Serena chuckled. “Sure. I’ll definitely give you a call if there’s anything I need help with.”
Jim swept a lightning–quick glance at Zack and said, “Then I’ll make a move. I’ll be around the neighborhood to see if I can get some more business and earn a little more money to usher the new year.”
Serena nodded.
Jim walked away as if nothing was wrong.
Jim had only walked for a few minutes before he received a call from Zack.
“Jim, come back. We need your help again to move stuff. This time, the things have to be moved to the eighth floor. There are quite a few things too, so the moving fee… Seren, how much should we give Jim?”
Zack pulled the phone away as he asked Serena.
Serena looked at all the gifts her aunt had sent over. It was too much, even if half of them were her sister’s. It would take some time for Jim to move all of them alone, so she said, “Ask Jim to come back first. He can take a look and name a price.”
After dealing with him a few times, she felt she was now pretty familiar with Jim. It would be embarrassing if she gave him too little for the moving fee, but it would be a loss to give him too much as well, so she simply decided to get Jim to name a fee.
Jim looked like an honest and trustworthy person and did not seem like he would charge an astronomical amount.
“Alright. Jim, just come over first.”
“Sure!” Jim happily replied. He would be able to get a few hundred bucks allowance out of his boss once again!
Half an hour later.
“Seren, I haven’t eaten yet,” Zack said as he closed the door.
After Jim finished moving the gifts into Serena’s place, he sent Liberty and Sonny home and while at it, helped to move Liberty’s portion of gifts from Mrs. Stone up her apartment.
As for the moving fee, Zack had paid for it in advance.
It was pretty good. Ever since Jim had come back from Annenburg with his boss, he had managed to earn quite a bit of allowance from him.
Serena was still in the middle of organizing the gifts from her aunt when she heard him say that. She instinctively replied, “I haven’t eaten either. I trawled the supermarket for hours. Luckily, you came back, or else I’d be super tired after moving all those things upstairs.”
That was because she would not have thought of asking Jim for help.
If Jim could hear her thoughts, he would agree, “If the boss had not returned, he would not have been able to help either.”
“If you need help with anything in the future, just let Jim know. He’s reliable and he charges reasonably. He does everything competently, too. I’ll go make dinner.”
Zack thought that his esteemed wife would cook a delicious meal for him upon. his return from his business trip.
Now, seeing his wife busily organizing the things before her, he resigned himself to the kitchen.
As he did so, he took off his suit jacket and placed it on the sofa. He then unbuttoned the cuffs of his sleeves and rolled them up.
“You were wearing just a jacket and a shirt?”
Zack’s movements paused and he said, “I don’t feel cold.”
“The weather gets colder and it rains more over the new year. It’s pretty cold out. You should wear a few more layers unless you still want to get jabbed with long needles every day. I won’t care then. I won’t say anything even if you go naked.”
Zack was at a loss for words.
“I bought new clothes for you. They’ve already been dry–cleaned. They’re in your dresser.”
A smile spread across Zack’s face immediately. “Seren, you’re so good to me.”
“If I go shopping with my sister and don’t buy at least a few sets of new clothes for you, she’ll nag me. In my sister’s eyes, you’re more favored than her own sister.”
Zack walked over to Serena and bent down. His handsome face approached hers and his warm lips covered hers.
Serena instinctively pushed him away and chided him, “Be serious. Don’t just kiss me without warning.”
Just as she finished her sentence, she pulled him back and forwardly kissed his thin lips.
The difference was, this kiss was a little frenzied and dazed her, unconsciously making her craving more.
Her man did as she wished and picked her up to head into the bedroom.
“Zack…”
“Call me Babe.”
Serena laughed and sweetly called him “Babe“.
They did say absence makes the heart grow fonder.
The husband and wife proceeded to experience the frenzy of reunion.
In the end, the only person who came out of the room was Zack.
He entered the kitchen in great spirits, humming as he began to prepare a sumptuous dinner for his beloved wife.
Zack finished preparing dinner after two hours.
Looking at the table full of Serena’s favorite food he had personally cooked, in a rare bout of whimsy, Zack dug his phone out to take a photo of it and posted it on his social media.
Ever since his last post, his social media had once again gone on a long hiatus.
The moment the photo was posted, his friends and important clients not only speedily clicked like, they even left comments.
“Mr. York, can I still make it in time if I come over now?”
“Mr. York, I’m only just realizing that you’re actually really good at cooking.”
“Mr. York, hurry and send some over–I’ll help you finish it.”
“Mrs. York really is blessed. I’m so jealous! I slaved for you for so many years but I’ve never tasted a single bite of your cooking before.” This was a comment left by Josh.
After Zack finished posting the photo to his social media, he put his phone back into his pocket and did not see his friends‘ likes and comments.
He returned to the bedroom.
Just then, Serena had just finished bathing and exited the bathroom.
Seeing him enter, she muttered in discontent, “This is so unfair.”
Zack laughed and walked to her. He bent down slightly and whispered into her ear, “That’s because you don’t practice enough, so your stamina can’t keep up. We can practice more from now on. You’ll be able to keep up then.”
He immediately received a pinch from his beloved wife in response.
“Ouch!”
Zack exaggerated the pained expression on his handsome face as he cried out.
“Honey, that’s attempted mariticide.”
Serena loosened her grip. “You sounded like a pig sent to the slaughter. In the past, you didn’t even frown when I did the same thing. Does it hurt very badly? If it does, I’ll let you pinch me back.”
Zack caressed her face dotingly and said, “How could I bring myself to do that? I’d much rather pamper you.”
“Your words are as sweet as honey nowadays.
“In the past, trying to get you to speak was like getting blood from a stone.”
Zack saw that she had washed her hair and went to get the hair dryer. As he helped her dry her hair, he said, “Back then, it was just a marriage of convenience. Now, we really are husband and wife.”
It was not the same anymore.
“Is dinner ready?”
“It’s ready. Once I’m done drying your hair, we’ll go have dinner. I made all your favorite foods.”
Serena felt all the tingly warmth in her heart.
When he cooked, everything he made was her favorites.
When she cooked, his favorites only made up half of the dishes, while the rest was her own favorites.
Indeed, he gave his all to her while she only gave him half.
Serena realized that her love for Zack was not as deep as his love for her and felt it was a little unfair toward him. She resolved to make it up to him in the future.
“There’s so much food and all sorts of varieties too. Zack, you haven’t shown your full hand while cooking in the past, have you?” Serena said as she took out her phone when they were at the dining table a few minutes later.
“I’m going to take a few photos to post on my social media and tempt everyone.”
Zack watched her take the photos with fondness.
Serena published the photos she took accompanied by the caption, “My husband’s cooking skill surprised me!”
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