Chapter 28 – The Disguised Billionaire and His Accidental Wife Novel

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Serenity tossed and turned all night as stressful dreams were triggered. The disturbed sleep drained her energy by the time she woke up the following morning.

As usual, Serenity hung her laundry on the balcony after turning the washing machine on before bed.

It was then she realized that stainless steel rods had been installed on the balcony. They were for her to air the laundry. There were also a variety of potted plants stacked on the huge balcony. Many of them had bloomed and budded. No matter the size, the petals were all the intricate kind.

Serenity’s attention was immediately drawn to the flowers.

She hung her clothes out and got straight to assembling the flower stands she bought yesterday morning. Serenity then displayed the potted plants on the stands.

While busting her gut over the task, Serenity got a crawling sensation of a pair of prying eyes. She looked up and met Zachary’s unfazed gaze. His eyes were nothing short of piercing and emotionless.

Serenity had learned to live with his blank face now as they were married for a few days.

“Morning, Mr. York.”

Serenity said hello and complimented him, “Mr. York, these flowers are great. You did a good job!”

She could trust Zachary to get the job done

Zachary muttered in a husky voice, “You can tell me if you encounter any problems in the future.”

Her requests were a piece of cake to him.

“Sure.”

With a smile, Serenity went back to fiddling with the plants.

“Where did you get these plants? They’re beautiful.”

Zachary lied, “I visited quite a few florists. I can’t remember the shops.”

“Ah.” Serenity did not press further on the matter as she had been more than happy with the results he produced.

“What are we having for breakfast today?”

Now that he mentioned it, it dawned on Serenity that she missed the most important meal of the day. Whipping out her phone, she realized it was past seven o’clock. Rising to her feet, Serenity said embarrassedly, “I forgot about getting breakfast this morning, Mr. York. There’s still time to go and grab a quick takeout now. I’ll get us something while you brush your teeth. What do you fancy?”

Zachary answered flatly, “I’m not fussy. You can decide.”

Even if he were, Zachary had to go along with her choices, or he would blow his cover. His favorite food was not at an affordable price.

“Alright.”

Serenity swiftly went downstairs and rode her e-bike out to get breakfast. It did not take long before she returned.

She bought bacon wraps with cheese, hash browns, and apple juice.

Zachary stared at the breakfast, unable to bring himself to take a bite.

Serenity was oblivious to that fact as she wolfed down her share after laying the breakfast spread. She then went back to complete her vision of a mini garden at the balcony.

After a long silence, Zachary reached out to pick up the bacon wrap and took a bite. The wrap might be heavy on the grease, but the taste was great. Only God knew if the fat in the bacon was healthy or cooked under sanitary conditions.

Never mind. An occasional wrap would not kill.

At this moment, Zachary regretted his decision to conceal his identity as the heir of the Yorks of Wiltspoon. He was giving himself problems by trying to build a common wage earner’s image.

“Serenity.”

“What’s the matter, Mr. York?”

Serenity’s voice was heard from the balcony.

Chewing on the wrap, Zachary made his way to the balcony.” Your sister’s thing is nothing to worry about. The car in question happens to belong to one of our important clients. It dawned on me last night, so I gave Mr. Lewis a call. He said the repairs cost about ten thousand dollars.”

Although she appeared rather lively dabbling the plants, Zachary could tell that she was not at her best, likely due to a lack of sleep last night. The matter with her sister was the cause of trouble in slumberland.

Serenity lifted her chin and observed him munching on the wrap. While thinking to herself that Zachary was easy to appease in the food department, Serenity asked, “How can you be sure it’s the car of your company’s client?”

Her sister was clueless about the car owner’s name. All she knew was that he was big, strong, and had an intimidating scar on his face. Sonny was scared stiff of the man.

“I attended to Mr. Lewis when he came to our office yesterday morning. I noticed there was a scratch on his car, so I asked him about it. Mr. Lewis told me that a woman with a baby knocked a stroller onto his car.

“I was thinking if it could be a coincidence when you talked about it last night, so I called Mr. Lewis. Is your sister called

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Her sister could manage ten thousand bucks.

“I asked him, and that was what he said.”

Serenity heaved a sigh of relief. “That’s great. Thank you, Mr. York.”

The sisters’ biggest worry was the cost of the damage. Now that Serenity found out that it was only going to set them back by ten thousand dollars, the sun over the horizon seemed awfully bright.

At the same time, Serenity realized that they might be strangers before, but postnuptial, Zachary had her back whenever she sought help from him. Zachary was a capable man.

He was like a shoulder she could lean on.

“You’re welcome.”

With relief spreading across her face, it put Zachary in a good mood too.

“Ring, ring, ring…”

Serenity’s phone rang.

She picked up the call. It was from her sister.

“Liberty, I was just about to call you. I told my husband about vour incident. By a stroke of luck, the car owner turns out to be one of Zachary’s clients. Zachary asked about the repairs, and it should come to around ten thousand bucks. Can you afford that?”

Serenity barely slept a wink over the matter. As the party involved, Liberty must have had a rougher night.

The compensation would not have been a concern in the past when she was earning a high wage. Nevertheless, she was now a full-time housewife without a source of income. Her husband blamed her for getting into trouble and sulkily announced that Liberty was on her own. Of course, Liberty had a harder time fretting over it than Serenity.

“I can manage if it’s around ten thousand bucks. I saved half of the allowance you gave me without telling my husband. It should be enough to cover the repair cost.

“Oh, I actually called you to talk about this. The owner of the car sent me a text message at two o’clock in the morning. He gave me an account number to wire nine thousand bucks into. I saw the message when I got up. I wanted to tell you this, so you don’t have to worry about it.

“Now it seems Mr. Lewis is not expecting me to pay the whole thing.”

Liberty only had to foot nine thousand dollars out of a bill that could have cost over ten thousand dollars. Mr. Lewis probably asked for less on account of her new brother-in-law. So far,

Zachary scored a brownie point in Liberty’s books.

Since the unfortunate incident, all her husband did was call her a troublemaker and say it was her problem to solve. They were already splitting the household expenses, so he left the bill to Liberty to figure it out on her own.