Serenity raised her head ever so slightly to glance sideways. She then breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Jackson, asking, "Have you paid the bill?"

"Yeah."

"Let's go, then," she said, grabbing her handbag. Then, as if trying to escape something, she hurried out of the restaurant.

"What's going on?" Jackson asked. "Are you hiding from someone?"

She paused her steps. A peculiar look flashed across her face, and she said, "My former colleagues were in that restaurant, and I... I didn't