The airport was as busy as usual, and a sweet female voice could be heard reporting the flight numbers over the broadcast.

Upon the arrival of a flight from California to Andalas, the passengers walked out of the arrival hall like a swarm of bees.

A slim girl walked out of the corridor while dragging her luggage out. She was wearing a T-shirt, which had words printed on it, as well as a pair of dark blue pencil jeans. Her naturally wavy hair was also tied up into a ponytail.

She had pale skin and was very tall and slender. Moreover, she had a pure and peaceful demeanor that made her stand out among the crowd.

Once Mr. Geoffrey, who came to welcome her at the airport, saw her, he immediately went forward to take the luggage from her. “Miss Serenity,” greeted Mr. Geoffrey.

Serenity Rivers scanned her surroundings and realized that Mr. Geoffrey was the only one who had come to fetch her at the airport. She could not help but curl her lips up in ridicule.

Perhaps she had stayed overseas for too long and, thus, nobody could remember the existence of Serenity Rivers anymore.

But it was fine. There would be ample time for them to interact with one another.

After she exited the airport, Serenity closed her eyes to rest in the car. Mr. Geoffrey placed her luggage in the boot of the car before opening the door to sit in the driver’s seat. He turned around, only to see her with her eyes closed, and decided to remain silent.

Miss Selena had addressed him before to bring Miss Serenity to the Grant family for a meal, but he thought that it would be better to ask Miss Serenity for her opinion.

Yet, upon seeing that she had closed her eyes, he thought that she had fallen asleep and did not want to disturb her. He started the car and drove off.

After sitting on a flight for over ten hours, Serenity fell asleep once she entered the car. However, it had only been a while since she fell asleep and she was awoken by an ear-piercing sound.

She saw that the car was not moving and looked out the window. They were at the center of a busy city, and the bustling streets looked very crowded and packed. Under the sunlight, the skyscraper looked especially majestic.

She rubbed her tired eyes. “Geoffrey, what happened?”

Mr. Geoffrey took a glance at her through the rearview mirror. “Miss Serenity, traffic jams always happen at this road junction. You can continue sleeping, and when we have arrived, I can wake you up.”

Serenity was a light sleeper. Once she was awoken, she could not fall asleep again.

The car in front of them drove a small distance before stopping. Mr. Geoffrey also followed suit and, just like this, they slowly progressed on the road.

After an hour, Serenity had lost patience. As the car ahead of them moved forward, she told Mr. Geoffrey to intercept the car from the side.

Mr. Geoffrey was an experienced chauffeur of the Rivers family and had good driving skills. Using the way Serenity taught him, he intercepted many cars.

A Maybach seemed to be rushing as well and furiously intercepted cars. At the spur of the moment, Mr. Geoffrey accidentally chased after the car. Luckily, however, the car speed was not very fast and both parties did not get hurt. It was just that they ran into the other party’s car.

Mr. Geoffrey was so scared that his face turned pale. He stuttered, “Second… Miss Serenity, what are we going to do?”

One look at the car and one could see that the car owner must be very wealthy, especially given that unique car number of his. The owner must not be a person who could be easily trifled with.

Serenity furrowed her eyebrows slightly and pursed her lips before alighting from her car. She went forward and knocked on the window of the other party’s car.

The driver was unbuckling his seatbelt while preparing to get down from the car to check the car’s condition. Upon hearing someone knocking on the window, he raised his head to look at Serenity through the window.

He rolled his car window down, but before he could say something, Serenity said, “Do you have a pen and a paper?”

Caleb was still feeling very confused and gave her a dazed look. It was not until Serenity repeated her question that he came back to his senses and passed her a pen and a paper.

He saw through the rearview mirror that the girl before him had alighted from the car behind his own and thought that she must be the perpetrator.

Serenity skillfully wrote down a list of numbers before writing down that person’s number.

Perhaps it was etched too deeply into her memory as, even after three years, she could still remember that person’s number.

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She passed the paper and pen back to Caleb. “I am the one who ran into your car. My brother-in-law is Grant Group’s John Grant. If there’s anything you need, you can contact him and he will compensate you.”

She was not long-winded with her words and, within her indifferent voice, there was a hint of dominance. After she’d said her piece, she turned around and left.

This was the first time Caleb had been met with such a situation. He looked at the man sitting in the backseat of the car through the rearview mirror.

The man’s cold face was devoid of expression while his fists were clenched tightly. In his pitch-black eyes, there seemed to be a hint of displeasure.

He mumbled, “President Jones…”

This scene was seen by the person in another car. The man sitting in the driver’s seat of that car was the Gilbert Group’s heir, Calvin Gilbert.

He stared at Serenity Rivers for a long while before confirming that he did not recognize the wrong person and excitedly fished out his phone to make a call.

A woman dressed flirtatiously was sitting on the passenger seat beside him. His female partner coquettishly leaned over and took his phone. She pouted and said, “Yan, who must you call when you are with me?”

Calvin Gilbert was the son of a rich family. However, he was also a playboy. He changed his female partners as though he was changing clothes.

He looked very handsome and elegant. Moreover, he was never stingy with his praises for women and, hence, many women were willing to be his woman even if it was just for one day.

His female partner was obviously unhappy to see him making a call as she was afraid that he would dump her the next day.

Hence, she constantly took notice of his every move and action in case another woman stole him away.

Calvin watched Serenity get into her car and turned around to face his female partner to take back his phone. “Quickly, give me back my phone.”

His female partner had a premonition. “Do you know that woman?”

“Of course. We are even very close to each other.” Calvin Gilbert took the phone from her hand and merrily searched John Grant’s contact number. Just as he was about to call him, he paused.

If he was not wrong, the car Serenity had run into belonged to Gabriel Jones.

He contemplated for a while and decided to book a suite at the Palene Hotel before calling John Grant.

Grant Group President’s Office

John Grant was reading his documents with his head lowered when the phone on his desk rang. He put down his pen and reached out to take a look at the caller before answering the call. “Why did you call me?”

Calvin’s excited voice could be heard over the phone. “Mr. President Grant, Busy Grant, I saw Serenity just now! She’s back!”

John Grant’s breath hitched. He was right. She was coming back today.

He purposely did not want to think or ask about it and used his work to hypnotize himself, but Calvin Gilbert’s call brought him back to reality.

He closed the document with one hand and faintly replied, “Yes.”

“The moment she came back, she created big trouble for you.”

Calvin’s voice was full of gloating over his misfortune. John Grant did not speak, only quietly listening to the latter part of his story.

Calvin also did not wait for him to ask and narrated the whole story of what happened just now to him.

After he heard it, he did not have that big of a reaction, only replying with an “I got it.”

Calvin was very dissatisfied with his response and even especially emphasized that the other party was Gabriel Jones.

In Andalas, everyone knew who Gabriel Jones was. He entered the business world when he was 22 and became the president of Zephyr Group when he was 24. He was indeed a talent in the business world.

He had a wide range of businesses under his name and had almost monopolized all of the economic powers in Andalas.

He was only 28 years old, yet his net worth was already at an alarming number.

Everyone in the business world knew that Gabriel Jones was very decisive and firm in his decisions. Whenever needed, he would come up with a plan that could be as shocking as a thunderstrike.

Calvin said as though he was trying to claim a reward from him, “Since I’m such a good bro of yours, I have already booked a suite for you at the Palene Hotel.”

After he hung up the call, John Grant remained silent for a while before calling the office line, which was answered by his assistant.

After the call was connected, he said, “Book a dinner appointment with President Jones of Zephyr Group.”

Alfred replied, “Yes, President Grant.”

The President’s office was located on the 28th floor. Standing in front of the curtained window, John was wearing a white blouse and had his sleeves folded up, showing off his muscular arms.

He clearly remembered that evening when Serenity left three years ago. She destroyed all of their photos and threw away everything that was related to him. Her determined tone of voice was filled with hatred.

“John Grant, let’s hope that we will never meet again in this life.”

He closed his eyes and gently mumbled, “Serene…”

…

Serenity sat in the backseat with her eyes closed. It was not until Mr. Geoffrey had told her that they had arrived that she opened her eyes.

Mr. Geoffrey got down from the car and opened the car door for her. Upon looking at the bungalow in front of her, she froze and furrowed her delicate eyebrows slightly. “What are we doing here at the Grant family’s place?”

Mr. Geoffrey obediently replied, “Miss Selena said that she had not seen you for three years and told me to fetch you here for a meal.”

Serenity pursed her pale lips. It had been three years, and if it was not for her grandfather, Master Samson who was going to celebrate his 80th birthday, she probably would never have come back here again.

Regardless of whether it was California, England, or Canada, as long as it was not her birth country, she was willing to live there forever even if it meant that she was going to be alone forever.

The maids of the Grant family led her to the living room, and Selena Rivers happened to be walking down the stairs. Upon seeing Serenity, who was standing at the entrance, her spirits were immediately lifted.

“Serene, you are finally willing to come back.”

When Serenity left the country, Selena had gone to send her off at the airport. Serenity’s eyes had been filled with disappointment and despair. “I am never coming back again, and I will not give you my blessings.”

In another week, it would be John and Selena’s wedding. Since she could not stop the wedding, she could only choose to escape.

After she left the country, she cut off contact with everybody. She did not even sign in to her Facebook account anymore.

This carried on until one day, she suddenly called her dad, Benjamin Rivers as she needed a large sum of money, and she regained her contact with her family.

She had not seen her for three years, and Selena, who was already married, had become prettier than before.

She was wearing a light-green-colored dress, which had elegant orchids embroidered on the collar. The dress showed off her fair-as-snow and long, slender legs.

She’d cut her long hair, and her delicate hair was slightly curled at the end. It was dyed a beautiful maroon color, which matched her fair and peachy skin tone. It made her look very fashionable and pretty.

She slowly walked down the stairs and had the gentle demeanor that a girl who came from a rich family should have.

“Sis,” greeted Serenity gently. She no longer had the cute and soft voice she had in the past.

Selena went down the stairs and dragged Serenity in while looking at her from head to toe.

She looked much slimmer than before. It was as if she was only left with bones.

Selena felt very sorry for her and said, “Are you not doing well in California?”

“Nope, I am doing okay.” Whenever someone asked her about her situation in California, she would always reply with an “It is okay.”

Selena Rivers knew that her sister had a stubborn personality. If she was not willing to say it, it would be pointless asking her.

Upon seeing Serenity’s heavy eyebags, she said, “Go get some rest upstairs. When you are awake, I will ask the kitchen staff to make your favorite dishes.”

“Okay.” She was indeed tired and immediately went upstairs after replying to her big sister. She was familiar with the Grant residence and, thus, reached the guest room in no time.

She entered the bathroom to take a bath. After her bath, she came out to dry her hair before lying on the bed and slowly closing her eyes.

She could not sleep peacefully. She still had those weird nightmares as usual.