Jim made a sound of acknowledgment and hurriedly helped Zack into the car. He could not help but continued to rat on his boss, “The boss hasn’t been eating his meals on time lately, which is why he has gastric problems now.”
“Jim!”
Zack glared at Jim.
Jim did not dare say another word.
“What are you glaring at Jim for? Did you think you were made out of steel or that you were some god, so you didn’t need to eat? Sit properly. I’m about to start driving. Later, I’m going to ask the doctor to give you a few jabs to help regulate your health.”
There was embarrassment on Zack’s handsome face as he was scolded by his wife, but in his heart, he felt pleased.
He knew Serena was still very much concerned about him.
Although he really was not trying to play for sympathy.
If Serena could read his mind, she would probably retort, “The man doth protest too much, methinks.”
Zack was silent.
The security detail did not follow them to the hospital. With the missus around, they would just be a loud, gigantic third wheel if they followed them.
The only one who could manage the boss was the missus alone.
Even if the sky caved in, the missus would be able to hold it up. They were better off going home to shower and sleep–definitely a good sleep that night.
More than an hour later, they arrived back at Brynfield.
Serena said as she opened the door, “You should lie down for a bit first. I’ll go prepare your medication and once you’ve taken it, you should rest.”
Even without Serena requesting it, the doctor prescribed Zack three types of jabs. They were packaged neatly individually and organized according to the time of day they needed to be administered. All Zack had to do was swallow the pain.
It saved a lot of effort.
Of course, it was still not a fraction less painful than it normally was.
Zack was currently so obedient he seemed like Serena’s pet cat. With a hum of acknowledgment, he entered their home and lay down on the sofa.
Serena placed the prescription on the coffee table and grabbed a large needle from their first aid kit. After cleaning it with an alcohol swab, she prepared the band–aid to adhere to the injection site post–injection. She sat down on the single–seat sofa and took out the vials. There were about twenty of them in total.
Zack saw that she had taken out the large needle and could not help but shrink.
backward.
She was doing it on purpose.
She knew he was most afraid of needles but still took such a large needle to inject his medication with.
However, he did not dare say a word.
Serena was furious.
Right now, if he could not say anything, then he would not say anything, lest he angered the tigress further and she gave him a good scolding.
Minutes later.
The large needle that preordained great pain danced in front of Zack’s face.
“Come here so I can give you your injection,” Serena ordered with a stern face.
A certain Mr. York sat up with a doleful expression. Looking at the large needle, he swallowed and asked tentatively, “Seren, can you prepare some painkillers for after?”
“What do you think?”
Zack did not dare speak more with his esteemed wife glaring at him. Picking up the large needle and thinking of the pain, he felt terrified..
“Seren, it’s too early. I’ll do it a bit later, okay?”
“It’s up to you.”
Serena sat down in the armchair and leaned back. Then she dug out her phone and sent a voice note to her sister. “Liberty, make sure to latch the door from the inside. I’m not going back tonight.”
Hearing that, Zack’s expression brightened.
The corners of his lips could not resist rising upwards.
Although his stomach hurt a lot and he still had to take painful injections with a large needle, the whole ordeal managed to make Serena stay overnight.
Out of the corner of her eye, she caught Zack’s cheerful expression. She looked around and finally picked up a pillow to throw at him, scolding him, “Zack, just you try starving yourself again in the future! Do you think I’ll care?
“I won’t care! I won’t care a single bit! I’ll rejoice in your excruciating pain and it’ll be great! You’re in your thirties and still don’t know how to take care of yourself. What is a mouth for? It’s for eating!”
Even when she was at her angriest and saddest, she would never skip a meal.
Zack caught the pillow she threw. “Seren, I’ll pay attention in the future. I won’t make you worry again.”
“Who’s worried?! I’m not worried at all! You think you’re all that?!”
“Alright, alright. I think I’m all that. I’ll get them to give me all of this so I can think I’m all that.”
Serena was speechless.
“Seren.”
Zack got up and walked to his wife’s side. He then forcibly squeezed into the armchair with her and Serena even shoved him twice in anger, but did not manage to push him away. He firmly occupied most of the armchair.
It was such a tight squeeze she wanted to get up and walk away, but he put his arms around her waist, and with a show of strength, she stumbled and fell into his lap. He hugged her closely, rested his chin on her shoulder, and said softly, “Seren, please forgive me?
“The days I couldn’t come looking for you were too hard for me. I was like a zombie.”
Even if he could find out about her movements at any moment, he still missed her like crazy.
“I won’t lie to you again in the future. If I do, I’ll take whatever you throw at me.”
Serena tried to pry his hands away but after failing to do so, pinched the back of his hand with force a few times. Her expression was stiff as she said, “I never said you couldn’t come to look for me.”
“Nana didn’t let me.”
Zack added pitifully, “I got drunk one night, and do you know how Nana woke me up?”
“She poured a bucket of cold water over your head.”
“Nana got someone to move a deck chair next to the swimming pool and laid the drunk me on the chair. Then, when I accidentally rolled over, I fell into the pool. I really was shocked awake within seconds- also from how cold it was.”
Serena was struck speechless.
Only Nana could do such a thing.
“After I sobered up, Nana didn’t let me go and look for you and said to let you calm down. Only God knew how hard it was for me to go days without seeing you, sol could only throw myself into my work. Only when I was busy would I not miss you… I really wasn’t trying to make you pity me.
“I made you lose trust in me and I really regret that. I just want to use actual deeds to help you regain trust in me again. I absolutely won’t even think of trying to deceive you again.
“Seren, I’ve thought it through. You can do whatever you want to do and I’ll support you no matter what. If you can’t fit into my circle, you don’t have to force yourself. I’ll accommodate you instead. It’s much easier than you accommodating me.
“I think living our own lives simply is pretty good.”
Serena turned to look at him.
Their gazes met.
In the next moment, Serena grabbed Zack’s face and viciously bit him on the lip, proceeding to bite him on each cheek too.
After the three vicious bites, Serena took advantage of the time he was in pain to forcefully break out of his embrace and got up to bring over the vial of medicine to administer the injection. She handed it to him, her pretty face threatening, “Take it!”
Zack’s face and lips had been bitten by her and he was now in pain, but he still had to take the vial of medicine. He accepted the vial as his dark eyes looked at her.
“Don’t pretend to be so pitiful. I won’t give in.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.