"But even if I do get promoted, I still won't be good enough for you, will I?" he asked.

Serenity was at a loss for words.

Peter smiled wryly and added, "Actually, even before you said those things to me, I'd already thought about changing jobs. I can already see how the rest of my career will pan out if I keep working in the Sanitation Office. I want to find some new challenges before I turn 30."

Challenges? If the old Serenity had to choose between an unknown life full of challenges or a stable life that had everything planned out, she would probably choose the former.

But after all the things she had been through, she now knew that stability was actually the most important thing in life.

Serenity took a deep breath and said, "You don't have to take what I said that day to heart. I just don't want you to keep wasting your time on me. I don't have that kind of feeling for you, so it wouldn’t work out between us."

After a pause, she told him slowly and clearly, "If I really do lo