The possibility of Liberty and Duncan being together was rather slim.
It had never been Liberty’s wish to marry into a wealthy family. The sisters were not ones with wishful ambitions.
Grandma May gave up on the idea.
After leaving Liberty’s restaurant, Duncan returned to Lewis & Co. and walked into the office to lie on the sofa. He pulled out his phone and gave Zack a text message.
It was quiet during lunchtime in the office.
Duncan: [Can I bother you?]
Zack was having the sleep of his life since he managed to convince his wife to stay at the office for a nap. Duncan’s untimely message woke him up.
He would probably travel through the radio wave to give Duncan a beating if the guy was not his best friend.
Serena was still asleep. Zack gave her a peck on the lips before grabbing his phone. He tiptoed out of the private resting room and approached a sofa to lie down like Duncan was.
“What do you want?”
Duncan’s mind was still blank by the time his best friend answered, so he replied, ” Nothing.”
Zack flipped out.
He dialed Duncan’s number.
Once Duncan picked up the call, Zack gave Duncan a piece of his mind.
Duncan said, “I don’t think you’re Zack… You can’t be Zack with language like that.”
“I would’ve beaten you up if you weren’t Duncan. It’s been rough for me. Seren only went soft on me when it came to my health. She finally agreed to move back with me and make me packed lunches to watch my nutrition. Nothing’s bothering you, and yet you came to disrupt my sleep. You were asking for it.”
Duncan chuckled. “Oh, did you kiss and make up? Let’s have dinner sometime since all is good now. I couldn’t ask you out when you weren’t in the best of moods.
Alcohol is the last thing you need.”
Zack felt better after tearing Duncan a new one.
“Hurry up and tell me what’s on your mind. Otherwise, don’t disturb my break.
Everybody knew that he would rest after lunch.
“It’s nothing really. I was passing by your sister–in–law’s breakfast diner while on my way to work. I dropped in for a visit and to give Sonny a pinwheel, and your nana was there.
“Your sister–in–law gave me the rent money in cash, but somehow, I felt guilty when I looked at your nana. What do you think? Did I cross your nana in any way?”
“God knows what you did. I’m not your shadow. I don’t follow you around and know your every move.”
Duncan was wasting his time over tiny matters.
Was Duncan bragging to him about collecting rent? Zack rented out commercial spaces too, and his annual rental income was a lot more than Duncan’s.
Duncan fell silent before replying, “Man, you’re all riled up. I guess you aren’t getting something.”
“We’ll see if you’ll be happy when I intrude on your intimate moment with your girl.”
“My woman is not born yet. I might not find someone for me ever. You and Josh found your special someone, so we belong to different worlds now. I’m cutting ties with you two.”
It was a joke.
“That reminds me. Do you know that the Zimmers went bankrupt? Their house is up for sale to pay the debt. Are you interested in buying?”
“I’d rather invest in new development. The Zimmers might have a spacious villa, but it’s secondhand.”
Duncan uttered with a smile, “The Zimmers are the Stones‘ neighbor. By the Stone family, I mean your wife’s aunt. You could give the place a complete facelift if you purchase it. It can make a nice marital home and give your wife easy access to her aunt’s place.
“I bet your wife will be happy.”
Zack was speechless.
The Zimmers once enjoyed fame and fortune back in the day to live next to the
Stone family. It was a shame that the family’s descendants had not been doing too well at keeping the business running. The Zimmers’ family business was in the red and they needed to sell the house off to get out of debt.
“Clive probably made a deal on the house.”
Since the estates were next to each other, it made sense for Clive to buy the property next door and tear down the fence in between to connect the two houses. It would expand the square footage of the Stones‘ land.
The Stones had the money anyway. Who could beat Clive if he had his eyes on the property?
“I can help you to ask around now if you’re interested. Hang on.”
Since Duncan felt bad for waking his best friend up, he tried to think of something to make up for it.
That was how the Zimmers‘ villa came to mind.
Using another phone, Duncan checked with his source and quickly got a reply. The Zimmers‘ villa was not on the market anyway.
Duncan asked his source thinking it was Clive, but his source had no idea who had purchased the house, and that it was not Clive. Clive was one step behind buying the Zimmers‘ villa to expand his family’s land as someone else had bought the house off.
Sure, the Zimmers‘ property was preowned, but the place boasted a generous space, so everybody was after the land. As for the house itself, the buyer would probably get a major overhaul of the building structure as Duncan had said.
The Zimmers had a lot of memories of the house, but it was time for others to create something anew.
Out with the old and in with the new.
Since money was no object, the resident would spare no expenses to bring their dream home to life.
Duncan replied, “See. The nice estate is high in demand. Someone got it before Clive.”
“Who bought the place?”
That was quick.
“No idea, but we’ll soon find out.”
Zack was not bothered as he had a lot of properties. It was all about the location for Zack when it came to real estate.
He was after the long-term investment, so he would look at the neighborhood, the location, the size, and the age of the property.
Zack would prefer to get the property as it was.
“Well, I’ll leave you to enjoy your break, Zack.”
With nothing more to talk about, Duncan quickly hung up the call.
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.