Serena Jennings laughed at herself and put down the phone.
Caleb Lockwood finally recalling that she was indeed Chloe from the juvenile detention center made her heart waver slightly.
However, she did not believe that only Caleb Lockwood could give her a sense of security.
Opening the files beside her, Serena tried to focus entirely on her work, so as not to let her mind wander.
She had just gone through three docunts when her phone suddenly rang.
The caller ID showed Ethan White.
"Hello?"
Serena answered the phone.
"Are you still at the office?"
"Yes, I plan to work all night, work makes happy."
After Serena spoke, Ethan White’s laughter ca through the receiver.
"If you’re scared, you can say it."
"..."
Her fingers tightened around the phone as Serena remained silent.
Being targeted by a professional killer; to say she’s not scared at all would be a lie.
But she had done everything she could, as the saying goes: do your best and leave the rest to fate.
"Serena, I can co over and stay with you."
Hearing Ethan White say this, Serena imdiately refused.
"No, no...you and Lana should definitely stay away from at this juncture. I’ve spent a fortune on a security team to protect , so it should be absolutely safe... If you were with , it might lead to trouble."
There was sense in what Serena said, and Ethan, agreeing with her reasoning, didn’t insist on staying.
But he’s still worried.
"Then let’s do this...call when you’re scared. I can’t physically be with you, but my voice can always accompany you."
"Thank you, Ethan White..."
"You can actually...depend on more."
"..."
Serena didn’t give a negative or positive response.
From Ethan White’s perspective, after Serena’s complete divorce from Caleb, it seed as if she had removed any romantic relationships from her life entirely.
"I’ve hired many private detectives to find that joker, and the police are also working on it with ridia, hoping the local departnts will assist in the search..."
Ethan White said this to reassure Serena.
As long as they catch the joker, Serena’s personal safety would be secured.
"Yes... I also believe he can’t run for long."
Serena and Ethan White talked on the phone for two hours, and after hanging up, Serena noticed several WeChat ssages that Lana had sent her an hour ago.
At first, asking if there was anything she could help with while Serena was alone in the office.
Then she started sending her various jokes.
Serena actually doesn’t usually like reading jokes, but she knows that Lana is using this way to show her concern.
Whether it was Ethan White or Lana Xavier, both gave Serena, who originally felt lonely and terrified, a sense of safety.
"So it seems that friends are more reliable than ex-husbands."
Serena laughed to herself.
That night, she stayed at the office.
She didn’t know that outside The Lockwood Group, a deep-grey Koenigsegg parked in the parking lot all night.
Caleb Lockwood did not leave his car for the whole night.
Several tis, he could hardly resist the urge to go inside the building to find Serena.
But deep down, he knew that Serena didn’t want to see him.
In the end, he chose to stay outside and guard in silence.
He knew Serena had hired the best security team in City A, and he also secretly placed bodyguards from The Lockwood Family to protect Serena while sending a lot of manpower to capture the joker.
He didn’t believe that the joker could escape to the ends of the earth.
Serena stayed at the office for three consecutive days, and Caleb Lockwood stayed in his car outside the office for three consecutive days.
Today, the piano competition hosted by Dylan Shepherd officially started.
City A, music hall.
Dressy contestants and unending streams of audiences almost blocked the entrance of the entire hall.
They either wanted to stand out in the competition, adding a layer of gold to themselves, or simply to join in the fun.
But none of them knew, this piano competition itself was bait.
With the music hall as the center, police and bodyguards were positioned all around.
This was pre-arranged by Serena in agreent with Dylan Shepherd and the police.
If the joker’s target was to kill her, theoretically, he shouldn’t miss this opportunity.
As the head of The Lockwood Group and a globally renowned jewelry design master in the fashion world, Serena could hardly be seen as obscure.
She had Dylan Shepherd announce her participation in this piano competition.
Netizens could see it, and naturally, so could the joker.
Of course, with the joker’s capability, he most likely had already figured out it was a trap to lure him in.
However, the joker’s confidence would likely draw him to still venture for a look despite knowing it’s a trap, Serena thought.
The police and security company had people stationed at the best and most concealed sniping spots and mixed among the audience.
Once the joker appeared, they could capture him in one fell swoop.
Caleb Lockwood was also seated among the audience.
But his motive for coming was purely because he wanted to hear Serena play the piano.
To this day, Serena hadn’t admitted to being Chloe.
But all the clues pointed to Serena.
Caleb Lockwood recalled that ti when he listened to the dual keyboards at Riverview Imperial, and the ti when Dylan Shepherd played the piano.
Serena was present at both occasions.
And also in the juvenile detention center cafeteria, he ordered dishes for Chloe, the detention center file that joker stole, all these things told Caleb Lockwood—
Serena Jennings was Chloe.
His heart was pounding fast, Caleb Lockwood didn’t even know what he was nervous about.
His eyes drifted through the stage, toward the backstage, even though he couldn’t see the backstage.
Backstage, in the dressing room, Serena was preparing.
She had just changed into her dress, waiting for the makeup artist arranged by Dylan Shepherd to be available.
"Master, you look really beautiful today."
Dylan Shepherd arrived, dressed in a black silk tuxedo, looking very dashing.
"You’re the handso one today!"
After Serena spoke, Dylan Shepherd leaned over to whisper in her ear:
"Then between and that ex-husband of yours, who’s more handso?"
"You are. In my heart, you’re the most handso."
Serena patted Dylan Shepherd’s shoulder.
"That’s why you’re my master, great taste as always."
Dylan Shepherd gave Serena a thumbs up.
"By the way, Master, what piece are you planning to play today? Your forte, the Chopin Nocturne?"
The last four words were like a small pebble, stirring ripples in Serena’s mind lake.
She knew that Caleb Lockwood had co to today’s competition.
Right now, he was sitting among the audience.
Ethan White and Lana Xavier also ntioned wanting to co, but Serena persuaded them not to.
Because Serena had only one objective for entering this competition—
To draw out the joker.
If the joker really appeared, Ethan White and Lana Xavier’s presence might put them in danger.
As for Caleb Lockwood...
Although Serena knew she didn’t love Caleb Lockwood now, she didn’t wish any harm upon him.
But if she persuaded Caleb not to co, knowing the joker might appear, it would only have the opposite effect.
Besides, in her mind, Caleb Lockwood had always done things his own way; he would never listen to her.
Serena understood that Caleb Lockwood ca this ti to hear her play the piano.
After all, he had already figured out that she was the one who played the electronic piano for him in the juvenile detention center, Chloe.
"No..."
Serena shook her head toward Dylan Shepherd.
"Today, I want to play sothing different."
Playing the Chopin Nocturne would only unsettle her mind.
Over there, the makeup artist called for Serena, and just as she was about to go over for makeup, a call ca in.
The caller ID showed Aaron Linton.
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