Filed to story: The Disguised Billionaire and His Accidental Wife Novel
Serenity’s mind was occupied by her sister’s separation from Hank today. She got off the bed and walked on, only to make her way back and pushed Zachary down the bed. Clasping his face, she gave him a big smooch and said with a smile, “I’m really happy to receive a bouquet and the wedding ring first thing in the morning.” Not too long ago, they were still sleeping in separate rooms. He was even torn about giving her a bunch of flowers.
Serenity realized that there were certain things that came naturally to men. It did not take long for them to make up for the lack of experience with practice. This was the case with Zachary. He got the hang of sweet talk and romancing rather quickly. Letting go of him, Serenity turned on her heel and went to the bathroom. Zachary sat up and touched the area she kissed. Pursing his lips, he muttered, “Didn’t Nana tell her to jump me, strip me naked, and eat me up?” She jumped him alright, but she did not strip him naked. If Serenity could read his mind, she probably would retort that she wanted to fatten him up before eating him. Zachary would hope that he was a piece of meat! Serenity came out of the bathroom a while later. Zachary was still sitting in bed when Serenity drew close. He mentioned in an affectionate voice, “I’m going away on business in two days.”
“For how long?” Serenity knew that senior executives of major companies often had to go away on business.
“That‘s hard to say. I’ll be back once my work there is done.” “Let me know when’s your trip. I’ll help you pack and drive you to the airport.” Since Serenity did not have a change of clothes in his bedroom, she intended to return to her room to get dressed and wash up. With Serenity about to leave, Zachary reached out to pull her back. His dark eyes were fixed on her beautiful face. “That‘s it?” Serenity was without a word.
She blinked, unable to get the message he was trying to convey.
What else if not that? Was he expecting her to see him off at the city he was conducting business in? “Can family tag along too?” Zachary was twitching by the corners of his mouth. “Since I can‘t go with you, is it not enough that I‘ll drive you to the airport?” Zachary’s hand over hers loosened.
Serenity stared at his hand and uttered with a frown, “I thought you had been slick with your words lately, but you lost it now. You just keep me guessing by leaving things hanging. I‘m not smart enough to read your mind. “I‘m going to change out of my pajamas. Are we going out for breakfast or having it at home?” Serenity asked while walking out. “You can decide.” Detecting the grumpiness in his tone, Serenity stopped at the bedroom door and looked back at him before opening the door and leaving. As Serenity came face-to-face with Grandma May, she wished the old face a good morning like nothing ever happened. “Good morning, Nana.” “Morning.”
Grandma May watched happily as Serenity came out of her grandson’s bedroom,
Although the couple did nothing, at least they were sleeping in the same bed. This was progress. They ended up having breakfast at home. Serenity made the grandmother and grandson a simple breakfast. Ring, ring, ring…
Serenity’s phone rang.
Thinking it was her sister, Serenity grabbed her phone and looked at the display screen. It was
an unfamiliar number.
She grimaced. Any foreign number that showed up on her phone basically belonged to her unscrupulous relatives. Since Elisa stood up for her the last time, these people had called it quits for a while. What were they up to now that they were calling her again? With no desire to take the call, Serenity rejected it.
They dialed her number once more. She cut the call.
After their third attempt, Serenity slammed her cutlery down.
The grandmother and grandson looked at her. She held the phone and took the call, reflecting her attitude through her icy tone. “What do you want now?”
“Serenity, I‘m your granddad!” Scowling at the harsh question, Old Mr. Hunt wanted to give her a piece of his mind but the thought of his grandchildren’s present predicament held his tongue. “So?”
“Can‘t you be nicer? I‘m your granddad, your elder! Don’t you have any respect for your elders? I don’t know how your parents raised you.” “I’m sorry, but my parents passed away when I was young, so they couldn’t raise me like that. What? Are you going to tell on me to my parents? Well, go on. My dad is your son. Show him you’re his father and give him a good dressing-down.” Old Mr. Hunt’s complexion turned red with rage. “Are you hurrying me to my grave?” His son and daughter-in-law had been gone for more than a decade. Serenity was telling him to take the issue to his son and daughter-in-law in the afterlife.
“I said nothing of that sort. You said it yourself.” Old Mr. Hunt replied, “Where are you? Look at the time, and your shop isn’t open yet. Other businesses would have made a lot of money by now.”
“Zachary, my granddad’s so concerned as to what time I’m setting up my shop. Are pigs flying? Can you grab your phone and check from the balcony? You need to take a picture of this phenomenon.”
With a scowl, Old Mr. Hunt lashed out, “Don’t change the subject, Serenity. I’m talking to you. Your uncles, aunts, and I are waiting for you at the shop. Hurry up and get over here to unlock the door! We haven’t even had breakfast. Get us takeouts on your way here.”
“There are plenty of breakfast places around. You can go hungry if you don’t want to eat there.”
Why should Serenity be so kind to get them takeaway? They would only tear into her after getting fed.
Offended by Serenity’s attitude, Old Mr. Hunt wanted to let Serenity have it when John snatched the phone over. John sounded rather nice over the phone. “Serenity, this is your cousin, John. We’re waiting in front of your shop. It’ll be great if you could get here soon. We need to talk to you about something.” “I’ll head over after I have my breakfast.”
“Alright. We’ll be waiting for you.”
John then hung up the call.
“Was that your relatives again?” Zachary asked solemnly as Serenity put down the phone.
He had been making those people pay in secret, so life must have been hard on them to come back again.
Josh was right when he said that these people would be all over Serenity, demanding money from her since they had nothing to lose now.
“Yeah. I think all of them are waiting in front of my shop. I don’t know what they want. Anyway, I will never oblige with their request to pay for my grandmom’s medical fees. So what if they come in numbers?” Seeing that Grandmom had a lot of devoted children and grandchildren, Serenity, as the unfavored granddaughter, had no obligation to pay for the hospital bill. Her cousins had better lives than Serenity and her sister anyway.