Chapter 285
While she was struggling to carry him, she kept telling him, “Don’t be scared. I’ll carry you down the
mountain and take you to the police.”
Don’t be scared, huh?….
She was the one who was trembling heavily. Even her voice was trembling.
She was the one who was scared, but she kept comforting him.
“You’re so heavy.” She would occasionally complain.
“Sorry,” he apologized.
“Hehe, after you get better, you have to carry me back. Then we’re even,” she said with a smile as she
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtcontinued to move her feet forward with great difficulty.
He had never thought that he would one day be protected by a girl younger than him.
“Okay, I’ll carry you back,” he said it like it was a promise.
He told himself that he would carry her on his back after this. No matter what the obstacles were, he
would keep carrying her.
Where was she?
All these years, he had always regretted letting go of her hand.
If he insisted on holding onto her hand back then, would she be by his side now?
But all he could now was wonder “what if“.
Serenity Lewis was not the person he was looking for. Then… “Where are you?” he asked in a whisper.
As usual, the only response he received was the silence in the air.
Serenity went to the sanitation office to quit her job. When the director of the sanitation office heard that
she wanted to resign, he looked surprised.
isfied
“You want to quit? Why? Are you dissatisfied with the working conditions in the sanitation office? If you
feel like sweeping the streets is too exhausting, I can transfer you to the office,” said the director.
Not long ago, his superior personally called him to take time off for Serenity.
At that time, he was stunned.
That’s not all. A while ago, when there were people who tried to drive Serenity out of the sanitation
office, the director received a call from his superior who told him to handle the matter properly and to
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmmake sure the culture of discrimination did not persist
At that time, he thought the person behind this was Zeke Slaw. After all, Serenity was his ex–girlfriend,
so maybe he still cared about her.
But the phone call two days ago really shocked him. Was the person behind all this really Zeke Shaw?
When he asked, his superior told him meaningfully, “The person behind her is someone even Zeke
Show can’t offend.”
The director shivered when he heard that.
He decided then that he would make sure Serenity got taken care of, but to his surprise, she was
actually quitting.
“That won’t be necessary.” Serenity shook her head. Normally, there was no way the director would try
so hard to retain a sanitation worker. He must know something