"A year?" Lisa repeated in a low voice, then asked, "Does that mean that you're going to postpone your wedding with Jackson?"

Serenity nodded, "I haven't told him about it yet, though. I'll do it tonight and see what he thinks about it."

Still, she had a hunch that he would agree to it because ever since they had started dating, he had always agreed to everything she asked.

Lisa studied her friend's wearied, worn-down face and then suggested, "Why don't you come with me to the mall, Serenity? Terry wants me to attend a gala with him, and he told me to pick up a dress he ordered for me in a boutique at the mall nearby."

To be frank, Lisa had never had any desire to attend any banquets or galas at all because she hated to be the center of people's attention, but Terry seemed to have gotten addicted to dragging her everywhere with him and just would not take no for an answer.

What was even more exasperating was that when she gave him an excuse of being too busy having to work overtim