Filed to story: The Disguised Billionaire and His Accidental Wife Novel
Pale in the face, Shawn could not stop his lips from shaking. “Enemies… Serenity, are you going to take me for an enemy?”
He was in love with her, but she saw him as the enemy. These words were heart-wrenching and eating him up inside.
“Shawn, I’m someone else’s wife now. My husband and I have gotten a marriage license. Although we married right away, we’re developing feelings for each other. I won’t betray my husband.
“If you‘re hell–bent on getting in between my husband and I, starting troubles and rumors, you‘re depleting what‘s left of our relationship. I‘ll be forced to hate you and see you as an enemy.”
With paleness overtaking Shawn‘s complexion, Serenity sighed, wondering when she ever sent out the wrong message.
As she would put it, she would rather die than be nice to Shawn had she known it would give Shawn the wrong idea.
Serenity was long–time friends with Jasmine, so she knew Shawn through Jasmine. As she was older than Shawn, Serenity had always played the part of an older sister to him.
It never crossed her mind that…
“Shawn.”
Relaxing her tensed facial muscles, Serenity said, “You‘re a nice and cheerful boy, Shawn, but you and I don‘t go together. Stay away from me. I can promise to keep my distance from you too. Let time and distance help you to move on. You‘ll soon realize that it doesn‘t have to be me.
“Letting go is not losing the person. You‘ll be gaining a new life to find the love that‘s yours to keep. Shawn, thank you for liking me. Please forgive me that I can‘t give you any chance because I‘ve fallen in love with my husband.
“I won‘t leave him unless he gives up on our marriage. My heart can‘t accept another now that he lives in it.
“Please don‘t do this again. Next time, I‘ll chase you out with a broom and cut ties with you. That would be it for our friendship.”
Shawn shook.
He could not believe Serenity could be so cruel.
Her words were more than hurtful.
“Serenity…”
Serenity extended her hand out, gesturing for Shawn to leave.
While doing that, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure standing not too far away.
With Serenity looking over, Zachary threw the coat and umbrella in his hand over the front hood of her car. The umbrella happened to shield the coat from the rain.
As she watched in dismay, Zachary turned around and took strides back to his car. He opened the door, got into the car, started the engine, and turned around to drive away.
It was all done without pause.
He was already far by the time Serenity snapped out of the trance.
All Serenity could think about was ‘Oh, sh*t!‘.
She was caught by Zachary yet again.
Was he getting the wrong idea about her again?
o not come home, start another silent treatment, and delete her number once Wash more?
Shawn‘s full attention was on Serenity, so he did not notice Zachary‘s arrival and departure. Seeing Serenity stunned there, he sensed something amiss and concernedly cried, “What‘s the matter, Serenity?”
Serenity pushed him away and ran into the shop to grab the car keys from the cash register. She then made her way out and unlocked the car without an umbrella. Serenity grabbed the coat and umbrella on the hood along the way.
She stuffed the coat and umbrella into the car before getting in herself.
“Serenity! Serenity!”
Shawn came after her, slapping on her car window and asking anxiously, “What happened, Serenity?”
All Serenity could think about was catching up to Zachary and explaining to him before he got the wrong impression again.
The last time, Zachary saw her serving Shawn some food. She had no idea Shawn had a crush on her at the time and was merely thanking him for his help. Shawn was a younger brother to her anyway.
Zachary did not lose his temper at the time or even let her know that he saw her.
He had an argument with her while he was drunk and started to stay out from the next day onward. Zachary gave her the cold shoulder for days and also deleted her number.
Since the incident, Serenity knew she must do something the moment a misunderstanding arose. She must clarity to him at the earliest before things go from bad to worse. They were different from other couples.
It was because Serenity and Zachary got into the marriage without any feelings for each other in the beginning. It took a lot of care for them to come this far.
Serenity drove away.
Shawn wanted to take his car and gain up on her, but seeing that no one was watching Serenity‘s shop, he gave up the chase and stayed to watch over the shop.
Serenity ran into Elisa at the corner turning into the school.
Their cars nearly collided right before both parties jammed on the brakes.
Elisa rolled down her window to give the other party a piece of her mind when she realized that it was Serenity‘s car. She shouted, “Where are you going, Serenity?”
Serenity was surprised to see that it was Elisa. Noticing the beautiful middle–aged woman sitting on the passenger‘s seat next to Elisa, Serenity guessed it must be Mrs. Stone. She nodded at the mother and daughter and said, “I have an urgent matter to attend to, Elisa.
“Jas is in the hospital for a cold and fever. No one’s looking after the shop. Can I trouble you to watch the place for me?”
“Serenity, I… Sure, I’ll leave you to deal with your stuff.”
Elisa wanted to say that she came here with her mother to bring Serenity and her mother for a DNA test. However, Serenity must have had an emergency since she appeared rather anxious, so Elisa ended up agreeing to watch the shop.
Serenity restarted the engine and disappeared into traffic.
Traffic was bad as it was the morning rush hour. Cars were jammed up on many roads.
Serenity was desperate.
She wished she had wings to fly all the way to York Corporation.
Had she known, she would have taken the e-bike to work
The four-wheeled ride protected her from the external elements, but it was useless in the heavy traffic.
Serenity kept phoning Zachary while on the unmoving road, but he refused to pick up.
He would not even return her text messages.
Now, this was all too familiar
That was how he acted when he was angry and took things the wrong way. He refused to receive calls or reply to messages.
Zachary was jealous.
Before he could get out of the car upon his arrival at the shop, Zachary witnessed Serenity bringing the roses out of the shop and dumping them in a bin.
Serenity said something to Shawn, and Shawn tried to reach out and grab her, but she slapped his hand away with a duster. Serenity did not do him any wrong.
Yet, Zachary could not stop himself from getting angry.
Hence why he turned on his heel and left when she saw him.
Zachary was acting on his instincts.
At present, he was on his way back to the office.
Serenity‘s call came in when he was driving. Zachary was not in the mood to accept the call.
He did not bother to read the text messages she sent either.
Zachary simply drove on, going past his office building without stopping.
It was not until he was miles away that it hit him. He made a U–turn at the intersection ahead and went back to where he came from.