Chapter 177 – The Disguised Billionaire and His Accidental Wife Novel

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Grandma May must have her reasons to take a shine to Serenity.

Zachary fell silent for a while before replying, “What’s there to see? She has two eyes, a nose, and a mouth just like everyone else.”

“Haha.”

Duncan burst out laughing.

He got the hint that his best friend had no intentions to let them meet with Serenity.

Josh probably had met Serenity and knew her well because Josh was nosy and had an information network to get all the info on her.

Duncan left the conversation at that. Knowing that his best friend was busy, he quickly hung up the call.

Time passed quickly.

It was soon dead into the night.

Sitting inside the Rolls Royce, Zachary knitted between his brows as the weariness began to take its effect.

He must be in over his head in the last few days for trying to cram three days of work into one. Of course, he was tired.

“Sir, should I drive to Regent Residences?”

The chauffeur asked.

Slumping against the seat, Zachary closed his eyes and took his time to answer the chauffeur.

Two minutes later, he spoke in a gruff voice, “To Brynfield.”

“Sure.”

Hearing that, Jim could relax.

The lives of the bodyguards would be better with Mr. Zachary finally returning to the missus‘ side.

Although Mr. Zachary did nothing to the bodyguards, the squad had been on tenterhooks, afraid they might slip up and get it from Mr. Zachary as Mr. Zachary had not been in the best of moods for the past few days.

Zachary was not on his way back from the office as he had been out at a business dinner. The journey home would take some time.

It took twenty minutes before he arrived at Brynfield.

Zachary opened the door to the house and was welcomed by darkness.

Was Serenity not home yet?

He turned on the lights and looked at the time. It was eleven o’clock at night. The girl would be home soon. It was a good thing he came upstairs quickly, or his cover would be blown if she caught him stepping out of the Rolls Royce.

Zachary had not been home for three days.

Yet, he had the feeling that he had been away for a long time.

The silent treatment, the temporary separate living arrangement, and the deleting of contacts felt like a long time ago.

In reality, it had only been three days.

The silent treatment would have carried on if Nana did not intervene to give Zachary an out.

There was a maneki–neko and a dragon on the coffee table.

Those were the crafts Serenity promised him.

Zachary went over and picked up the maneki–neko. Serenity was

good with her hands, breathing life into her crafts.

There was a noise at the door.

Zachary swiftly put the maneki–neko back on the coffee table, wanting to pretend that he had only come out of his bedroom. However, he still had his suit on. Besides, Serenity already had one foot inside the house. Hence, Zachary gave up on putting up the front.

Their gazes met.

Serenity broke the silence. “Did you just come home, Mr. York?”

“Yes. I just arrived.”

Zachary calmly picked up the golden dragon. “When did you finish these products?”

“I put them out on the night you didn’t return home.”

Serenity said while approaching him, “Since I’m not allowed in your bedroom, I didn’t put the crafts in your room and put them here instead. I was thinking you’d spot the crafts when you come back and take them into your room.”

Zachary picked up the maneki–neko once more as his wife said, “I made your maneki–neko bigger than the one I gave Ms. Stone. I put a lot of effort into it. What do you think? Doesn’t it look lifelike?”

The mention that his was bigger than Ms. Stone‘s made Zachary feel good. However, he did not show it on his face and simply hummed faintly, “Yes.”

Serenity grinned. “I‘m glad you like them.”

She put her car keys on the coffee table and turned around to head to the kitchen. “I‘m making pasta for supper. Do you want any?” She then answered on her own before Zachary could reply, “Oh, I forgot. You don‘t have the habit of eating supper because it adds pounds.”

Zachary thought to himself, ‘… What more can I say? You said it all.

Nevertheless, he was not hungry.

Serenity was boiling a pot of pasta in the kitchen. Zachary stood there for a moment before making his way to the kitchen door. Instead of stepping into the kitchen, he stood by the door and watched as Serenity sliced the onions and basil. These were her two favorite ingredients for pasta. She also cooked an egg and some bacon bits.

She said she enjoyed a bit of grease in her food.

Ring, ring, ring… Serenity‘s phone rang. She stopped what she was doing while murmuring, “Who could be

calling me at this hour?”

The moment Serenity saw that it was Shawn, she furrowed her brows and took the call. Zachary heard her saying, “What‘s the matter, Shawn?”

It was a call from Shawn!

Zachary immediately pricked his ears up.

“Serenity, is your brother-in–law called Hank Brown?”

It only hit Shawn why Hank‘s name sounded familiar when he got home. It seemed to be the name of Serenity‘s brother–in–law.

He immediately called Serenity to verify the possibility. Of course, he had his ulterior motives. It was a reason for Serenity to feel grateful to him.

“That‘s my brother–in–law‘s name. What‘s wrong? Do you know him?”

Zachary could guess the direction of the conversation at that point. Without interrupting their phone conversation, Zachary slipped away to his bedroom and called Josh. Once Josh picked up the call, he asked in a husky voice, “Josh, did you get anything on the investigation into Hank‘s affair?”

“Got it. I was thinking of bringing the report with the photographs to you tomorrow. Hank has all the intentions of cheating on Liberty, but he and his lover haven‘t gotten physical yet. It‘s more like they‘re dating without having sex.

“Apart from a few pieces of jewelry, Hank didn‘t give his lover a house or a car. My people took photographs of them together. There are a few intimate pictures like kissing and hugging, but nothing more than that.”