Chapter 114
Author: Anastasia Marie
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56
"But... The clothes you're wearing are..."

He seemed to only realize then that he had been wearing the same clothes he was when having dinner with Zack last night. Jack would never have been able to afford any of these clothes.

Still, after all that had transpired last night, he no longer planned to hide his true identity anymore, especially considering he had to reveal it to her eventually, anyway. What difference would it make if she found out a little earlier now?

Besides, it would be easier for him to keep her under his wing of protection once she learned who he really was.

"Even if my clothes are different," he smiled at her and asked her, "I'm still the same Jack, aren't I?"

By that point, even if Serenity had been a complete idiot, she would still have easily detected something wrong and realized that the truth had not been as she imagined.

"You're not homeless?"

"No," he confessed.

"Then... Then why did you pretend to be homeless?"

She started to feel as if she had be
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