Just as Liberty said, Serena was fond of drinking despite her poor alcohol tolerance. If Zack let her roam free in his wine cellar, chances were that she was going to get alcohol poisoning in no time.
“I just need the vegetables to grow well, finding customers won’t be a problem…” Serena said suddenly when Zack thought she had fallen asleep. She uttered this with a bright smile, looking as beautiful as ever
With that, she stretched lazily in Zack’s arms and wrapped her arms as tightly as she could around him. Her eyes were shut the entire time and there was no way to tell if she was just talking in her sleep, but she did giggle as she confessed, “Zack, it’s wonderful being your wife… So wonderful!”
Zack smiled lovingly and embraced her tightly.
He felt like the luckiest man in the world to get to call himself her husband.
It did not take long before Serena fell asleep.
After ensuring that she was asleep, Zack took off his suit jacket and threw it over her, careful to not wake her up.
“Take us back to the hilltop villa,” Zack instructed the driver in a low voice.
The driver nodded dutifully.
With that, Zack leaned against the backseat of the car with his beloved wife in his arms. He closed his eyes and got some rest.
By the time they arrived at the villa, he had fallen asleep as well.
The driver stopped the car, then he turned around and peeked at Zack and Serena who were both sleeping soundly in the backseat. He turned to Jim in the passenger seat and asked, “Jim, should we wake Mr. Zack and Missus up?”
Jim immediately remarked, “Of course. Are you going to just let them sleep in the car for the night? If you do that, you’ll be out of a job when they wake up tomorrow.”
The driver chuckled and beckoned, “Alright, Jim, why don’t you wake them up.”
“You’re the driver, I am just a bodyguard.”
“Mr. Zack likes you more and gets on pretty well with you. And the missus is friendlier with you in general as well, isn’t she? I think it’s better that you wake them up. They probably won’t mind. They might get upset if I interrupt their sleep.”
Jim retorted, “Mr. Zack only feels that way about me because I’ve always been very attentive and do the things he tells me to do. I had to keep up this image for a long time before I finally earned the missus’s trust.”
He had made a point of earning the missus’s trust for quite a while now.
Back then, it was Old Mr. and Old Mrs. York who ran things around the house. Things had changed since the missus showed up and he knew that if he was looking for a raise or a promotion, he had to make sure to earn the missus’s trust no matter what.
The Yorks had employed countless bodyguards, but the only bodyguard who the missus remembered by name was Jim. He considered it a medal for his efforts.
“Jim…”
“Alright, I’ll wake them up.”
Jim stopped bickering with the driver and proceeded to wake them in a bright voice, “Sir, we’ve arrived.”
Zack barely budged.
Jim tried to wake hirn again.
Zack seemed to be awake at last.
The driver suddenly chimed in, “Sir, we’re home.”
Jim threw a glance at him, the driver flashed a coy smile back at him.
Jim made no further comments, he understood that everyone was just looking out for what was best for themselves at the end of the day.
After Zack woke up, Jim and the driver got out of the car and opened the door for him.
Zack did not attempt to wake Serena. Besides, he doubted she would wake up since she was completely out cold. She tended to fall into an eternal slumber whenever she drank and would not wake up even if there was a raging thunderstorm outside.
He got out of the car with Serena in his arms.
Sam the butler came out of the house and greeted him.
“Welcome back, sir.”
“Keep your voice down, she’s asleep,”
Sam immediately zipped his lips upon hearing this before following Zack into the house.
After entering the house, Zack headed for the bedroom upstairs immediately with Serena still sleeping in his arms.
Sam waited until Zack had gone up the stairway and gone out of sight before he turned around and headed outside. He called over Jim who was just about to take a break and made sure to keep his voice down, “Did anything happen to them at the banquet tonight?”
“Nothing unusual.”
“They did not get into a fight or anything like that, did they?”
Jim pointed out bluntly, “Sam, you’re not secretly hoping that they would get into a fight, right?” “You brat, I just wanted clarification in case I say something I’m not supposed to say tomorrow.”
“No, they would never get into a fight. Have you seen how much Mr. Zack pampers the missus?”
Sam was relieved to hear this and told him, “This morning, the missus woke up earlier than usual to see her sister. Mrs. Lane told me that when Mr. Zack woke up to find the missus missing, he was rather upset.”
Mr. Zack was a very loving husband toward the missus, but he could be overbearing at times.
With an air of nonchalance as if the matter did not concern him at all, Jim remarked, “It’ll be fine. The missus can always keep Mr. Zack in check no matter what. No matter how he tries to lash out, he inevitably loses to the missus once she tries to reason with him. It’s the same thing every time.”
Sam shot a look at him.
Jim grinned pompously. “It’s true, you know it is! Sam, don’t worry about it, as long as the missus is here, she’ll keep everything in control no matter what happens. We don’t need to do anything. even if Mr. Zack gets upset. Just wait for the missus to step in and handle the situation.”
They knew that no matter how upset Mr. Zack got, he would never try to hurt the missus.
“Sam, it’s getting late, why don’t you get some rest? I need to get some shuteye too,” Jim said with an exaggerated yawn before excusing himself and walking away.
Sam was replaying what Jim had told him in his mind. Soon, he concluded that this was why the brat had always made a point of getting on the missus’s good side. It was because he knew who was truly in control.
Jim was very aware of this as well. He understood this was why he was paid better than the others.
Meanwhile, at Wiltspoon Hotel, the three members of the Newman family were the last group to leave the hotel.
Partly because Camryn was taking her time.
Seeing that there was hardly anyone else left at the venue at this hour, Mrs. Newman decided that there was no need to keep up appearances anymore. She ditched Camryn and walked out of the hotel by herself.
Camryn did not have her cane with her. She stumbled around aimlessly and ended up walking back into the hotel instead.
After walking a short distance, she came to a stop.
“Mr. Callumn?”
Callum was intrigued by Camryn calling his name, “How could you tell that it was me?”
“I caught a whiff of your scent. It’s very distinctive.”
Callum smiled.
“Why did you come back? Did you forget something? Let me help you look for it.”
Camryn blushed slightly upon hearing this. Before they headed out tonight, Mrs. Newman had forbidden her from taking her sunglasses. Without her sunglasses shielding her, she felt very vulnerable and her expression gave her away easily.
“I–I think I’m a little lost, I was going to head out.
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.