First Love Only? I Left Him First, Now the CEO Can't Let Go novel Chapter 11

Chapter 11: Chapter 11: She Bullies Claire

"Hmm." Serena Jennings nodded to Justin Nash. Although she was in the middle of a divorce spat with Caleb Lockwood, the divorce wasn’t final yet, so she was still a married woman.

The thought of divorce made Serena’s mood a bit heavy. She sighed and then turned to Lily Sutton, saying, "I’m just having a meal with a colleague. There’s no law that says a married woman can’t have a meal with a man, right? Are you still living in ancient times?"

"Colleague? Where does a housewife get colleagues?"

"Why don’t you say ’classmates’? You can’t even make up a good lie."

"She doesn’t have many classmates either, right? Didn’t she dropout before finishing college?"

Seeing the two women at the neighboring table intentionally picking a fight, Justin Nash immediately defended Serena Jennings, "Don’t look down on people. Miss Jennings is actually a psychological counselor at the youth detention center now."

"Psychological counselor at the youth detention center?" Lily Sutton rolled her eyes, "How much can that even make?"

"Lily, look what I’ve found."

At this moment, Owen Warren handed his phone to Lily Sutton.

He showed Lily Sutton an online job posting for the youth detention center.

"Volunteer? Isn’t that just a volunteer job? You don’t earn a penny from that, what’s there to brag about?"

"Exactly, and she calls herself a teacher? Who is she kidding?"

Lily Sutton and Owen Warren continued their banter, making Justin Nash furious enough to want to hit someone, but he couldn’t really hit women.

Serena Jennings didn’t really care about Claire Shaw’s friends provoking her; she simply thought that Justin Nash, who wanted to stand up for her and had clenched his fists tightly, was rather adorable.

"You guys stop talking, Serena’s life is not easy."

At this moment, Claire Shaw’s sweet voice rang out, her face with exquisite makeup full of sympathy for Serena Jennings.

"After all, the youth detention center is not a good place. It’s filled with troubled students, almost like a prison. Someone like me, a psychology PhD from a prestigious university, would never apply to such a place. So they can only hire volunteers from society’s idle individuals, which saves costs and provides opportunities for those with no degree and ability who want to accumulate work experience."

Claire Shaw’s words may seem reasonable upon first hearing, but in reality, they belittled both Serena Jennings and the work at the youth detention center, which made Justin Nash even angrier.

Serena Jennings silently opened her handbag and calmly took out several certificates.

"You can slander me, but the youth detention center isn’t as unprofessional as you claim. Psychological counselors there require having three certificates. Without even one, you can’t even take the written test, let alone join."

Serena presented certificates including a practicing physician certificate, a social work certificate, and the basic training certificate for psychological counseling from the Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences.

Lily Sutton and Owen Warren exchanged glances.

Claire Shaw’s face briefly showed unease because she hadn’t obtained any of those certificates.

"In this day and age, there aren’t many people who make fake certificates online, are there? Who knows if these certificates are real?"

"Yeah, yeah, just bluffing, unlike Claire’s doctoral degree which has genuine merit."

Serena Jennings had not expected Claire Shaw’s friends to acknowledge her. She smiled calmly and was about to put the certificates away when the owner of this Japanese restaurant approached.

The owner, a Japanese who married and moved to City A, could speak some English, though not very fluently.

Upon seeing Serena Jennings’ certificates, she excitedly mixed Japanese and English to ask Serena.

Serena understood Japanese and directly conversed with her in it.

It turned out the owner’s child was preparing for a psychological counselor exam, had failed last time, and wanted to ask Serena for better study materials.

Serena recommended some books and emphasized some key points, earning praise from the owner for being excellent, attractive, and kind, which made Serena quite embarrassed.

Lily Sutton and Owen Warren basically couldn’t understand a single word, but both Claire Shaw and Justin Nash understood Japanese, though they didn’t speak it.

Claire Shaw’s face looked unpleasant. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

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