Zack was speechless.
“I’m looking for encouragement and support here, Josh. I’m worried about what Seren’s going to think.”
“I support you wholeheartedly and in spirit. No matter what you do, I’ll always support you. Zack, I’m your No.1 fan! Keep it up, Zack! Even if your world comes crumbling down, you’re a tall guy. Stand up and hold your world up. It’ll be fine. The worst that can happen is you getting crushed.”
Zack was at a loss for words.
“But your wife might stumble upon the truth if you keep up with the secrets. She’ll be angrier than ever and might dump your sorry ass. Prepare to sign the divorce papers, man.
“You should prepare for the storm instead of having the storm sneak up behind you. and take you by surprise. We have each other if your wife is mad at you and gives you a snub. Haha. I don’t have to watch you act lovey-dovey with one another anymore.”
The men could chase after their wives together.
Zack uttered, “I shouldn’t have called you. You’re gloating. I bet you’re going to have the popcorn ready for sh*t to hit the fan.”
“You know me best, Zack!”
Josh openly admitted to it. That was right. He wanted to be there to witness Zack’s downfall.
“Anyhow, you’ve taken the step, so it’s time to face the music. That reminds me, today is Valentine’s Day. I know you don’t have a romantic bone in you and you don’t celebrate this special day, but I’m being nice to give you some advice-buy your wife a bouquet of flowers.
Zack answered, “I bought nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine roses for Serena. She’ll receive the delivery at her shop later.
“I even got her thirty jewelry sets, and each of them is a unique design. I have a villa and a car ready for her too. Josh, do you think the gifts are enough? Should I get more? Oh, I should buy her thirty handbags. She can have enough to choose a different one every day for a month.
“Oh, I should get her clothes, skincare, and cosmetic products. I wouldn’t know I got her too little if it weren’t for your reminder.”
Josh remarked, “Get lost, showoff!”
He then slammed the phone.
All Josh did was order Jasmine a bouquet of flowers.
Zack beat Josh with all the Valentine’s gifts he had gotten.
Josh wanted to criticize Zack at the thought that Serena would be receiving nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine roses, jewelry sets, a villa, a car, handbags, etc. while Jasmine was only getting a bouquet of flowers.
It was Valentine’s Day, not a wedding. Why did Zack have to go all out on the presents?
Was Zack going to do the same when International Women’s Day rolled around?
Josh later realized why he was still single while Zack swiftly became a happily married man. It was because Zack did things excessively!
Although his best friend hung up the phone on him, Zack was not the least bit furious. He believed he could do better with the gifts.
Today was the day he was going to be completely honest with Serena after all.
He wondered how Serenawould react to it.
Hence why he needed to stock up on presents; maybe they would make Serenaless angry.
Zack prayed for things to go well. Keeping himself busy, Zack left the hotel and brought his security team to spend some cash.
Serena, who was still in the dark at this point, had finished tidying up the shop.
The holidays had been free and easy, but now that work had Serena tied up, her back was killing her.
“We finally got the place cleaned up. The students will be back in school in a few days. Jasmine, did you manage to ask what study materials we needed to look out for? We should place an order with the supplier before it’s too late.”
It was not like the supplier could make an immediate delivery.
It would take a couple of days before their order could be processed.
Serena and Jasmine needed to get all the study materials the students needed for the new school term before the school reopened.
They should at least know the materials needed in advance so they could place the order.
Putting the mop back into the closet, Jasmine uttered, “I found out last night what we needed and made a list. The list is in my bag. You can check it and phone the supplier to make the delivery in the next few days.”
Students would purchase the school materials assigned by the teachers or that were recommended in the first few days of school. It would be the busiest time in the shop.
Serena asked her sister and Mrs. Lane to help out at the shop on the first day of school.
Liberty had gotten in touch with a contractor to remodel her restaurant. Now that the price had been agreed upon, the remodeling would begin in a few days.
The students would be returning before the restaurant’s renovations began, so Liberty could come over to lend her sister a hand.
“Let me check.”
Taking a seat behind the cash register, Serena retrieved the list from Jasmine’s bag. Serena turned on the computer to key the information in an Excel spreadsheet.
Jasmine drew close.
She pulled a chair over and sat next to Serena, watching Serena turn on the computer.
Once the computer was up and running, Serena clicked on Spotify to play a song. It was nice to listen to music while working. She picked the song, “Miss You”.
“This song again? You like the song, huh?”
“Yeah. The song was on the radio when I took a ride in Zack’s car. I thought it was beautiful.”
“Oh, I’ve been meaning to ask-did Mr. York do anything for today?” Jasmine suddenly asked.
Serena asked in confusion, “Does he need to do something today? Is today a special occasion?”
Jasmine answered with a grin, “You’ll know when you look at the calendar.”
“February the fourteenth. What’s special about today?”
Serena inquired before it hit her. Curling her lips, she answered, “Oh, Valentine’s Day. I don’t have any concept of special occasions. Every day is Valentine’s Day to us when we’re in a good place in our relationship. Valentine’s Day means nothing if we don’t get along.”
“I knew you won’t pay any mind to special occasions. Your husband must be the same. I don’t see him having anything planned yet.”
“Did Mr. Bucham do anything for you?”
Jasmine choked. “No.”
She then added, “He probably has the same character as Mr. York. They don’t even learn from the rest of the world and send some flowers on Valentine’s Day.”
Serena smiled and clicked on a browser. This was her work habit where she would listen to music and open the browser to check for some news. Serena would get to work after reading the latest news.
She had only opened a webpage when a pop-up appeared at the bottom right corner of her screen.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.