He stared at her in silence, then smiled.

His smile was as brilliant as a snowy mountain under the sun, so beautiful that she could not take her eyes off it.

"Serenity, I believe you," Jackson said.

He was suspicious by nature and had never truly had faith in anything.

But he wanted to believe what she said, that she would never let him down, that she would never betray him!

Even though she hid what happened between her and Lucas from him... he would believe her one more time!

He would believe what she said and believe nothing would happen between her and Lucas! He would also believe in himself, that he would not repeat his father's mistake!

He bent down and kissed her.

Unlike the gentle way she had kissed him, his kiss was overbearing, as if he wanted to take possession of all her sweetness.

But at the same time, the kiss was also unbelievably tender.

And that tenderness was reserved just for her!

After the kiss ended, Serenity could barely stand. She blushed hard.

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