Chapter 646 – The Disguised Billionaire and His Accidental Wife Novel Free Online

“I own the space and rent it out,” Duncan added in case Lily thought he was standing up the restaurant owner.

Lily smiled. “No wonder you have breakfast there. You own the place.”

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“I’m full. I can’t eat anymore. Ms. Harmon, thank you for the breakfast, but I don’t need it.”

The last thing Duncan wanted was to take Lily to the office.

Lily uttered with a smile, “I’ll bring it back later. I want to get a tour of your office, Duncan. I didn’t just come to Wiltspoon for this. I’m here to talk business with a few major corporations too.”

The Harmons operated their business on a large scale.

Mrs. Lewis was hoping to have a union with the Harmons while Lily wanted to penetrate Wiltspoon’s market by having business ties with major corporations like Lewis & Co. Not only could Lily bring profit to Harmon Corporation, but she could also bond with Duncan over the business collaboration.

The way she saw it, although Duncan may be a brusque man, he had a delicate side to him. Lily would find her happy-ever-after with Duncan if she could conquer his heart.

Having dwelled in the business world for many years, Lily loved a challenge, and the conquest for Duncan’s heart summoned her interest and gave her great motivation.

Since Lily wanted to visit Lewis & Co. under the guise of a tour, Duncan was not in the position to turn her down. She was the daughter of his mother’s best friend after all.

Duncan got into his car and hit the accelerator, driving away pretty fast.

Lily quickly went in pursuit of his car.

In the diner, Liberty had no idea what had happened outside.

Not long after Duncan left, the Browns paraded into the diner.

The whole circus was here, including Chelsea, her husband, and Lucas. Mrs. Brown called everybody to the city so they could take a trip to the zoo.

Lucas was supposed to attend kindergarten, but now that he was away from his grandparents’ care, he often fell ill. Since he was sick again, Chelsea took him out of school for two days to see his grandparents.

Jessica was not too happy about so many coming along to the zoo. On second thought, the Browns invited themselves. The heat would be taken off Jessica, as the stepmother, if the kidnapping plan was a success.

It would be the Brown family’s fault for not having a closer eye on Sonny.

“Sonny.”

Seeing that Sonny was playing with Lego, Lucas let go of his mother’s hand, ran, climbed up the stool like a monkey, and sat next to Sonny.

“What are you playing with, Sonny? I want to have a go.”

The familiar voice pushed Sonny to stuff all the unassembled Lego bricks back into the box.

By the time Lucas sat next to him, Sonny had packed away all the things. Sonny clung to the box and replied, “Dunc gave me Lego.”

“I want to play with Lego too.”

Lucas put his hand out to grab Sonny’s bricks.

Leaning to one side, Sonny dodged Lucas’s grubby hands. He jumped off the stool and took cover by his mother’s side.

Lucas always took his stuff and picked on him. There was no way Sonny would want to play with Lucas.

Although his mother and aunt’s love and concern helped Sonny move past the trauma at the Reptons’ last year, Sonny had never forgotten about the incident.

“Mom, Sonny has a toy, and he’s not letting me play with it. I want a toy, Mom! I want Sonny’s toy!”

Lucas took quick paces to his mother and tugged on Chelsea’s clothes, demanding Sonny’s toy.

Chelsea always thought the world of her children while other people’s children could suck it. Putting her hand out at Sonny, she said, “Sonny, hand over your toy.”

“This is mine!”

Sonny latched onto the Lego box like glue.

Chelsea went ahead to pull the toy off of Sonny when Liberty grabbed a kitchen utensil and slapped it on Chelsea’s wrist. The pain caused Chelsea to recoil her arm.

“What are you doing, Liberty?”

Liberty put on a sour face. “I should be asking you that. That is Sonny’s toy. He can decide whether he wants to share it with Lucas. Why are you taking the toy from a child?”

Chelsea was lost for words.

With a scowl, Mr. Brown gave his daughter a dressing down. Once Chelsea pulled her son to a corner, Mr. Brown apologetically said, “Liberty, it’s fine if Sonny doesn’t want to share. It’s his toy anyway.”

“Why are all of you here?”

Liberty glanced at the family and asked.

Hank jumped in. “Didn’t my parents tell you last night? We’re taking Sonny to the zoo to see the tigers today.”

He then asked his son, “Sonny, do you want to go to the zoo with Dad?”

With sparkling eyes, Sonny inquired, “Is Mom going too, Dad?”

Hank glanced at Liberty before replying with a smile, “Mom is going too.”

“Liberty, you should close shop early today. We can have breakfast at yours and set out to the zoo. It’s an hour’s journey to the zoo, so we must leave early. The children can enjoy more time there.”

Wiltspoon Zoo was huge and home to many animals.

Hank had gone to the zoo once on a weekend when he first started dating Liberty. Serena was still a teenager back then, and she tagged along.

Liberty was going to let her son go on the zoo trip with her former in-laws. Nevertheless, she changed her mind when her eyes fell on Lucas. She was worried that Lucas might pick on Sonny if she did not go along. Getting to her son’s eye level, Liberty asked, “Do you want to go, Sonny?”

Sonny blurted, “I want to go, Mom. I want to go with Mom and Dad to the zoo.”

He looked at Jessica, unable to fathom why this lady was always around his father.

Mom always stood by Dad in the past.

Hank persuaded, “Come on, Liberty. We’ve never taken our son to the zoo. Let’s go together. Sonny has been wanting to see the tigers.”

Mr. and Mrs. Brown echoed their son’s idea, trying to convince Liberty to join the family trip.

Truth be told, Liberty was not interested in going out with her ex-husband’s family. Nevertheless, she did not want to put a damper on her son’s idea of fun. She faintly uttered, “I can leave after the customers are finished with their meals.”

Seeing that Mom had given the green light, Sonny leaped in joy and then proceeded to urge his mother, “Phone Aunt Ser, Mom! Tell Aunt Ser to join us!”

The Browns were speechless.

The only son of the Brown family did not forget to include his aunt in everything.

“I don’t know if your aunt has the time,” Liberty said. Still, she listened to her son and gave Serena a call.

It would be nice for Liberty if her sister came along. At least, she would not feel awkward going on the trip with her ex-husband’s family.

Serena took a ride in her man’s Roll Royce to the shop.

She had just collected the craft goods from the crafters she hired. After examining the quality, Serena complimented her employees on a good job and paid them based on the agreed rate.

“Serena, it’s good money since we’re only working on crafts when we take a break from caring for the kids. Our families are pretty supportive. You know what? My mother–in–law stopped giving me an attitude.”

“Me too. My mother–in–law is now looking after my child for me. I was shocked that she was happy to do it for me. Serena, you can accept more orders. We are more than able to finish the task.”

They ventured into the world of crafting together. Although there had not been a lot of contact among the ladies, they had always kept in touch. The ladies were well aware of Serena’s position in society now too.

Of course, they were envious.

However, Serena gave them a job and paid every time they handed in the crafts. It was a lucrative job for stay–at–home mothers like them.

If that was not enough, their boss was Mrs. York.

Their in–laws were nicer to them, knowing that they were working for Mrs. York but it was mainly because they could contribute financially to the family.

Serena uttered with a smile, “I had a pile of orders to fulfill before the new year, and the pile built up after I hurt my hand. It was a good thing you ladies came to save the day. I’ll bring you more supplies and the sample products of the orders.”

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