“Yes, I’m quite happy. Our marriage has turned out to be happier than I imagined,” said Serenity. “Sometimes, I’m scared that this happiness might come to an end, especially after seeing what happened to Clara and Lisa…”

“No!” replied Jackson with certainty in his voice. “No matter what happened in the past, we will be together till the very end!”

His gaze was intense and domineering, and she found herself caught in it like a net.

However, she was more than willing to be trapped in his net. “Yeah! We’ll be together forever and ever!”

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Around 3 a.m., Clara dragged her exhausted body back to her rented apartment. She pulled out several bottles of pills and took her medication together with a glass of water.

She swallowed 7 to 8 pills in total. It was ironic, given how much she hated taking any form of medication back then. However, her life depended on these pills.

Clara’s mother walked out of the bedroom to see her daughter taking her medication. Her eyes teared up almo