Serena looked at Elisa quietly.
Elisa said, “I’m a little tired from talking so much. I’ll go get a glass of water. Do you want one?”
“Yes, please, and thank you.”
Elisa reached out and lightly pinched Serena’s face, laughing. “We’re sisters. There’s no need to be so polite. You take quite good care of your face. It’s really nice to touch. Does Zack like to touch your face?”
Serena was speechless.
Before she could answer, Elisa smiled and walked away.
She poured Serena and herself a cup of warm water.
Serena stretched out her injured hand, but instead of handing her the cup, Elisa brought it straight to Serena’s lips and said thoughtfully, “I’ll feed you.”
“I can do it myself. I can’t do anything else with my fingers wrapped like this, but I can still hold a glass of water.”
Although that was what Serena said, she still accepted Elisa’s thoughtfulness.
After they both finished their water, Elisa sat down again and said, “That’s all I have to say to you for now. Think about what I said. If you’re not willing to change yourself, then tell Zack clearly. You two can split up early if Zack and his family can’t accept it.”
“It’s not like his family doesn’t know that I’m poor,” Serena spoke for her in-laws. The York family knew her background from the beginning.
Elisa laughed. “That’s true. The elders of the York family are very open-minded. Even if they don’t approve of you in their hearts, they won’t do anything to you in the open. They respect the decisions of the younger generation, so you just have to deal with Zack.
“I don’t think it’s possible for you two to separate unless he doesn’t love you anymore. However, he’s very overbearing and devoted. If you want to leave him, you’ll probably have to wait until you’re reincarnated into your next life.”
Serena sighed. “Elisa, I also think that the gap between us is too big. Even if we reconcile now, I’ll always feel as if I’m not good enough for him. I’ll become sensitive to it. Sensitive people are also prone to lose their temper.
“Fights will happen easily if I lose my temper, and our feelings for each other aren’t that deep in the first place. Our relationship can’t handle the strain if we quarrel constantly. As for breaking up, it’s true that he’s not willing to break up with me now. To be honest, I can’t bear to break up with him either. I have feelings for him too.
“Let me think over it.”
Serena had put much thought into it.
She thought about what Zack and she would face in the future.
As Elisa said, she would represent not only herself but also Zack, and even the entire York family in the future. Every move she made would be put under microscopic eyes. If she made the slightest mistake, news about it would instantly go viral, which would seriously affect the reputation of herself and the York family.
It was hard to be a noblewoman, and harder still to be the wife of the man from the richest family in the city.
She did not have a strong family as her backer. If she wanted to hold hands with Zack for the rest of her life, she had to make herself stronger just like how her aunt had risen in the Stone family.
However, it was easier said than done.
Now that all industries were saturated, it would be highly difficult if she wanted to re- invest in a business. She did not even know which industry to start with.
She did not have any big ideals before. She simply thought that she would continue running the bookstore with her best friend. With the small amount of money she earned from her online store, she would save enough money for a house down payment so she could have a real home of her own in the bustling city.
Compared to many salary workers, she was already well-off.
She never thought about marrying into the nobility, nor was she interested in them. That was because she knew she did not want to squeeze into a circle that she did not belong to. She did not have a strong passion for anything and just wanted to live a quiet life.
Everyone knew why she suddenly married Zack, so there was nothing more to be said about that.
Never in her wildest dreams would she guess that she was lied to by Grandma May and Zack. The man whom she thought was an ordinary salaryman turned out to be the eldest young master of the York family.
A plot that only appeared in novels actually happened in real life. Serena was truly dumbfounded.
She was caught off guard and did not know what to do.
She could not leave, but she could not continue on either. She was extremely conflicted.
It was hard for her to replicate the path taken by her aunt.
Times were better back when her aunt was young. She could climb up as long as she seized the opportunity.
However, it was completely different now.
Of course, Serena knew that women should strive for self-improvement. She never thought of relying on a man for the rest of her life. From her sister’s marriage, she witnessed that she could not believe men when they said nonsense like “I’ll support you”. Their mentality would change at any time.
Several men in suits nervously gathered around a man and walked into the room.
Their presence pulled Serena back from her thoughts.
The two women could not help but look over.
Elisa thought it was Zack, but when she saw the man who was being surrounded, she blinked and muttered, “Why is he here?”
She did not expect to see him at the hospital.
Serena looked at her and asked, “Do you know them?”
“I only know one of them. The rest are his bodyguards, so I don’t know their names.
“Who is he?” Serena asked curiously.
Elisa responded, “He’s also a big shot. He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He looks gentle, but he’s incredibly ruthless in reality.”
Serena was speechless. ‘Can’t you just say his name?’
“He has a deep business partnership with your husband. He’s from FC & Co. from Annenburg. I mentioned his family to you before; the Johnsons which is comparable to the Yorks. He’s the fifth son in the family and is the younger brother of the current head of the Johnson family.
“Like Zack, he travels around in grandiose. Zack brings a group of bodyguards with him to keep away admirers like me, but Remy Johnson does so for his own safety since he’s not that good in self-defense.”
Serena blinked. It seemed that Elisa paid quite a lot of attention to Remy.
Remy Johnson. She remembered that name.
Zack mentioned him before and said that Remy was also a man worthy of a lifelong commitment. However, Annenburg was a bit far from Wiltspoon.
When Zack paired Jasmine and Josh but saw no progress between the two, he said he would introduce Remy to her as well. However, he was worried that Jasmine would not be willing to marry off to a distant place. Furthermore, the Johnsons were also a powerful family, which meant Jasmine’s unwillingness to marry into such a family.
The topic never came up again after that.
“Men like them, who can take charge of a large company and skillfully navigate their way through the business world, have a ruthless side. Don’t be fooled by his gentle appearance. My eldest brother has a very favorable opinion of the Johnsons’ men.
“They’re easy to talk to if you don’t anger them, and they don’t put up airs as members of a rich family. Even the head of their family has a low profile and lives like an ordinary person. However, if you piss them off, you’ll die without even knowing how your life ended.”
“Right, the head of their family is the same as you. He also got married out of nowhere. His wife grew up in the countryside too, but she was much luckier than you. Although she was adopted, her adoptive parents treated her as if she was their own and raised her well.
“She has adoptive parents who genuinely love her, and she has an older brother who spoils her like crazy too Later, she found her biological parents who turned out to be from the richest family in Meadspring Her identity changed from a country bumpkin to the missy of the Meadspring’s Lafayette family overnight. She’s a match for the Johnson family head whether it’s her status or identity.”
Elisa was from the Stone family, so she knew all about the gentry’s affairs.
Her cousin was not as lucky as Mrs. Johnson.
“Seren, do you think I should go over and greet him? I’ve met Remy several times before.”
Serena laughed. “Since you know each other, go over and say hello.”
“I think so too. Sit here while I go and say hello. Why did he come to the hospital with so many bodyguards? Is he afraid the nurses will prick him to death?”
Serena burst out into laughter.
Elisa grumbled about Remy putting on airs while walking toward him.
However, he turned around and ran before she could get close.
He ran toward the washroom.
His bodyguards were nervous and at a loss.
“What’s wrong with Mr. Johnson?” Elisa asked curiously.
Judging by Remy’s reaction, it seemed to be… diarrhea.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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