Chapter 396 – The Disguised Billionaire and His Accidental Wife Novel Free Online

Seeing Clive’s incoming call, Zack hesitated but picked up the call in the end.

“Mr. Stone.”

“Is it a convenient time now, Zack? I’ll buy you coffee. We’ll meet at the café on the first floor of your Wiltspoon Hotel.”

Zack fell silent for a moment before saying, “Well, I should go on the coffee date with you since you’re buying, but it’s a shame I’m not in Wiltspoon right now. I’ll need to take a rain check on that.”

“Where are you?”

“I’m away on business.”

Clive cussed Zack in his mind.

He was still second–guessing whether it was Zack when Serena mentioned her husband’s name. Now that Zack said that he was away on business, Clive could confirm that Zack was Serena’s husband.

“When are you coming back?”

“Are you that eager to buy me coffee?”

“Quit the act, Zack. I know it all. The wedding ring on Serena’s finger belongs to the same pair as yours, right? Your wife whose face is not shown in the picture is Serena, right?”

Zack went radio silent.

He neither admitted nor denied it.

Clive took Zack’s silence as his admission to the fact.

“When did you two get married? Was it before Serena went viral on Twitter? You’ve been married for a while, yet you kept quiet about it. Elisa went mad for you and even went all the way to your office to profess her love for you in public!

“Elisa became the talk of the town while you went on your aloof and sophisticated self, making a joke out of Elisa. The public made fun of her for not being able to win your heart. They laughed at her because despite knowing you and I are rivals in business, she liked you anyway. They teased her because she asked for it.

“Why did you hide from Serena that you’re the heir of the wealthy York family?”

Clive grew furious as he spoke. He was reminded that his sister was all over Zack when the man had already gotten married to Serena.

His sister unknowingly became the other woman in someone’s marriage.

Elisa would probably go crazy for Zack to this day if he did not let the word out or wear his wedding ring.

“How long do you plan on keeping it from Serena? Don’t you know Serena and Elisa are best friends? They’re also cousins now. What would Elisa think when she finds out that Serena’s husband is the man she once loved and could not have? What would Serena think? How would the cousins get along then?”

“Clive.”

With her husband yelling at Zack on the phone, Alice had to approach her husband and reminded him, ” Keep it down. Your mom and Elisa might hear you.”

Taking a few deep breaths, Clive then said to his wife, “Pour me a glass of water, Alice. I got thirsty after running my mouth.”

“Sure.”

Alice turned on her heel and walked away to pour a glass of water for her husband. She also told her husband to pipe down and keep his emotions in check.

On the other end of the line, Zack waited until Clive blew off some steam before callously retorting,” That’s between me and Serena. I don’t have to explain to you.”

“Zack!”

Clive gnashed his teeth in anger. “What’s with the cocky attitude? Don’t make me show Serena who you really are.”

“Clive, it’s between me and Serena. I have my reasons and thoughts to keep my identity from her. I get to decide when I’ll come clean to you, but I have no responsibility to tell you that.

“I never had feelings for your sister. I never even spoke to her prior to her confession to me. There’s no such thing as me lying to her. It’s her issue that she has feelings for me. I can’t control her nor could I stop her.”

Zack’s voice was husky. “Even if Serena finds out who I am, my nana was the one who brought us together. She was single without a boyfriend while I was a bachelor without a girlfriend. We did not commit anything wrong morally or legally to be together.

“She did not do Elisa dirty!”

The things brought up by Clive were Zack’s concerns before.

He was worried Elisa might do something to Serena.

“You…”

Clive wanted to give Zack a bigger piece of his mind but was at a loss for words.

“Mr. Stone, this is a bad time for me to continue this chat. I’ll treat you to dinner after New Year’s. We’ll talk soon.”

“After New Year’s? Oh, that’s right. You can’t show your face now. Are you feeling guilty? Bet you didn’t imagine Serena would become my cousin.”

At a switch of the topic, Clive added, “Call me your cousin, Zack.”

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