Liberty was glad that Serena and her husband had a good relationship.
She had a failed marriage, so she hoped her sister could live a better life.
Ring, ring…
The doorbell rang.
“Mom, Aunt Ser, I’ll get the door.”
Sonny slid down his chair and ran to open the door.
Serena followed her nephew nonetheless.
Sonny ran to the door. He went on tiptoes, yet he still could not reach the doorknob even after several tries. He turned to look at Serena with bright eyes.
Serena smiled and lifted him to let him open the door.
The door opened. The person standing there was Zack. “Uncle Zak.”
Sonny was happy to see Zack. His tiny body leaned toward Zack. Zack quickly put down the items in his hand to carry the child.
Serena bent over to pick up the two bags of fruits and a carton of milk he had bought. She said with a smile, “Why are you here? Didn’t you say you had a business engagement? I bought two bags of fruits for my sister, and now you too. We even bought the same types of fruits.”
Zack carried Sonny into the house. “That’s because our hearts are linked. Something came up, so my client can’t come over. Tonight’s schedule was canceled, so I rushed over to have a meal.”
He knew that his beloved wife was at his sister-in-law’s place.
That was one of the benefits of having bodyguards following Serena. He could give Serena freedom and not ask about her whereabouts during usual days, but he would also be able to find her with just a call if he wanted to know her location.
“Liberty,” Zack greeted.
Seeing that her brother-in-law had come, Liberty put down her cutlery and stood up to welcome him. When she saw her sister carrying bags in her hand, she said, “You two don’t have to buy anything when you come over to my place in the future. I can buy them myself. Take two bags of fruits when you’re heading back later. Sonny and I can’t eat that much.”
“I didn’t know Seren bought fruits too.”
Zack smiled gently.
Liberty had to admit that the power of love was invincible.
Since they first met, her brother-in-law had been respectful toward her, but he was always cold. However, compared to before, Zack started smiling more and had become gentler even if he was not smiling.
The tough guy had become softer.
“We were just eating. You can wash your hands and eat with us.”
Liberty went to the kitchen to get a set of cutlery for her brother-in-law. She shifted all the delicious dishes to his side as well.
Serena was speechless.
She knew that she would lose her sister’s favor once Zack came. It was like she was a sister Liberty picked up from the streets.
The doorbell rang again just two minutes after they sat down.
Sonny went to open the door again. However, he got smarter. He moved a stool to open the door and forbade the adults from following him.
Soon, they heard Sonny calling, “Granddad, Grandmom.”
It was Mr. and Mrs. Brown who came.
Mr. Brown carried Sonny inside while Mrs. Brown held the stool Sonny took to boost his height. She said to Liberty while entering, “Liberty, how can you let Sonny open the door? He can’t even reach the doorknob yet. What if he falls when using the stool?”
Sonny was the Brown family’s only hope to continue the family line.
“Did you just start eating?”
Mrs. Brown saw a lot of seafood placed on the dining table. The prawns and crabs were huge. There would definitely be a lot of meat in the crab pincers. Mrs. Brown was going to say that Liberty was not practical.
Only three to four people were eating, yet they bought so much seafood. Did Liberty not know seafood was expensive?
The Brown family had not eaten seafood for a long time. Whenever Chelsea went over, she would complain that she could not eat as much seafood as she wanted ever since her sister-in-law changed.
Jessica hated Chelsea a lot. Hank had allowed Jessica to be in charge of their finances. She could not bear buying seafood for her sister-in-law.
Jessica once said to Hank, “Buying seafood for your sister just to let her criticize me and drive a wedge between you and me after she had her fill is so unrewarding. I won’t do it.”
Therefore, Chelsea could never eat seafood like prawns and crabs when visiting her family -even clams were out of discussion.
However, Mrs. Brown swallowed her words right away after she saw Zack.
It made sense to have a generous meal prepared as Mr. Zack was also eating.
“What’s your business here?”
Liberty’s gaze was indifferent. She disliked her ex-husband’s family coming over so often.
“Liberty, we want Sonny to stay at our place for some time.” Mr. Brown stated their intention immediately as he knew Liberty hated them.
Since their new daughter-in-law no longer restricted them from getting close to Sonny, Mr. and Mrs. Brown could not wait for another second and went to look for Liberty to pick Sonny up.
Liberty kept quiet.
Serena spoke, “You never took care of Sonny before. He’ll not be able to get used to it and cry if you take him to your place. If you want to visit Sonny, you can come over every day during the daytime and play with him.”
Mr. Brown said embarrassedly, “Serena, we didn’t take care of Sonny before, so we’re trying to make up for it now. We’re old and bored at home. If we help your sister to take care of Sonny, she’ll be able to focus on earning money too.”
He asked the child in his arms next, “Sonny, do you want to follow Granddad and
Grandmom home?”
Sonny asked, “Is Mom coming?”
Mr. Brown was stunned. He replied, “Your mom isn’t going, but your dad is in Granddad and Grandmom’s home. Sonny, follow us back and stay with us, okay? That way, your mom won’t be tired as well.”
Sonny twisted and turned to get down. He ran back to the table, climbed onto his chair, and sat down.” want to eat. If Mom isn’t going, I won’t go too. I want Mom!”
Mr. and Mrs. Brown were at a loss for words.
“Since you two must’ve eaten already, I won’t invite you to have a meal. You can sit on the sofa and watch TV first. We can talk again after we finish eating.”
Liberty poured a glass of warm water for her former in-laws. After that, she turned on the TV for them and returned to the table to resume eating with her sister and brother-in-law.
Mr. Brown smiled sheepishly. “Enjoy your meal. We’ll watch TV.”
The old couple saw the four bags of fruits placed on the coffee table. They guessed it must have been Serena and Zack who bought them.
Mrs. Brown whispered enviously, “Serena has always liked to buy food and drinks for her sister. Now that she’s rich, the quality of the fruits she bought also improved.”
All the fruits bought were expensive.
If Chelsea saw them, she would definitely want to take two or three bags home.
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