Serena was no longer in the room.
He looked at the sky outside. The sun was high.
Turning over, Zack grabbed his phone on the bedside table to look at the time.
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“Nine o’clock?!”
He jolted up.
Even during the weekend, Zack had never gotten up this late.
Maybe he came home a little too late last night.
Zack washed up and got dressed in record time. He even picked an outfit
Serena had bought for him.
He opened the bedroom door to find Mrs. Lane watching TV on the sofa with a cat on her lap. With the door swinging open, Mrs. Lane cocked her head to look at him. She then rose to her feet and said with a smile, “You’re awake, Mr.
Zack. Should I get a start on breakfast?”
“It’s after nine now.”
Zack mumbled as he walked out of the room.
“You should have something to eat even though it’s nine. Before going out, the missus said that you must have breakfast when you get up.”
‘Where’s Serena? When did she get up? What time did she leave?”
Zack was not too happy about that.
His wife disappeared on the day he was not working. She did not even wait for him to wake up or have breakfast with him.
It was as if his wife gave him the snub.
The entrance was pushed open before Mrs. Lane could reply.
Serena was back.
“You’re up, Zack.”
Serena entered the house and greeted her husband before closing the door behind her.
Without responding to her, Zack pulled a long face and turned on his heel to march back into the bedroom.
She ditched him first thing in the morning, and now that she was home, Serena was back to calling him by his name instead of with a term of endearment.
Already displeased that his wife abandoned him, Zack grew discontent and went to sulk in the room.
He was throwing a fit.
It did not occur to Serena at first. She was dumbstruck that Zack turned around and headed for the bedroom. She went to ask Mrs. Lane,” What’s up with Zack, Mrs. Lane? Who made him mad?”
Mrs. Lane glanced at the bedroom door as Zack slammed the door hard.
Amused, she told Serena, “Mr. Zack is angry at you.”
“Me?”
Serena remarked in confusion, “I left early in the morning. I don’t remember winding him up. Tell me, Mrs. Lane. How did I drive him up the wall? You know,
Zack. He’s the pettiest. It scares me when he’s mad.”
She spoke in hushed tones so as not to upset Zack even more.
It was Serena’s worst fear when the man kicked up a fuss over seemingly nothing.
In the past, the cause of the couple’s silent treatment was Zack’s tantrums that came out of nowhere. With Serena left scratching her head, the conflict only deepened. In the end, they would not speak to each other.
After the big hoo-ha of his secret coming out and the couple getting back together, it had been a while since he gave an attitude and sulked.
Oops. She better not let Zack find out what she said of him.
Sometimes, Serena believed she should switch places with Zack.
The women were usually the ones to throw tantrums, but Zack was the pouty one between them both.
Zack may appear mature and handsome, but in the world of love, Serena had never met anyone who had more fits than Zack.
With Mrs. Lane letting go of the cat, the cat stayed by Serena’s feet, refusing to leave.
Serena bent over to hold the cat up.
“Missus, you might want to sweet-talk Mr. Zack. He hasn’t eaten anything since he got up.”
Mrs. Lane had no words for her boss’s sudden tantrum.
She would not know Zack had a childish side to him if she did not work here.
While stroking the cat, Serena remarked, “Mrs. Lane, you must let me know why he’s angry before I can calm him down. I didn’t do anything.”
Mrs. Lane whispered, “I think Mr. Zack is angry that you went out early in the morning. He must be hoping you would spend time with him since he’s home for the weekend.”
Serena replied, “I went to help my sister at her diner… Although it’s the weekend, many factories are not closed. The workers still went to work. My sister’s breakfast place was going to be packed, so I left early to help her. But I came home early. I’m back before ten o’clock.”
It did not cross her mind that Zack would sulk over a trivial matter.
Mrs. Lane was at a loss for words.
“I’ll go in and cheer him up.”
Knowing what her man was like, Serena helplessly carried the cat into the room.
It struck Mrs. Lane to remind Serena from taking the cat into the room when Serena walked through the door. Alas, it was too late.
Mrs. Lane guessed it would only put Mr. Zack in a worse mood.
Serena set foot into the bedroom with the cat in her arms.
Zack stood behind a window with his back facing the bedroom door.
He did not turn around when the door was pushed open.
Serena drew close and stood next to him, admiring the view outside the window with him. She asked, “What are you looking at?”
Tilting his head, Zack moved his gaze to her, only to find she was holding a cat. He furrowed his brows and made a sharp turn to take strides away from the window.
“Babe.”
Serena followed right behind him.
“You were still sleeping when I got up. I thought I should let you sleep in since you’re always busy with work. That was why I didn’t wake you. I didn’t go anywhere. I just went to help my sister.
“I thought you might wake up at this hour, so I hurried home. It’s still busy at my sister’s diner. I didn’t want you to wake up without me by your side. I rushed home.”
Serena did not stop walking when she tried to explain.
Zack stopped, turned around, and locked eyes with her. He asked, “Do you love me, Serena?”
It had been a while since he addressed her by her name. He would usually call her “Seren”. Serena moaned in her mind. ‘Don’t tell me he’s kicking up a fuss with me because of this?”
Still, she took no time to consider an answer. “I do. I love you, Zack. I love you.”
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