Serenity buried her face against Jackson's chest all along the way as he brought her straight to the bedroom before placing her down carefully on the bed.

Serenity struggled to get up and said, "Listen to me, Jack! I've got something to tell you!"

"Okay," he replied quietly, but his fingers were already deftly loosening his necktie, and his eyes were locked on hers, "Speak, then. I'm listening."

Serenity bit her lips. Only then did she realize how muddled her mind was.

'No!' she reminded herself. 'I must keep my head clear!'

Right now, the most crucial thing was to explain everything to him as clearly as possible!

"I used the wrong word when I said he was like a lifebuoy… What I meant to say was that it was such an urgent situation that I clutched at his hand… without even realizing it…"

The further she got in her sentence, the softer her voice became because by that point, he had already taken off all the clothes on the top half of his body, exposing that lean and muscular ches