "I suddenly thought about my parents earlier. T

But that was precisely what was so magical about fate."Jack," Serenity murmured, pouring her heart out to Jackson, "I... Ever since I was released from prison, I've always thought that love and romance were nothing but fanciful luxuries that I might never experience from then on, and I was sure that I would never love anyone again, but now, I'm really glad that I met you and fell in love with you. Sometimes I feel like heaven sent you to me as my savior."Perhaps God had taken pity on her tragic life and sent him to her like a knight in shining armor, pulling her out from the muddy swamp of despair and instilling her with newfound hope for a better life again.Jackson's whole body froze up. Savior? If she found out the truth one day, would she still think of him the same way? No, he would never let her figure it out. That day would never come!In fact... It was Serenity who had saved him. If he had never met her, he would never have understood what it was like to truly love some

Children... For a man belonging to a prestigious family like Jackson, the continuation of his bloodline most likely meant a lot to him."So what?" Jackson asked. "I told you when we first started dating that I don't care even if I never have any children. It is you that I love, not any potential children."To him, there was only one person in this world that he truly cared about—Serenity."But..." she hesitated.Did it really not matter to him at all? How many men on earth could truly accept the fate of being childless for the rest of their lives?"Serenity!" he pleaded. "Having a child means nothing more to me than having a future heir for the Valor family. I'm not much of a generous person, but if we really have children together, perhaps I would love them, and even if you can't have children, we can just adopt one either from the orphanage or someone from the minor branches of the Valor family. To put it simply, this is not a huge problem to me at all. The only thing I care abo

"But do you truly know this man?" Lisa asked."I think so," Serenity replied. "I know everything about his family, his career, his daily routine, his personality, and all the rest of it. I've lived with him in Valor Residence for quite a while now, anyway.""But what about his dark side?" Lisa blurted out.Serenity stared at her friend with some surprise, making Lisa blush in embarrassment."What I meant to say," Lisa explained, "is that this guy is Jackson Valor, after all! Haven't you heard of... the rumors about his ruthlessness, and all the terrible things that happened to those who offended him?"Serenity slowly lowered her gaze, finally understanding what her friend was trying to tell her. It was just like what had happened to her in prison. How could she forget what all those people had done to her just because she was guilty of offending Jackson Valor?Still..."Lisa," Serenity said, looking straight into her friend's eyes, "Sometimes, you just don't know what's going to

He should have held onto her and never let her go from the start!"Why the hell are you drinking alone?" Caleb Moss’s voice suddenly rang in Lucas's ear. "You hardly ever come here, yet you spend your time drinking alone? How dull!"Dull?Lucas swirled the glass in his hand and swept a glance over the people around him. The only reason why he had accepted Caleb's invitation to come to this party was because he had been feeling too depressed these past few days and needed to take a breather.But then he discovered that he felt no better at all here, anyway. His brain was fully occupied by thoughts of Serenity, and he just could not shake them off no matter what he did."By the way," Caleb continued, "I heard you and Jackson had a fallout. What's going on?"There was a faint cryptic smile on Lucas's face as he looked at his old friend and told him, "Looks like you're really up to date with the news.""So it's true?" Caleb responded in shock. He had assumed that it was nothing more