Serena took a quick glance and saw it was a piece of hot gossip. Uninterested, she was about to close the pop-up…
“Don’t close it, Serena. Look closer. It’s about the heir of the York family. Come on, click on it. Mr. York hasn’t been in the news for a while now.”
Although the fun-loving Jasmine believed she would never have the chance to meet Mr. York in person, she was keen on some gossip about the heir. She was dying to find out who his beloved wife was.
Jasmine was highly interested in the identity of Mrs. York. She was in awe of Mrs. York’s ability to turn a callous man like Mr. York into an uxorious husband.
She had heard a lot about Mr. York adoring his wife lately.
Jasmine had asked Josh before to pull some strings and introduce her to Mrs. York.
Josh was Mr. York’s most trusted man, so he must be one of the first to know that
Mr. York was married.
Jasmine bet Josh had met Mrs. York in the flesh.
Alas, Josh turned down her request, saying that he could not reveal who Mrs. York was until Mr. York was ready to make the public announcement himself.
It got Jasmine down for days.
Josh was trying to win her heart right now, but he could not even make her one wish happen. It showed how protective Mr. York was of his wife.
Now that some news was finally out, she had to click on it and see what was going
“What’s there to read? It’s only about his marriage.”
Serena laughed and added, “Why are you people dying to find out who the missus of the York family is? What does her identity have anything to do with us? It’s not like we’d ever meet her.”
Not to mention, they could not learn her secrets to taming her husband.
Since Serena and Zack were in a great place in their marriage right now, Serena no longer needed to seek help from Mrs. York for her secrets.
Zack spoiled her silly.
“Who doesn’t want to know who Mrs. York is? Elisa phoned me to chat the other day. She asked if anyone knew her identity yet.”
Jasmine and Serena switched places.
Serena was not interested, but Jasmine was very much keen.
“Elisa doesn’t talk to me about that.”
Elisa was away traveling for the holidays and was not back yet.
Jasmine clicked on the pop-up and said, “Elisa knows you don’t care about that. Why should she bother asking you? I’m the queen of gossip. Plus, I know Josh. Elisa believes I’ll be the first to find out who Mrs. York is.”
The pop-up gossip was an interview.
It was Mr. York’s interview.
The two women were dumbfounded the moment they saw the person in the interview.
Reacting strongly, Serena pulled Jasmine away and took the seat in front of the computer. She watched Zack’s interview with widened eyes.
Jasmine leaned against the cash register and propped her head near the computer screen to have a good look at Zack in the interview. She rubbed her eyes a few times before asking her best friend, “Serena, are my eyes playing tricks on me? Did I see it right?
“Look at the caption. Is that the heir of the Yorks? Why is Mr. York your Mr. York?”
If only Serena could get inside the computer to confirm whether the heir was Zack.
She stared blankly at Zack on the computer, rewatching the interview multiple times before she was certain that the interviewed man, who people called the heir of the Yorks, was her man!
Zack was Mr. York. Mr. York was Zack!
Serena once asked if Zack was related to the wealthiest York family, but he said the only thing he shared with the heir was the same last name: She thought it was simply a coincidence.
She had talked to Zack about Mr. York because Jasmine loved to gossip. He acted like nothing ever happened while telling her about himself.
There were many times she asked him about Mr. York and his wife, and he made up a believable story each time.
He had her fooled since the beginning of the marriage!
Serena was suddenly reminded of the dream. In the dream, she was walking down the aisle to Zack when Elisa jumped out to stop the wedding. Elisa told her that Zack was a liar who had been deceiving her. Elisa advised Serena against marrying Zack.
Elisa…
Elisa was in love with Mr. York, and Mr. York was Zack…
It explained why Zack went away on business after Serena did a DNA test with her aunt. Zack was trying to get away from meeting Aunt Audrey in case the jig was up and his cover was blown!
Serena’s mind flashed back to the moments in their four-month-old marriage as color washed off her face.
Jasmine noticed that Serena’s hand over the mouse was shaking.
“Serena. Serena. Are you okay? Are you alright?”
Serena’s reaction gave Jasmine a scare.
Jasmine immediately smacked and shook her
Like a puppet, Serena sat still and did not respond no matter how many times Jasmine tried to get her attention or smack her Serena simply stared at Zack’s face blown up on the computer screen in a trance
It was him. It had to be him!
He was her spouse. There was no way she could be wrong about that.
They were a couple who shared the most intimate moments together. She was beginning to trust her spouse, but he turned out to be a big liar! He had her fooled from the start!
“Don’t scare me, Serena. Say something. I’m scared to see you like this. I-I’m going to give Liberty a call.”
Unable to snap her best friend out of the trance, Jasmine pulled out her phone to call Liberty for help.
Amid the fluster, she could not remember Liberty’s contact number. She had to scroll through her contact list one by one to find Liberty’s number.
It took a while before Jasmine found Liberty’s new phone number. She scrolled past the number a few times without realizing it.
Serena was in a horrific state.
Her face was pale in color.
Liberty was at her restaurant.
Having gotten a call from Jasmine, she asked, “What’s up, Jasmine? Let Serenaknow
I won’t be going over for lunch.”
She thought her sister was calling to have lunch together at the bookshop.
“Where are you now, Liberty? Is this a good time? Hurry over. Something’s gotten into Serena.”
Turning as white as a sheet, Liberty went over to grab her son and rushed out of the restaurant before Jasmine could explain further. Liberty stopped the first car driving by.
Duncan hit the brakes.
He unlocked the door to get out of the car, but Liberty climbed into the backseat with Sonny. Once in the car, Liberty said, “I need to get to Wiltspoon School, driver. Drive!”
Duncan turned around and looked at her. “What happened? You’re all over the place. You did not even close the door of your shop.”
“Mr. Lewis?”
Surprised, Liberty asked, “Why are you here?”
Why had she always run into Duncan?
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