Filed to story: The Disguised Billionaire and His Accidental Wife Novel
As her best friend, Jasmine had the best understanding of the person Serenity was.
Jasmine knew that Serenity did not love Shawn romantically, and that would not change no matter what Shawn did.
Shawn‘s fixation on Serenity would only get him hurt.
Jasmine was Shawn’s cousin. Feeling sorry for her cousin, Jasmine could only persuade Shawn to get over his feelings.
Shawn could only get his life back when he let go of his obsession with Serenity.
That was why anyone but Jasmine would take Shawn’s side.
“Uh… I was wrong about Ms. Sox.
“So she‘s not well.”
Zachary must inform Josh later so the latter could have an excuse to contact Jasmine.
“Yeah. She has a high fever. It could be the sudden change of weather. She picked fashion over comfort and caught a cold in return.”
Serenity had always seen her best friend in a dress during winter. Although the dresses were made of warmer materials, Serenity believed winter clothes were more appropriate for the season. Serenity often teased her best friend for choosing style over comfort.
The girls had different preferences when it came to winter clothing. Serenity wished she could wear a duvet out when the weather was chilly.
“Give me your phone, Zachary.”
“What‘s the matter?”
Serenity put her hand out, demanding his phone.
“I want to see if I‘m still on your contact list. Did you delete my number? With that history of yours, I need to check your phone. You can forget re–adding my number if you wipe out my contact again.”
She had a temper too.
Zachary compliantly handed out his phone. He unlocked the phone and tapped on the message icon for her convenience to examine. “It‘s easy to delete a number but difficult to add it back. It was a hard lesson to learn. I won‘t make the same mistake again.”
While adding back her number the last time, Serenity mentioned that they would be through if they deleted each other‘s numbers again.
With her number still on his contact list, Serenity‘s mind was put at ease.
Nevertheless, it upset her that he did not respond to a single message despite her blowing up his phone with multiple text messages.
Shoving his phone back into his hand, she opened the door and uttered, “Alright now. I‘ve cleared the air, so get down. You should get back to work. I need to return to the shop. Elisa brought her mother there. I told her to watch the shop for me.” Zachary stared at her and asked, “Are you agry, Seren?”
“I‘m not petty like you.”
Zachary replied hesitantly, “You‘re mad.”
“Yes, I‘m mad. I sent you so many text messages, yet you’re cruel enough not to reply to any one of them.”
While getting out of the car, Serenity pulled Zachary out together with her. She put the umbrella into his hand and said, “You should get back to work. I got to go.”
She was still hungry.
Serenity did not have the chance to drink the hot cocoa he made for her this morning and now her stomach was aching.
“I‘ll watch you leave from here.”
Since Elisa and her mother came looking for Serenity, they must be there to talk about Mrs. Stone‘s sister.
Zachary could not keep Serenity for long.
Serenity sat behind the wheel and waved at Zachary, saying, “Let me know beforehand if you’re coming over for lunch. Otherwise, you wouldn‘t even have any leftovers.”
“Sure.”
Zachary would not head to the shop if Mrs. Stone and her daughter were there.
Serenity soon drove away.
Standing there, Zachary watched her car go out of sight before turning on his heel to walk back
Unbeknownst to him, Josh had been taking turns with Callum spying on the couple at the front of the office building with a pair of binoculars.
As for the senior executives who were called to the meeting, Josh discussed a bit of work related stuff and quickly adjourned the meeting.
“If only I had super hearing.”
Josh put down the binoculars. Since they could only see but not hear, they had no idea what the dummy said to his missus.
The young couple must be doing something X-rated in the car.
Who would have thought an uptight, no-nonsense man like Zachary was capable of such a thing?
All hail the power of love.
Hang on. It should be the power of jealousy.
Zachary only became reckless because of jealousy.
Callum said with a smile, “Zack‘s coming back. I should go. Don‘t forget to put the binoculars back into Zack‘s drawer or bear the consequences should he find out.”
He made a quick escape.
Josh immediately hurried out of the meeting room with the binoculars and stuffed them back into Zachary‘s drawer before going back.
He then walked out like nothing ever happened.
Mr. Chaplin played blind and saw nothing.
Josh ran into Zachary at the lift.
“Is the meeting over?” Zachary asked in a good mood.
“It just ended. Why? Did you have anything to add?”
“No.”
Zachary brushed past Josh before stopping. He turned his head and told Josh, “Ms. Sox has a high fever. She‘s in the hospital.”
Josh asked calmly, “Really?”
Once Zachary was gone, Josh whipped out his phone and gave Jasmine a call.
He asked about her, making sure she was okay on the phone. Having found out Jasmine was put on IV drips in the hospital, Josh said, “I‘ll head there right now to keep you company, Ms. Sox.”
“It’s fine, Mr. Bucham. My mom‘s with me.” “I see. Do take care and stay hydrated.”
For the sake of peace and quiet, Jasmine did not hesitate to lie on the floor at Mrs. Dawson’s birthday celebration. It meant that the pressure to get married was pretty bad for Jasmine.
Josh would not be able to wiggle his way out of the situation if Mrs. Sox caught him visiting Jasmine.
Although Jasmine was his type, nothing was carved in stone yet between them. They had not reached the stage of meeting the parents.
Josh only let the head of the Bucham household know about it while keeping it from the others. He was afraid the seniors of his family would turn up in a large group at Jasmine’s house and scare her off.
Jasmine thanked Josh’s show of concern.
The pair did not chat for long and ended the phone conversation.
Elisa and her mother waited at Serenity’s shop for Serenity’s return. Shawn left after Elisa and her mother came along.
Shawn’s mother warned him to keep a distance from Elisa. The Lowes did not want to cross the fiery princess of the Stones.