It was hard to go after Zack since he was always surrounded by his bodyguards and had the skills to defend himself. His vehicle was bulletproof too. The next best person to strike was the love of his life–Serena.
The whole of Wiltspoon knew Zack was crazy for his wife.
It would be the death of Zack if anything were to happen to Serena.
“Do you think Mrs. Newman is in on it?” Serena’s first thought was Mrs. Newman.
After a brief silence, Zack said, “I can’t tell for sure, but I told Josh to keep an eye on Mr. Newman and his wife after your argument with Ms. Carrie. There’s no unusual activity on their end.
“Seren, we can only know through an investigation if the mastermind is after you or me.”
Zack put Sonny next to him and pulled Serena into his arms. Locking Serena in his embrace, he vowed solemnly, “Don’t be scared. I’m here for you. I won’t let anyone harm you.”
Lifting her chin, Serena looked into his eyes with worry. “If they’re out to get you… You must be careful, Zack.”
“Unfortunately, I hold a status that tends to attract danger. I’m used to it. Don’t worry. I’ll be fine.”
The York family sheltered their descendants from the outside world until they were ready to enter the business world. The world had no idea what their names were.
The purpose of doing so was to protect the York boys against malice.
The York boys took up the art of self–defense since they were young to train their bodies and defend themselves.
Although they would not be caught dead without their bodyguards, there was still that 1% chance they might find themselves alone and needing to fend for themselves.
Serena rested her head against his chest. “I hope it’s only an accident and nothing more to it.”
If it was simply an accident, they could call themselves unlucky to be eyed by kidnappers.
Should there be a mastermind involved, incidents would only keep coming.
“It was quite a commotion today. Even if it was a scheme, the mastermind wouldn’t try anything so soon.”
Sonny, who was left alone and ignored by his aunt and uncle, nudged Serena away from Zack. As Serena straightened her back and watched in confusion, the boy climbed onto Zack’s lap and sat down.
Leaning back, Sonny rested against Zack’s chest.
He looked rather relaxed.
Serena was speechless.
Her nephew was fighting her over her man!
“Sonny.”
Relaxing his facial muscles, Zack lowered his head and kissed Sonny on the cheek. He tenderly asked Sonny, “Do you want to learn to fight, Sonny?”
“What do you mean, Uncle Zack?”
“Have you seen your aunt fight off the bad guys? Don’t you think your aunt is awesome? She learned to fight those bad guys.”
Sonny had never seen Serena exchanging blows with anybody, but he did see Serena give the stranger who tried to hold him a kick. At the time, Sonny thought his aunt was the coolest person ever.
He bobbed his head. “I want to be a fighter like Aunt Ser, Uncle Zack. I want to learn to fight.”
Zack said affectionately, “How about I hire a teacher to teach you to fight? But it’s not going to be easy. You can’t cry when it gets too hard.”
“He can take lessons from schools.”
Serena added, “There are gyms everywhere.”
Sonny earnestly uttered, “I won’t cry, Uncle Zack. I want to be as good as Aunt Ser.”
Zack smiled. “Okay. I’ll find you a teacher for one–on–one sessions. The lessons won’t come in the way of your school in September.”
He then told Serena, “The gyms work well to the extent of a good workout. It will take a long time before he gets to your level. You have the skills to take down thugs, but you have nothing on the real professionals.
“The boys in my family got lessons from experts. Sonny would benefit more from one–on- one sessions than a gym setting. It will be hard though. I don’t know if Sonny can stand the hardship.”
“It’s a personal choice to take up self–defense if you’re an ordinary person, but now… Sonny should learn to fight and protect himself.”
Zack had always held a torch for Sonny. He believed Sonny had a lot of potential and thought about taking the boy under his wing when he was older.
Now, Zack was merely carrying the plan out ahead of schedule.
“That’s true. Alright, we’ll go with your idea. Thank you, babe.”
For Zack to help Sonny tap into his potential and creativity, Serena was happy for her nephew and thanked Zack for it.
Zack carried Sonny with one hand and dabbed on Serena’s nose with his free hand before uttering, “You always call me Zack, but suddenly I’m “babe” when I talk about getting Sonny a coach. Does Sonny hold a bigger space in your heart than I do?”
Serena replied with a smile, “You both hold equal spaces. No, you take up a bigger space in my heart.”
Sonny was only a kid, but Zack was an adult. Of course, Zack took up more space.
Not able to read between the lines, Zack lovingly dabbed her nose again. “I won’t be jealous of Sonny.”
“Great. Imagine the jealousy when we have a baby if you can be jealous of a three–year–old.”
“I’ll only love our baby. I won’t fight with a baby over your love and attention.”
Zack believed he would give the baby all the love in the world. Why would he compete with a baby?
Of course, he was prone to eat his words.
Serena chuckled.
Yeah, right. Zack was a possessive man. Serena doubted he would not compete with a baby for her affection.
Back at the city center, Zack brought Serena and Liberty to Brynfield. Grandma May had received the news by now.
She had been waiting at Brynfield.
Hearing that someone was at the door, Grandma May approached the entrance. The door opened to Serena holding Sonny’s hand. Grandma May scooped the boy into her arms.
“Oh, thank God. Thank God.”
Grandma May repeatedly expressed relief.
Clive and Elisa also went to Brynfrield. Clive and Zack may not be on the best terms in business, but they could agree on one thing–they needed to work together to get to the bottom of this.
If it was a case of unintentional mishap, they could protect their families by adding security.
However, if it was something sinister, they needed to fish out the mastermind and stop this from happening again.
The incident at the zoo quickly became breaking news in Wiltspoon.
Zack and Clive, together with their security teams, were caught on camera picking someone up at the zoo. While others may not know whose children fell victim to the kidnapping, Duncan saw the news and immediately thought of Sonny.
This was because Zack and his wife did not have children yet, and Clive’s baby was still in his wife’s belly.
Duncan’s mind immediately flew to Sonny.
Zack and Clive would be the first ones at the scene if anything happened to Sonny.
Both were Sonny’s uncles.
Duncan dialed Zack’s number instead of Liberty’s. Once he received confirmation, Duncan could not sit still in his office.
Although he knew Sonny was fine, Duncan needed to see Sonny with his own eyes before he could feel at ease.
Ditching work, Duncan hurried out of his office.
He ran into his mother and Lily at the lift.
The pair must have returned from a shopping trip. Lily held Mrs. Lewis’s arm while carrying a few shopping bags herself.
“Are you heading out, Duncan?”
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