Filed to story: The Disguised Billionaire and His Accidental Wife Novel
By the time Zachary woke up, Serenity was gone. Looking rather upset, he mumbled to himself, “You slipped away and didn‘t even wait for me to wake up after sleeping with me.”
Serenity would be telling Zachary to watch his mouth if she was here. Sure, she slept with him but only in the same bed minus the hanky–panky.
Zachary would be rendered speechless.
He walked out of his room to find the three ladies missing. Only the pets were around,
Needless to say, the women must be getting groceries at the market.
Zachary sat down on the swing on the balcony.
He relived the beautiful moment of sharing a bed with his wife.
In short, Zachary was not used to it, but he did look forward to doing it again.
It did not take long before Serenity and the other ladies returned.
Apart from groceries, Serenity also bought bed linens. Since the furniture shops were not open this early, she had not gotten a bed frame picked out. She was going to head back out later to get a new bed to set up before she could get to work.
Oh, she was off work today. Zachary took leave from work too. He wanted to take her and Grandma May to some resort for a change of scenery. It should make Grandma May happy.
Picking up on chatter, Zachary came out of the balcony and saw his dear wife carrying shopping bags of bedding. Although his eyes darkened, Zachary made no comment.
“You‘re home, Zack. I thought you went to work.”
Grandma May then gave his grandson an exasperated look.
It was a waste of her great performance. Zack missed out on a golden opportunity.
The b*stard just did not get it.
“Nana, I took the day off today. We‘ll pick Sonny up at Bright Boulevard after breakfast. I‘m taking you all to a resort in the west suburb for a stroll and fresh air.”
Paying no heed to Nana‘s glare, Zachary drew close and explained the reason for his presence at home.
He went over to help Serenity with the stuff. The couple carried the bed linens into the empty guest room together.
Hearing his words, Grandma May asked, “For how long?” “Just a day.”
“It‘s a resort, so one day isn‘t enough to have fun. Since you took a day off today and tomorrow‘s the weekend, we can have a nice three–day vacation at the resort.”
Zachary looked at Serenity before replying in a steady voice, “Liberty is getting on with the divorce with Hank tomorrow. As her family members, we must be there for her. We can‘t let the Browns gain an upper hand and pick on Liberty.”
Serenity gave him a grateful look.
Grandma May was delighted that her grandson was catching on to this game of love.
Zachary called Liberty his family and spoke in a considerate and warm manner. Serenity was staring at him with heart–shaped eyes. Not bad. Grandma May could expect a great–granddaughter if Zachary kept up with his act.
“You have a point. We should all go, so there‘s strength in numbers. We can fight and argue with them. The Browns are nothing to be scared of.”
“Sure.” Zachary was not against Nana tagging along. Nana was pretty bad*ss during her younger days. Although she was old now and could not fight like she used to, Zachary believed that no one could win an argument with Nana.
Liberty‘s mother–in–law and sister–in–law were off the wall. The only way to win them over in a quarrel was to get an elder like Nana to come forward.
“Seren, you should remind your sister to keep an eye out in case Hank moves his wealth and income away. Your sister knows that, right? Look into the account books and check whether the numbers tally. Don‘t give away the money to the other woman.” The old and experienced knew best. Grandma May had it more thought out than the youngsters. “These scums tend to transfer their assets to their family. I have an old friend whose grandchildren are working in a bank. Just say the word and I‘ll call in a favor to check if Hank moved his wealth to any of his family members.”
Serenity was startled. There were too many cases of one party moving their wealth elsewhere during a divorce.
In light of the Browus’ character, Hank was likely to transfer bis assets away.
“Nana, I’ll tell my sister about it.”
Grandma May replied, “Good. Let Zack know if you need help. He’ll get someone to investigate it.”
“I won’t hesitate to look for Zachary when the time comes, Nana.”
The old lady was pleased with Serenity’s readiness to seek help from Zachary. Zachary had smiling eyes, but he put on a straight face when Grandma May looked at him. Grandma May criticized him in her mind, ‘Go on. Go on with your act! We’ll see how long you can keep up with it.’ After breakfast, the group went to Bright Boulevard. Liberty was already waiting with her son at the neighborhood gate. Sonny had adapted to the new routine after going with his aunt in the past few days. He did not kick up a fuss today. “Nana.”
Seeing that Grandma May was around too, Liberty said hello to her. Grandma May smiled and pumped her arm to give her a cheer. Liberty felt warm and cozy inside.
Her sister’s in-laws were way better than hers.
Serenity carried her nephew and said to her sister, “Liberty, do you know much about Hank’s income? Be on the lookout in case he moves the wealth. We’ll be coming tomorrow. Don’t panic. We have your back no matter what.”
Liberty replied, “I have a general idea. He probably doesn’t have much left from his salary, but my guess is his savings would come up to about a million and a half with his side income if he didn’t secretly help out his sister’s family.”
As for the expensive jewelry Hank gave Jessica, Liberty obtained proof to be used during the divorce proceedings. She intended to reclaim these expensive jewelry pieces.
Hank was still Liberty’s husband, so his assets were their joint property. It was
Liberty’s right to reclaim the bling from Jessica since Hank accessed their joint account to make the purchases without her permission.
“He’s sneaky. The savings might not even be in his name.”