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Chapter 272
Lisa was fabbergasted. She never expected to hear the voice of a man answering the phone,
especially when it sounded like…
“Are you Jackson Valor?”
“Yes,” was the short reply she got before the call was swiftly ended.
Lisa stared at the phone in her hand and was in a daze for a few seconds before she came back to her
senses. If Serenity was already asleep.. Why had Jackson answered her phone?! Did that mean that
he was by her side?
And if she was not at her place, where else would she be staying right now?!
Lisa’s
‘s gaze shifted from the phone to the door to Serenity’s rented room, which was closed shut. Could it
be that.. she was staying with Jackson Valor?!
Could something so outlandish even be possible?
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtMeanwhile, Jackson put Serenity’s phone away and very carefully carried the woman who was
sleeping in his arms out of the car. Worried that she might get cold on the way, he took off his coat and
laid it over her body to keep her warm.
All the servents who saw them along the way could barely hide their astonishment. Although they knew
that Miss Lewis must not be any ordinary woman since she had been staying at the Valor Residence..
Who would ever think that Mr. Valor would treal anyone with such care and tenderness?
He held her in his arms as if s might disturb her sleep.
she was his most treasured prize, and be even forbade anyone to make any noise, for fear that it
When the butler, who had always been with the family even before Jackson was born, saw the young
master of the house treat a woman sa dearly, a conflicted look of mixed feelings arose in his
expression.
It was exactly the same way Jude Valor, Jackson’s father, hat treated Jackson’s mother when he had
first brought her back to The Valor Residence. But then, how had it all ended? He was left with nothing,
not even his own life.
Sometimes, things could only end in tragedy when you focused all of your heat and soul on one
person.
Would history repeat itself with Jackson Valor? Had he already given all of his heart and soul to Miss
Lewis? After all, he had never treated any other woman like this before, not even his former flance Miss
Hall
On the one hand, the butler hoped that Jackson could meet someone he loved yet at the same time, he
dreaded the possibility. that Jackson would love this woman so much that it would all end in another
tragedy in the family.
Jackson carried Serenity into her bedroom. He opened the door and carefully placed her on the bed,
then took off her shoes
and real
The tear stains on her fare had dried, yet her brows were still furrowed though she was already asleep.
It looked like she was unable to escape the aguny even in her slumber. She clung to the ball–burnt
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photo album very tightly even though she was in deep sleep. It took Jackson a long time before he
could finally pay the album out of her hands without waking her up. The sight of her fingers wrapped in
bandages stung his eyes.
“Why did you have to do such a stupid thing just for a photo album?” he grumbled in a low hasky voice.
Even if the albums contained photos of her with her mother, she still should never have risked her own
life to save it. Had the flames spread to her body, her injuries would have been far more serious now.
He gently took her hand and kissed her fingertips, which were all swaddled in ganze
“It must’ve hurt a lot when you got burned, he murmured. “I wish I could’ve bare the pain for you…”
This was the first time in his life wishing he could bear someone else’s puin. If there was anything he
could do to transfer all
the suffering she had to endure onto his own loudy, he would have done without hesitation.
Jackson tucked Serenity under the blanket and stared at her sleeping face, feeling like he was losing
his mind…
Serenity felt like she had a long, unending dream. In it, she saw herself when she was still a little girl,
and beside her was her own mother. Fuzzy images from her memories flashed before her eyes
But gradually, the sweet idyllic dream turned into a nightmare. The fetus in her mother’s womb took the
form of a balıy—her httle brother–but it was cold, still, and lifeless.
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