What the hell was this girl playing at? But he was already stalking towards her and only stopped when he was a hair’s breadth away from Serenity. This close, he could easily smell the sweet, fresh fragrance of her shampoo, could see how fast her chest was rising and falling rapidly. This close, his cock was going insane inside his pants, like it had never been this near to a pussy before.

What the hell was happening?

He opened his mouth to demand it out loud, but he was unable to say a word because at that exact moment, Serenity had chosen to throw herself at him and kissed Willem full in the mouth.

Closing her eyes, Serenity kissed Willem with all the love she had kept bottled up inside her for five long years.

She kissed and kissed him, but eventually, she was unable to hide from the truth.

His lips remained stiff under hers, cold and unmoving.

Tears streaked down her face, but she didn’t allow herself to give up. She kissed him harder. She kissed him more desperately. She kissed him pleadingly.

But nothing happened.

Serenity’s arms fell limply to her side.

Slowly, she pulled away. “Please,” she whispered. “Please tell me you’re...you’re just pretending? You’re just controlling yourself?”

Instead of answering, he said quietly, “Your resignation’s accepted.”