Serena wrapped her arms around him and said, “It’s nothing. I just wanted to call you.”
Zack said indulgently. “If you wanted to call me, then call me more. I won’t find it annoying or noisy.”
“I know about the trending search.”
Zack paused. “Seren, those paparazzi only spout nonsense. You don’t have to take it to heart.”
“I didn’t see what the paparazzi said. I only saw that York Corporation issued a clarification statement from you.”
The first trending search was taken down, and Serena did not bother looking it up. However, she could guess what it was after seeing the clarification statement Zack issued.
“Babe, thank you for defending me like that. I don’t care if other people believe in me or not, but at least you defended me.”
He took all the blame upon himself.
“You’re my wife. We’ll be spending the rest of our lives together. Who will I defend if not you? Besides, I was telling the truth. I don’t want to have children so soon. We can have a child after our wedding and after spending enough time with each other.
“Seren, you really don’t need to pressure yourself. As my parents said, let nature take its course. They won’t rush you to have a child. My mom said that they won’t rush us for the next ten years.”
Serena left his shoulder and looked up at him.
“I’ll be thirty–six in ten years. I’ll be at an advanced maternal age by then.‘
Before Zack could speak, she continued, “I’ve also gotten over it. I don’t want to pressure myself anymore. If I still can’t get pregnant after two or three years, let’s do a test to see what the cause is.‘
Zack took her into his arms once again and said, “Okay. If we still don’t have a child after three years, we’ll go for a checkup together. Don’t think about children for now. By the way, Seren, you don’t know how many people called to ask about me.
“All of them said they would introduce me to a good doctor and help me cure my infertility. The first person who called was that cousin of yours. He’s the one I’m least able to deal with. He only had a child with his wife a few years after his marriage. I used to laugh at him and said that I would introduce him to a doctor.
“As soon as the trending search came up, Clive couldn’t wait to shove back everything I said to him down my throat.”
Serena said, “Serves you right. Who told you to laugh at him before? Clive and Alice have a good relationship and weren’t in a rush to have a child, but you insinuated that they were having a problem. Clive has shown you plenty of respect by not beating you up.”
Zack deliberately pulled a long face. “It’s karma. I got so many calls that my phone ran out of battery. Even Remy said that he would introduce me to a miracle doctor to cure me.”
Serena could not help but laugh when she imagined the scene of Zack being cared for by everyone.
After laughing, she said to him, “Why didn’t you accept when Remy wanted to introduce a miracle healer to you? Ask that genius doctor if it’s possible for him to cure Camryn’s eyes.”
“I forgot about that.”
Zack smiled. “At that time, I was so angry by their concern that I was going crazy. I completely forgot about Callum. However, I did talk to Callum about this before. Ms. Newman’s aunt went to Annenburg to find the doctor, but she could not find him.
“Remy’s fourth brother is the one and only disciple of the genius doctor. There’s a 99% chance of him getting married. Once Dr. Carden becomes the fourth missus of the Johnson family, it’ll be much easier for Callum to ask the doctor for help.”
“99% chance?”
Zack hummed in affirmation. “Dr. Carden saved Tim and got pregnant, but she doesn’t really want to marry him. The men of the Johnson family are the same as the Yorks. They’re all single- mindedly devoted. When Tim heard that Dr. Carden was pregnant, he followed her back.
“Remy said that Tim would most likely marry her, and Dr. Carden would follow him back to the Johnson family after giving birth. However, her tummy’s so big now and it isn’t convenient for her to offer consultations. Ms. Newman will have to wait for a few months until Dr. Carden gives birth and recuperates before she can have her eyes treated.”
Serena listened with great interest, feeling that there were many stories about the Johnson family.
The couple agreed to go to Annenburg to visit the Johnsons, but it was impossible for Serena to leave Wiltspoon now that Liberty was injured.
The trip was postponed for the time being.
“Seren, are you sleepy? Go and rest with Sonny first, I’ll wake you up when I’m tired.”
“Sonny is sleeping peacefully now. That psychic is quite amazing.”
Zack said, “Nana trusts him, so of course he’s amazing. He foretold our fate and said that we’re destined to have a son and a daughter, so you don’t have to worry about it. We’re destined to have children. They’ll come sooner or later.”
Serena nodded.
She was relieved after hearing that she was fated to have a son and daughter.
She was able to have children–it simply was not time yet.
“I saw you sneak off to ask the psychic something. What did you ask him? Or was the statement about us having a son and a daughter just a pre–arranged script with him to make me happy?”
Serena thought of that.
Zack quickly said, “Seren, I’ve never met that psychic prior to today. I don’t believe in such things anyway. It’s Nana who believes in it. How could I have arranged everything in advance?
“The question I secretly asked him was when we would have our child. It’s not because I was anxious, but because I was worried that you’ll overthink again.”
Serena hurriedly asked, “What did he say?”
“He said our efforts will bear fruit from late summer to early fall.”
Serena asked, “September? October?”
They still had to wait a few months.
Zack embraced her and said gently, “We’ll get the good news this year anyway, honey. You really should stop putting pressure on yourself and just live a good life every day. When Liberty discharged from the hospital, I’ll ask someone to come over and tailor your wedding dress. Hopefully, the baby will only come after the wedding. I don’t want you to be tired.”
Zack was worried about Serena after seeing how hard Alice had it during her pregnancy.
“I already decided not to pressure myself. I want to go back to being the old Serena Hunt. I’ll live my own life without caring about what others say.
In the end, she still felt that Zack’s status put a lot of pressure on her.
The gap between them was too large.
She hoped that her investment project could make her money.
Even if she could not match Zack, at least there was an advancement on her part.
“I’ll go rest for a while.”
“Okay.”
Zack accompanied her into the ward and watched her lie down beside Sonny. He looked at Liberty’s IV drip and estimated that it would last another half an hour before the next one. Then, he returned to the small lounge, sat down on the sofa again, and organized his work affairs while it was still early.
As Liberty healed in the hospital, Serena remained by her side almost every day.
Zack went back to the office during the day and would come over at night to be on vigil with his wife.
However, that was exhausting. Serena’s heart ached for her husband. She tried to persuade him to rest at home, but he refused.
When Liberty was able to walk, Zack arranged for Mrs. Lane and another maid to come over and take care of Liberty in Serena’s stead.
Sonny returned to school after taking a few days off. Jim continued to fetch him to William’s gym for lessons.
While Liberty got better day by day, shocking news emerged from the upper class of Wiltspoon.
The eldest daughter of the Newman family sued her mother and father, accusing them of murdering the late Mr. Newman, Camryn’s father, more than twenty years ago. She stated their motives of wanting to possess the family assets and to be together officially.
Camryn asked for Callum’s help to get Josh to conduct an investigation. In addition to handing. over the recorder to the police, they found evidence of Mr. and Mrs. Newman were together secretly when they were young and submitted the evidence to the police.
The Bucham family already had dirt on the Newman husband and wife. Although most of the evidence pointed to Mrs. Newman, Mr. Newman was also involved.
In his anxiousness to help his wife get a lighter sentence, Mr. Newman ended up subjected to the investigation as well.
Even if he clarified that he did not murder his brother, he admitted that his wife and him fell in love long ago. After his brother’s death, he could not bear to see the woman he loved, who was also his sister–in–law, struggling to get by with his two–year–old niece, so he took his sister–in–law as his wife while disregarding what everyone said.
He angrily rebuked Camryn for being ungrateful and throwing stones at them while they were down.
Even both of Camryn’s aunts returned home to blame Camryn. They almost wrecked Spring Blossoms, but fortunately, Callum happened to be present. The two aunts did not dare make a move against Camryn.
The only one who supported Camryn was her youngest aunt.
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