Serena took another sip of coffee
“Where did you buy this coffee, Mrs. Lane? It’s so bitter.”
This would suit that petty man’s taste.
“Say, he’s on a business trip and not at home. I didn’t tell him because I didn’t want him to worry for no reason. He couldn’t come back to help us anyway. Besides, we can solve things on our own. We can’t always wait for him to return to handle everything, right?
“Just because I didn’t mention my sister’s incident, he said that I don’t treat him as family. In that case, he doesn’t treat me as his family either. Since the beginning of our marriage, he held his guard up against me, questioning me and thinking that I had married him because I wanted his money. He thought I wanted his house so I didn’t have to rent a place after marrying him.”
Mrs. Lane was speechless.
“He even made me sign an agreement where nine out of the ten conditions were restrictions on me, but I endured it. We got married out of convenience, so he was cautious about me and suspected me. He made me sign a contract saying that we would divorce peacefully within six months if we don’t develop feelings for each other.
“I agreed to every single one of his terms, but then he accidentally destroyed my agreement and played dumb, saying that I remembered wrongly and he never asked me to sign any agreement. Fine, I played along since he wanted to go back on his words, but has he been completely honest with me as well?
“Mrs. Lane, even you know where his home is, right? But I don’t. I’ve been married to him for so long, but although I’ve met his family, I don’t even know where my in-laws live.”
“Zack doesn’t fully treat me as a family either. What right does he have to demand me to be completely open with him when he can’t do the same for me? He’s being
hypocritical. He has to have the final say in everything. When things don’t go his way, he gets angry and says I don’t think of him as family.
“I got mad too and said that he was self–centered and narrow–minded, so he hung up on me. When I sent him a message, he refused to reply to me. He’s always like this. He stops. replying to my messages every time he’s angry, and he doesn’t pick up my calls either. He’s like a petty woman.”
Mrs. Lane was speechless.
Zack was indeed like that. Serena’s analysis was spot on.
Zack was raised as a successor since he was young. All his younger brothers revolved around him.
When he took the helm of York Corporation, whether it was Old Mrs. York or his parents, they relented and let him in complete charge of the company. In York Corporation, his word was law.
His brothers and everyone in the company deferred to him.
He was already domineering by nature but coupled with that environment, it raised him to be the center of all things. He was used to lording over everyone and having them be subservient to him.
However, Serena’s life experiences had her refusing to let him dominate her. She was not used to obeying him in everything and relying on him.
Zack would feel that he was neglected by Serena.
He felt that Serena did not pay enough attention to him. He felt that she did not treat him as a family.
However, in Serena’s words, was he completely honest with her?
“Mrs. Lane, help me keep track. Let’s see how many days he’ll keep up this cold war with me. I won’t bother sending him messages anymore since it’s like shouting into the void. Maybe he deleted my contact again.
“If he really did do so, I’ll never add him again in my life!”
Mrs. Lane responded, “Mr. York is a bit overbearing. He’s angry because he feels that you don’t pay enough attention to him and exclude him.”
“I’ve already explained it to him, but what can I do if he keeps being stubborn? He can stay angry if he wants to. Anyway, out of sight, out of mind. Let’s not talk about him anymore. Let’s eat.”
Serena was done speaking and bit into another sandwich.
She finished two sandwiches, a plate of pancakes, and a cup of coffee.
Mrs. Lane was worried that she had eaten too much.
Serena did not overeat. She was a glutton and had a large appetite, so she ate a little more because she was angry. It would not kill her.
However, she still had a headache, and her eyes still hurt.
She sat on the swing chair on the balcony for a while before heading back inside and rummaging through the cabinets.
“What are you looking for, Ms. Hunt?”
After washing the dishes, Mrs. Lane came out of the kitchen and saw Serena looking for something. “I cleaned up the house, so some things may not have been put back in their original places.”
“I’m looking for the home first–aid kit. It’s a white box I bought online. It’s the family medicine box.”
Mrs. Lane hummed, went into the guestroom, and soon came out holding the medicine box. “I placed it in the guest room. Are you feeling unwell?”
“My head and eyes hurt. It’s because I didn’t sleep well. I’ll be fine after taking a painkiller.”
Opening the medicine box, Mrs. Lane watched as Serena snapped a tablet of painkiller from the sheet and popped it into her mouth.
Mrs. Lane quickly poured her a cup of warm water.
“Do you often have headaches, Ms. Hunt?”
“No, just on occasion. The medicine works fast, so I always have it at home.”
Mrs. Lane said, “You should still take it sparingly. The medicine has side effects.”
“I don’t take it often. The pharmacist informed me too that there are side effects when I bought the medicine. I only take it when I have headaches and pain behind the eyes. because of poor sleep.”
She only had the medicine because she had to go back to the store today.
Ten minutes later, Serena took her purse as well as her car keys and said to Mrs. Lane, ” Let’s go, Mrs. Lane.” mop the floor first, Ms. Hunt. You go on ahead. I’ll take a cab there later.” Mrs. Lane wanted to wait for Serena to leave so she could call Zack.
Seeing that Mrs. Lane was mopping the floor, Serena did not think much of it and went off by herself.
Mrs. Lane sent her off at the door and watched her enter the elevator before returning to the house. She hurriedly got her cell phone to call Zack.
At first, he did not answer.
Mrs. Lane called him three more times, but he still did not pick up.
She sent him a message.
[Mr. Zack, the missus took some medicine.]
In less than a minute, Zack called Mrs. Lane.
“What medicine did Seren take?”
Zack spoke in a voice that still sounded the same as usual, low and cold, but Mrs. Lane was familiar with him and could hear the nervousness in his tone.
“She said she didn’t sleep well and had a headache and sore eyes, so she took a painkiller.”
Zack suddenly stopped talking.
He got the fright of his life!
Mrs. Lane was vague.
He thought Serena took some pills and attempted suicide.
Well, he was obviously far off the mark.
Serena had a cheerful personality. There was no way she would commit suicide, let alone because of him. He thought too highly of himself.
In his heart, he was even inferior to an outsider like Jasmine.
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