Her quick reply softened the hard edges across his face. Still, he kept a straight face and said in a hurt voice, “Do you really love me though? Why can’t you remember that I hate furry animals if you love me? You even carried it into my room.”
Serena was speechless.
She lowered her head for a look. “Oh!”
Embarrassed, she said, “I’m sorry, Zack. I forgot I have the cat in my arms. I’ll carry it out right away. Don’t worry. I have been holding it the whole time, so the fur will only be stuck to me. I promise you no furs in your room.
She quickly carried the ragdoll out of there.
Despite the cat being beautiful and cute, Zack could not warm up to the furry little thing. He even questioned her love because she brought the cat into the bedroom.
Sigh.
After bringing the ragdoll out, Serena put the cat on the ground, got up, and said to Mrs. Lane, Why didn’t you warn me that I was still holding the cat, Mrs. Lane? Your boss can be so anal. He’s already having a fit, but now he’s questioning whether my love for him is true just because I brought the cat in.”
“When’s Nana coming back? I miss her so much.”
Serena missed the days when the old woman lived with them.
Mrs. Lane said, “It was too late by the time I wanted to remind you. You already pushed the door and went in.
Serena sighed again. “I’ll go wash my hands.”
She washed her hands twice with antibacterial soap and went back to the room where she used to sleep. She then took a set of clean clothes from the closet and changed before she re-entered the master bedroom.
“Babe, I washed my hands twice with antibacterial soap and changed my clothes too. There won’t be a single cat fur on my body.”
Serena walked behind Zack and reached out to encircle his waist.
“I’m sorry, okay? I really just forgot that I was holding the cat. In fact, they’re really cute, and you were the one who gave them to me. I treasure everything that you give me. You said you’d treasure it even if I gave you grass, and it’s the same for me. I’ll treasure whatever you give me.”
Zack did not turn around and let her hug his waist.
He said, “When I woke up and didn’t see you, I asked Mrs. Lane where you were. I felt left behind by you when she told me that you went out early. When you came back, you called me by my name instead of babe.”
“Babe, babe, babe… Does that make up for it? Don’t be mad.” Serena called him babe several times. “You also often run out in the middle of the night, and I have no idea what you do outside. If that’s the way you’re going to put it, I’ve also lost count of how many times you’ve left me behind.
“But I never got angry at you, and I never questioned whether your love for me is true.”
Zack paused before saying, “Are you calling me petty?”
Serena loosened her embrace and stood in front of him. She raised her hand to pinch his face and grinned. “Aren’t you? You’re always like this. You only think of your own feelings, but you don’t consider mine when you do the same thing I do.
“Name a time when I bickered with you over what you did. Has there been a time when the reason we fought and gave each other the cold shoulder wasn’t because of your temper?”
Zack was speechless.
“I go out in the middle of the night because there are very important things to deal with.”
“I know, that’s why I don’t let it bother me. I don’t get angry at you, much less’question you.”
Zack was silent. Well, compared to her, he really was way pettier.
“I went out early to help my sister. I wasn’t doing anything that would let you down. I also told you the truth when I came back. Tell me, babe. Was I really in the wrong?”
Serena’s beautiful eyes burned into him.
If he were to say she was wrong, she would let him sleep in the study for the next six months!
Zack did not dare say that she was wrong.
It was completely natural for her to help out her sister.
Her sister’s breakfast diner usually closed around noon, but Serena reached home just a little past nine. That meant she left the store around nine.
She also explained her reason for going out when she came back.
Zack could not say that she was in the wrong.
“You’re not wrong.
He took her into his arms. “Seren, I just hope that I’ll open my eyes to see you when I wake up every day in the future. I’ll feel very happy and content when I see you in the morning.”
“I also want that, but can you do it?”
Zack was speechless.
Serena smothered a laugh in his arms. “Not even you can do it. It’s natural that I can’t do it either.”
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“Putting aside all the things we have to do, even if we retire in the future, there’s no guarantee that we’ll wake up every day and see each other right when we open our eyes.
There would always be one of them who would wake up earlier than the other.
Zack knew that he was being absurd.
“Mrs. Lane said that you haven’t eaten yet. You must be hungry. Come on, let’s go eat. I’ll accompany you.”
Serena refuted him until he was speechless, and she could tell that he realized he was being unreasonable. Thus, she stopped dwelling on the topic and took the initiative to change the subject.
The couple would just end up arguing if they dwelled on it further.
“Okay.”
Zack hummed and let go of his beloved wife.
Serena pulled him out.
Mrs. Lane already served Zack’s breakfast on the table.
Zack was fussy, but in front of Serena, he would always have to bow his head and compromise.
Mrs. Lane was not worried at all that the breakfast she made would be wasted.
“Why didn’t you bring Sonny over?”
Zack’s mood improved when his wife sat with him for breakfast. He stopped pulling a long face and asked about the little boy.
“Liberty said she would close up early today and let Sonny play in the store. She’ll take him home later. Zac-Babe, let’s bring Sonny over to stay with us. It’ll make things easier for my sister, and Sonny will be able to sleep peacefully too.”
Zack said, “I’m fine with that. You know that I like Sonny very much.”
Sonny always got up early with his mother, so his sleep quality suffered.
If such a small child slept badly, it would affect his growth.
“Has your sister agreed?”
“I asked both Liberty and Sonny to move in with us, but she said no. She refused before, and she’s still refusing now. That’s the kind of person my sister is. She’s always worried that she’ll bother us. She agreed to let us take Sonny, but she won’t move in with us.
Zack said, “Liberty has always been a strong and independent woman. She was just trapped in her marriage for a few years. She won’t think about living with us.”
From the beginning, Liberty had refused to move in with the couple.
She would not start wanting to move in now.
She had also repeatedly declined the couple’s financial help.
Liberty felt that she still had some money of her own. Her business was doing well, and she was making a profit, so she did not need her sister and brother-in-law to help her money-wise.
“By the way, Mr. Lewis came early to Liberty’s store for breakfast. I really don’t get his motives. If I ask if he likes Liberty, he won’t admit it and say that he’s only there every day because he likes Sonny.
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