CHAPTER 105: CHAPTER 105: GIVING A RING

One Night Drunk is a rather inconspicuous small bar, but it operates on a membership basis.

Serena Jennings wasn’t a member. As soon as she got out of the car, she saw Peter already standing at the bar entrance waiting for her.

"Have you been waiting long?" Serena walked up to Peter.

"No, it’s just perfect timing."

Peter led Serena into the bar and sat down in a booth.

The drinks were already ordered by Peter, and he handed Serena a margarita.

While drinking, Serena apologized to Peter, "I’m really sorry about today, such a nice meal got ruined. I’ll treat you to another one someday."

"Alright, sounds good!"

Peter accepting Serena’s apology without being polite.

"Did Caleb Lockwood find you... to talk about the divorce?"

Peter asked casually, but sitting next to him, Serena could sense his cautiousness.

Serena felt that Peter had invited her for drinks here probably just to ask about this.

"Yes."

Serena nodded.

Regarding the divorce, she actually didn’t want to talk much.

But she could tell Peter seemed very curious.

"Did he make it difficult for you?" Peter asked with concern.

"No, he used to make things difficult, but not this time." Serena shook her head, squeezing out a bitter smile, "Not only did he not make it difficult, but he also wants to give me compensation of 80 million!"

Serena initially thought 80 million was already a lot, and Peter would be surprised upon hearing it. However, Peter replied calmly, "Yes, he should give it... even if the unit was changed to a billion, I wouldn’t think it’s too much."

Serena was speechless.

She didn’t consider herself worth that much money.

Especially to Caleb Lockwood.

"Since he didn’t make it difficult for you and you’re okay with the money, what are you still worried about?"

Serena was startled, looking at Peter in surprise.

Did she really look so worried?

Originally, to Serena, Peter was just a work partner, like a colleague or boss.

Even though they’ve known each other for a long time, they couldn’t be considered close friends.

Serena never thought she’d have a day of getting so close to Peter.

Without concealment, she straightforwardly told Peter about Caleb Lockwood transferring 10% of the Lockwood Group shares to her in the divorce agreement.

Peter was dumbfounded and laughed.

"Do you know how many people are desperate to get Lockwood Group’s shares!"

"But I really don’t want it."

"Just take it, you’re not losing anything."

Serena understood what Peter meant, but she always felt that with the shares involved, she and Caleb Lockwood would still have to be colleagues even after the divorce.

The more she thought about it, the more troubled she felt. She tilted her head back and drank the margarita in her glass all at once.

Sitting next to her, Peter propped his chin with one hand, staring intently at Serena. His emotions were hard to hide.

"Serena..."

When Serena looked over, Peter quickly withdrew his gaze.

He took out a gift box from his pants pocket and handed it to Serena.

"This... I wanted to give it to you during dinner."

"I can’t accept without a reason..." Serena wanted to refuse, but Peter said:

"Just a congratulatory gift, to celebrate your stamp design’s great success at the exchange meeting."

Since Peter put it like that, Serena couldn’t refuse.

She opened the gift box.

The size of the box looked a bit like a ring box.

Serena opened it and found that it really was a ring inside.

She looked at Peter with some surprise.

She remembered that previously, when she resigned, Peter gifted her jewelry too, but it was a brooch instead of a ring.

A man giving a woman a ring as a gift always seemed to invite speculation.

Serena saw Peter’s usual expression, guessing Peter might be desensitized from dealing with jewelry all the time!

"Don’t feel burdened." Seeing Serena’s hesitant face, Peter explained: "My specialty is jewelry, and besides jewelry, I don’t know what gifts are suitable for girls. This ring design is very casual, a daisy style, not expensive, but the craftsmanship is nice. I think it should be suitable for your daily work wear."

With Peter saying so much, Serena didn’t know how to respond for a moment, so she simply said "Thank you."

Actually, Peter’s original plan was to gift Serena custom high-end jewelry.

But when he recalled Serena had never worn the brooch he gave her, as far as he knew.

Besides special occasions, Serena’s daily attire and makeup were very simple, with not a single piece of jewelry.

Hence, Peter changed his mind and picked a daily wear design.

Still, to leave a special impression of this casual design in Serena’s heart, he took the risk of choosing a ring.

Serena originally wanted to put the ring away, but seeing Peter repeatedly suggest it was suitable for daily wear, hinting indirectly that she could wear it now, she ended up just keeping the ring box and putting the ring on her left middle finger.

About the different meanings of wearing rings on different fingers and hands, Serena never paid attention to or cared about them.

She didn’t wear it on her right hand simply because she’s right-handed and uses her right hand for work.

Today is the Double Ninth Festival.

Serena brought a box of osmanthus cake, two roast chickens, a case of milk, and her homemade tomato beef stew and steamed prawns to Serene Meadows Nursing Home.

Her mother Audrey Jennings has been living here.

Before founding her studio, Serena visited her mom weekly, but since starting her own business, she could only visit once a month.

It’s a holiday today, so Serena rarely cooked.

On one hand, she’s bringing her mom some of her homemade dishes; on the other hand, she’s here to settle the nursing home’s fees.

This nursing home was originally found by Caleb.

It is the most expensive and best nursing home in City A, with both facilities and staff very professional.

Even after divorcing Caleb, Serena doesn’t plan to move her mom.

Only the money won’t come from Caleb anymore.

Knock, knock!

Serena knocked on the door.

"Mom, I’ve come to see you."

The door opened wide, and Serena saw the people in the room—

Besides her mother Audrey Jennings, there was another person.

The other person saw her, stood up, and walked over to take things from her.

"Mom, see, Serena’s here now."

Being called "Serena" by Caleb, Serena felt like she was dreaming. Rather, the fact that Caleb was here made her feel unreal.

In the past years, Caleb had accompanied her to visit her mom, but since her mom had Alzheimer’s and didn’t remember her, Caleb didn’t have to pretend in front of her mom.

"Oh Serena, I told you, how could you let Caleb come alone."

Audrey Jennings squinted her eyes, smiling kindly.

Serena went from bewildered to utterly surprised.

"Mom, you recognize me?!"

Audrey nodded awkwardly, "Of course I recognize you, you silly child, what are you saying!"

Serena felt incredibly incredulous. She wanted to ask Caleb, but saw Caleb was already taking out the dishes she brought and then patting the chair beside him.

"Come sit, Serena."