“Let’s not talk about divorce again, okay? I can’t bear the pain of losing you.”
Serena looked away again, not wanting to meet his eyes.
She thought of ending the marriage because she was infuriated after learning that he was the heir of the rich York family, and that she had been deceived by him the entire time.
After a few moments of silence, she looked at him again and said, “Lend me your charger. My phone is out of battery.”
Zack stared at her intently.
If her phone was out of battery, she would not be able to contact the outside world. He would be able to force her to stay by his side then.
However, that was not a real solution to the problem.
Serena met his stare.
The hall was dead silent.
Brandt and the maids did not even dare to breathe.
After a long time, Zack raised his voice and ordered Brandt, “Go and bring my phone charger for the missus.”
“Yes, sir.”
Brandt quickly went to get the charger for Serena.
Was Zack allowing her to charge her phone a sign that he would let her leave?
In fact, Brandt also felt that Mr. Zack should not keep Serena under house arrest and that he should let her leave so that they could both calm down.
However, he did not dare say such a thing.
Serena was too important to Zack and he was afraid she would never come back if she left.
That was why he forced her to stay with him. However, that would only aggravate the couple’s conflict.
Brandt soon returned with the charger.
He handed it to Zack.
When Zack passed it to Serena, he could not help but grab her hand when she took the charger, begging, “Seren, don’t bring up divorce again, okay?”
Serena drew her hand back and took the charger.
She turned away and plugged in her phone.
Zack panicked when he did not get the assurance he wanted. He knew she was still thinking about leaving him.
He could not comprehend. Yes, he lied to her, but was his true identity not worthy of her? Why did she want a divorce after knowing the truth? An ordinary person would be jumping with joy if they found out their husband was a multi-billionaire.
Zack’s lack of understanding blinded him from seeing Serena’s anger stemming from his web of lies and his betrayal of her trust.
When faced with Serena’s wrath, Zack’s approach made her feel incredibly uncomfortable.
He explained himself, but he used force to knock her out. She wanted to leave, but he deliberately threw the keys and the ladder out. His actions told her that she would not be able to take a single step out of this villa without his saying so.
He was imprisoning her!
To Serena, his series of actions was like pouring gasoline on a burning house. There was no way she could calm down, much less forgive him.
In any case, she would not be able to forgive him anytime soon.
“Seren.”
Zack walked toward her.
Serena turned on her phone. When she saw him walking over, she put down the phone and walked away.
She just did not want to get close to him.
Her detachment and coldness were like a sharp knife fiercely stabbing Zack’s heart and his chest ached.
Serena entered the dining hall.
She was hungry, so she got something to eat.
She never thought of using a hunger strike to threaten Zack into letting her go. He was not someone to be so easily threatened either. If she went on a hunger strike and fainted from starvation, he would just call the family doctor to give her nutritional fluids to keep her alive.
In his words, he would not let her go. She would still be his in the afterlife.
Since she knew he could not be pressurized, why should she bother to torture herself and starve?
Brandt and the maids looked stunned when they saw Serena enter the dining hall and started eating with a spoon without regard for others.
“Thank God the missus isn’t going on a hunger strike,” Felicia murmured.
Brandt raised his hand to wipe his sweat and whispered, “Thank goodness.”
As long as the missus did not threaten Mr. Zack with a hunger strike, the conflict between the two would not intensify for the time being.
Zack was also relieved.
After a moment of silence, he walked over and sat across from Serena.
He used his fork to put food on her plate, but she picked up her plate to avoid the gesture, refusing his food.
Zack bitterly retracted his hand and placed the food his fork held on his own plate instead.
“Seren, these are all your favorites. Have more,” he said tenderly.
Serena paid him no response, not even a glance. She simply ate by herself.
“I’ll help you peel your favorite shrimps.”
Zack put on the disposable gloves to help her peel the shrimp, but Serena simply took a shrimp and ate it whole, shell and all.
Zack was speechless.
His wife did not even give him the chance to perform.
Ding dong… Ding dong…
The doorbell rang.
It was already dark and chilly outside. Who would visit at this time of day?
“I’ll get the door.”
Brandt went to open the door.
There was a car parked in front of the villa. However, Brandt did not recognize the vehicle, which meant the visitor was not an elder of the York family.
The whole family united to lie to Serena, so everyone was too embarrassed to come over now.
They would first let Zack fight by himself and discuss countermeasures if he was defeated.
Zack would be speechless if he knew what they were thinking.
“It’s me, Brandt.”
A person came out of the car. It was Mrs. Lane.
She waved at Brandt. When Brandt saw her, he quickly went over while pulling out the keys to the gate and asked, “Why are you here, Mrs. Lane?”
“I sent Liberty over. She’s the missus’s older sister.”
Serena’s phone turned off automatically when the battery went flat, causing Liberty to worry when she could not reach her sister. Liberty did not know what would happen to the stubborn couple, so she asked Mrs. Lane to send her over.
It just so happened that Serena’s car, which was left at the entrance of York Corporation earlier in the day, still had the keys in the ignition. Liberty helped to drive it home, which was how she had a car to come over.
“How is the missus, Brandt?”
Brandt darted a look at the car behind Mrs. Lane and whispered, “It’s bad. Mr. Zack is on the verge of breaking down. Do you think he can be well after the missus wrote him a divorce agreement? He went berserk. How would the missus have it any better than him?”
Although Zack would never raise his hand against Serena, his forceful hugs and kisses angered her.
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