“Mr. Callum?” Camryn called out in bewilderment.
“I don’t like flowers, and I don’t have a girlfriend. Telling you to send a bouquet over was just a way for you to get yourself acquainted with the route to come see me. That way, it’ll be easier for you in the future.”
Callum explained with a smile, “But your silly look is quite funny. Since you amused me, I’ll treat you to dinner. Let’s go.”
Camryn scolded him in her heart, ‘You’re the fool!‘
He did not play by the rules. She was completely flabbergasted by him.
On the surface, Camryn recovered her calm demeanor and followed Callum out while declining his invitation to dinner.
“You’ll just order takeout if you go back anyway. It’s not good to eat takeouts often. If you don’t want me to treat you, then you treat me instead. I gave you two big business opportunities, so it’s natural you treat me to a meal.”
Camryn choked. After a moment, she said, “I only have a few hundred dollars with me. I might not be able to treat you, Mr. Callum.”
He was from the York family and usually ate at Wiltspoon Hotel. Wiltspoon Hotel belonged to his family, so it was only natural for him to eat there.
She had been there before. It was for a dinner before she went blind and she was aware that a meal there would cost at least several hundred dollars.
“It’s fine. I can lend you the money to treat me.”
Camryn was speechless.
Callum turned to look at her stunned expression and grinned. “Your choice. Is it your treat or mine?”
Either way, he wanted her to accompany him to dinner.
If they got used to each other earlier, they would get along better later.
He could also learn what food she liked.
“Actually, there’s no need to order too much food since it’s just the two of us. A main and several side dishes would be enough. It’s not like everything on the menu in Wiltspoon. Hotel is expensive. There are affordable choices too.”
At those words, Camryn gritted her teeth and said, “It’ll be my treat, Mr. Callum, as thanks. for giving me two big business deals.”
“Sure.”
The money she would be paying for the meal was the money he gave her anyway, so he did not mind.
They would be husband and wife in the future, and there was no need for a family to draw such clear divides. His belongings were hers, and hers were his; they were each other’s.
Callum took Camryn to the elevator and went to the first floor.
There, he met his brother and sister–in–law.
“Callum and Ms. Newman,” Serena greeted them with a smile.
She thought Camryn had left. She did not expect her to come down with Callum.
Callum was tall and handsome, and Camryn looked petite and delicate standing beside them. As Serena saw them walking together, she felt that they looked like a good match. “Serena.”
“Mrs. York.”
Callum greeted Serena back.
On the other hand, Camryn addressed Serena politely. Callum looked at her and wanted to correct her form of address, but he remembered that she was not his wife yet. Thus, she could not call Serena so familiarly.
He had always treated her as his wife and was practicing how to be a good husband to her, but she treated him like a stranger.
The person who caused this situation was his darling and respectable nana!
Callum remembered that his nana followed Kevin to Jensburg and felt that he was better off than Kevin. Although Camryn had not regained her sight yet and faced many inconveniences in her daily life, at least she was right under his watch. On the other hand, Kevin had to take a flight in order to meet Mr–No, Ms. Queen.
His nana still loved him more.
“Zack,” Callum greeted.
Zack glanced at Camryn and the bouquet of flowers she was holding, then his eyes returned to his younger brother. He sighed faintly, hugged Serena’s waist, and said, “We’re leaving now.”
Without waiting for Callum to reply, he left with Serena in his arms.
Serena turned to look back as she walked.
Zack used his hand to push her face forward and said in a low voice, “I’m more handsome than Callum.”
“I’m not looking at Callum; I’m looking at Camryn. Wait, why do you sound jealous?”
“You’re looking at another man. Even if he’s my brother, I’ll still get jealous.”
Serena was speechless. “If we have a son in the future and I treat our son well, will you be jealous of him too?”
“I won’t get jealous if we have a daughter.”
“I also want to have a daughter and break your family’s record. Who knows if I’ll have the chance? I’d better prepare for a son. If you’re going to be jealous of your own son, then I hope you’re prepared to be jealous for the rest of your life.”
Zack’s expression turned sullen. He seemed very unhappy.
He thought, ‘If we have a baby in the future, and that baby turns out to be a boy, he’ll take away my wife’s attention. Maybe Seren will treat the baby better than she treats me. Should we use birth control for now? I still want to spend time alone with her.”
“I told Josh to help me find out if there’s a fortune teller to divine the fate of our family. Maybe there’s something preventing the York family from having girls.”
Zack still very much wanted a daughter.
That was not only his wish, but also the wish of the York family for several generations.
“Did you find one?”
“Not yet. Real diviners are hard to invite even if we can find them, but I’ll find one and ask for their help no matter how much money I have to spend. Let’s see if our generation can conceive a girl.”
Serena said, “I heard that fate is also important. If the diviner doesn’t want to come, then we can’t force them. Ask Nana if she knows any fortune tellers.”
The couple chatted as they walked out of the office building and toward Zack’s car.
The bodyguards brought the car that Serena drove over back.
After getting into the car, Zack said, “I heard she called a fortune teller over once to Whitmore Mansion, the place where we spent our New Year. She also invited him to Wildridge Manor when it was first built.
“But she said the diviner was already in his seventies when she invited him to Wildridge Manor. I guess he must have already passed by now.”
Wildridge Manor was built decades ago.
Serena sighed.
She liked to listen to pseudoscience. Although she did not understand, it was quite interesting.
Even though she was slightly afraid of the paranormal, she still liked to hear about it.
“We’ll just have to take our time to look for one.”
Serena said, “At most, we can try again for a girl the second time.”
Zack’s palm covered her flat belly for a moment before he retracted his hand. He said enviously, “If only we could be like Remy’s brother and sister–in–law. His sisters–in–law both had twins for their first pregnancies. His second sister–in–law had identical twins, and his oldest sister–in–law is almost due too.”
Serena laughed. “Having one son is enough to make you jealous. It’ll be worse if we have twin boys.”
Zack was speechless.
He was hoping they could have fraternal twins, or a pair of identical girls instead.
The York family had more boys than the Johnson family in Annenburg. Zack secretly vowed to find a particularly powerful fortune teller to do a divination for their family. Was there a problem that caused their family to be unable to conceive girls?
“Babe, what do you think of Callum and Camryn now? I think Callum is courting death.”
Serena changed the topic.
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