StarNovelChapter 379
“I know,” replied Serenity through her sobbing. Now that things had come to this, she had no idea what
other method she could use to acquire fifty million dollars.
Jackson smiled at her. “I’m not gonna pay you,” he said.
Serenity froze up immediately. All of a sudden, she felt like a deflated balloon as the last glimmer of
hope faded from her eyes.
Of course, he wasn’t going to pay her. What made her think that he would fork out such an outrageous
sum of money just because she promised to stay with him?
Serenity laughed at how pathetic she was. Did she really think that his interest in her was worth that
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtmuch money? She silently lowered her head, and her grip on his hand gradually loosened.
Jackson gazed at her silently. After a while, he stood up and said, “Sis, I think you should get a proper
rest first. I’ll get the servants to prepare some food for you. After that, you should go get some sleep.”
After telling her that, he got up and left the room. That left Serenity alone in the needlessly–spacious
room.
She clasped her hands together tightly. As she thought… she’d be left alone again. Turns out, a
combination of loneliness and helplessness really eats away at one’s soul. Even if she was willing to
sell herself, it wasn’t as easy as she thought.
Jackson went straight to his study. There, he gave Connor a call “I need you to check her trail today.
Find out what happened, and what made her lose control like this.”
“Understood,” replied Connor. It took only an hour for him to figure out the gist of what happened. He
reported the findings of his investigation to Jackson over the phone.
“Her grave was moved?” asked Jackson with a frown.
“Yes. A week ago, Ms. Lewis‘ father had his late wife’s grave moved somewhere else. She found out
about this today when she visited her mother’s grave. The caretaker said she grew incredibly emotional
upon learning what happened and insisted on going up the hill. He said she left in a hurry after coming
back down…”
Connor went on to describe Serenity’s visit to her father’s home, and the conversation he had with their
neighbors. He even went as far as to report the records of her phone call with her father as well as
Aria.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“From the call record, it seems that she called her family 38 times in total, but they were all
unanswered.”
Jackson’s expression grew increasingly bitter as the report went on. A rough guess told him that they
were demanding fifty million dollars from her in exchange for information about her mother’s
whereabouts.
She was planning to sell herself just to obtain that information? That woman…
An indescribable wave of emotions surged in Jackson whenever he thought about her.
“Find out where her mother’s grave is,” he instructed.
“Understood.”
At that moment, one of his servants locked on his door. She came to report that Serenity wasn’t willing
to eat, nor was she responding to their words.
“I understand,” replied Jackson. He then walked over to Serenity’s mom. When he entered the place,
he immediately noticed the untouched plate of food sitting on a platter. She was still in the same
curled–up position as when he first entered her room earlier.
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