Mr. Chaplin smiled brightly. “Are you sure it’s her?”
“Yes.”
The receptionist saw Serena carrying two insulated lunch boxes and heading toward the lobby.
She smiled. “I saw her. She’s holding two lunch boxes. She must have brought lunch for the boss.
“We don’t have to work overtime until midnight anymore.”
Mr. Chaplin sighed. “Thank God.”
Then, he happily hung up the phone.
Serena felt that everyone was smiling at her and showed her great enthusiasm this time.
She thought, ‘So this is how the CEO’s wife is treated.‘
“Mrs. York.”
“Mrs. York.”
The two receptionists greeted Serena respectfully with a smile when they saw her come in.
Serena smiled in return. The receptionists had always been very nice to her.
One of the receptionists went around the desk and led Serena toward the elevator entrance. She glanced at the insulated lunch boxes that Serena was carrying.
“Zack’s stomach isn’t feeling well lately, so I brought him food. It’s almost lunch break, right?”
Serena came over early.
The receptionist looked concerned. “Mr. York’s stomach isn’t feeling well? He should take care of himself.”
She thought in her heart, ‘The CEO has been working all day nonstop recently and isn’t having his meals on time. Most of the time, it’s Mr. Chaplin who packs food for him to eat at the office, but I heard Mr. Chaplin say that Mr. York still often forgets to eat because of his busy schedule.
‘It’s only natural that he’ll have stomach problems like that.‘
“We’re having our lunch break soon,” the receptionist added.
She led Serena to the CEO’s exclusive elevator, pressed the button for the doors to remain open, and respectfully invited her into the elevator. Serena entered with the two insulated lunch boxes and smiled at the receptionist, then rode the elevator alone to the top floor.
As soon as she got out of the elevator, she saw Mr. Chaplin’s smiling face.
She was stunned and stared at Mr. Chaplin, wondering why the man was smiling so widely that his eyes were closed.
“Hello, Mrs. York. I’m Mr. York’s secretary. You can call me Mr. Chaplin.”
“Hello, Mr. Chaplin.”
Serena greeted him politely. “Is your boss free now? Can I go in? Or will I be disturbing him?”
Mr. Chaplin smiled and said, “No, you can just knock on the door.”
He deliberately did not tell Zack so the latter would be surprised.
“However, the COO is inside,” Mr. Chaplin pointed out.
Callum came to Zack to complain about their nana forcing him to marry. She just gave him a photo so he knew what the woman looked like, how old she was, and what profession she was in now, but he had no idea about anything else.
Serena smiled. “Okay. Thank you, Mr. Chaplin.”
Fortunately, she came with two lunch boxes. If Callum wanted to eat together, there would be enough for both of them.
Mr. Chaplin led Serena to the door of Zack’s office and knocked on it. After gaining Zack’s permission to enter, Mr. Chaplin pushed open the door for Serena and watched her go in alone. He did not follow.
When Serena went inside, he immediately closed the door, went back to his desk to clean up, and prepared to go on his lunch break.
He could eat an extra serving for lunch today!
His recent high–strung nerves finally able to relax.
“Seren.”
Zack could not describe how he felt when he saw the person who came in was his beloved wife. He was overjoyed beyond words.
“Serena.”
Callum stood and greeted Serena, and took the initiative to give her his seat.
Zack dropped his pen and got up to meet his wife.
Callum silently retreated to the side, thinking, ‘I talked to him for more than half an hour, but he didn’t even raise his head, let alone answer me. It’s like he became a different person when Serena came in.‘
However, Callum was also happy to see Serena.
Everyone knew that Grandma May forbade Zack from disturbing Serena from taking her time to calm down. Zack did not feel good when he could not see his wife, so he started to torture everyone else.
Maybe he did not know how tiring it was for other people below him when they could not keep up with his high efficiency.
“Seren, why didn’t you tell me you were coming? I would’ve gone downstairs to pick you up.”
Zack took the insulated lunch boxes from his wife, fearing that she would be tired from carrying them. He turned around to place the two boxes on his desk, then led her by the hand to sit on the sofa.
His fiery eyes glued to her body.
Callum spat in his heart, ‘If he could dig out his eyeballs and stick them on Serena, I guess he would do it without hesitation.‘
“It’s not the first time I came to your office. You don’t have to pick me up. I brought you food, so eat it while it’s hot. Eating your meals on time every day will help your stomach recover.”
Zack grinned. “Thank you, honey.”
Serena could not help but pinch his cheery face and smile. “Is the company giving out bonuses today? Everyone I saw today was beaming brightly.”
Callum chimed in with a laugh, “Serena, having you come here is more gratifying than getting a bonus.”
Zack looked at his brother.
‘Didn’t you see that my wife brought me lunch? Why are you still standing there like a statue? Get out!‘
“Callum, bring the lunch over. I brought a lot of food, so there’s enough for both of you to eat.”
Callum immediately picked up the lunch boxes from the desk and placed them on the coffee table. He sat down and was just about to open the boxes when he noticed
Zack glaring at him intently.
Callum froze.
Zack’s smile was gone, and his dark eyes glared at his brother as if he were throwing knives.
Callum’s skin pricked from the glare.
“I–I’ll just open up the boxes for you and see what Serena prepared for you, Zack.”
Although he was being glared at, he opened up the boxes as if nothing was wrong.
When he saw the food inside, he praised Serena for her good cooking skills. The food she made really smelled heavenly.
“It smells great.”
Callum unpacked every layer of the lunch boxes and placed them on the coffee table. Besides food, there was also soup.
“I have plans for lunch, so I won’t fight Zack for the food. Serena, you guys have a good chat. I’ll go now.”
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.