“She was willing to accompany you to Jasmine’s engagement party, which means she has feelings for you. As long as she feels that you’re treating her sincerely instead of just a task to be completed, she’ll be able to accept you openly.”
Callum thought about it and nodded. “I understand what you mean.”
“Camryn can’t see, so she’s very sensitive. You have to be careful and considerate. Don’t be disdainful of her.”
“I don’t disdain her. I never have.”
Serena hummed.
Callum did not disdain Camryn for being blind. He just adopted the wrong mindset because he was obeying his nana’s arrangement.
“I’ll go to Camryn now to apologize. If she doesn’t want to see me, I’ll loiter in her store until she forgives me.”
Callum got up to leave.
Serena asked, “Do you want some ice for your face?”
Callum touched his swollen face and said, “Forget it, I don’t know how long it’ll take for the swelling to go down. I’ll just go like this. Camryn can’t see my face anyway, so she won’t feel sorry for me.”
He put down the glass of water. “Thanks, Serena. I’ll go to Spring Blossoms now. Can you help me apply for leave from Zack? I’m afraid he’ll scold me if I ask for leave by myself.”
Serena was willing to help him with that.
When Zack and she were developing their relationship, Zack often pushed his work to Callum and Josh.
It was time for Zack to repay his debt.
“Be more respectful to women in the future!” Serena added.
Callum nodded quickly.
He made a mistake once. He would not make the same mistake twice.
“I’ll be going now.”
“Go. School’s almost out, so I’ll be busy soon.”
Serena shooed Callurn out of the store.
Soon, he drove away in his car.
Serena called Zack and smiled when he answered the phone. “Babe, I want to apply for leave on someone’s behalf.”
“Did Callum go to you?”
Zack guessed correctly at once.
“Yeah, he came to me for help. He made a blunder and asked me to help him, but I can’t and don’t want to help him. He should solve it by himself. However, he asked me to ask for leave from you, which is something that I can do.
“Arrange for someone else to handle Cailum’s work for now, babe. He wouldn’t be in the mood to go to work for the time being.”
Zack muttered something under his breath that Serena could not catch. She asked, “What are you mumbling about?”
“Nothing. I can give him a day or two off, but he can’t not return to the office every day.”
Serena figured that Callum should be able to get Camryn’s forgiveness in a day’s time, so she hummed and said, “Okay, I’ll tell Callum that you give him two days off.”
Zack hummed and said, “Don’t order takeout for lunch. I’ll send food over to your side. Let’s eat together.”
Serena was alone in the store, and Zack could not bear to let his beloved wife eat takeout. He had already ordered food from Wiltspoon Hotel and a bodyguard picked it up. Then, he would bring the food over during lunch break so the couple could have lunch in the bookstore together.
“Okay, I won’t order takeout. You get back to work. School is almost out, so I’ll be busy too.”
Serena hung up the phone after speaking.
On the other side, Zack looked at his phone and complained, “She didn’t even give me the chance to say bye.”
Serena began to work while Zack finished his work and left the office.
The bodyguard just came back from getting the insulated lunch boxes from the hotel. He rushed out to receive Zack when he saw the latter come downstairs.
A few minutes later, Zack’s car drove out of York Corporation.
He left ten minutes before lunch break, so there was no traffic on the road yet. He arrived at the bookstore soon after.
There were still students buying stuff in Serena’s bookstore. Some students saw Serena alone and asked, “Serena, I haven’t seen Jasmine for a few days. Where is she?”
The only young bookstore owners in the vicinity were Serena and Jasmine, so most of the students addressed them affectionately. Serena and Jasmine were pretty and treated the students well, so the students liked to visit their bookstore when school was out.
“Jasmine has an important event today and isn’t free, so I’ll be the one looking after the store for the next two to three months. Why? Do you miss Jasmine?”
Serena rang them up while joking with the students. After she calculated the total, she gave them a discount.
“Two to three months is a long time. Doesn’t that mean we’ll have to wait until next semester to see Jasmine? Of course we miss her. We missed you too when the store was closed these few days. Serena, we miss you so much. You have to give us a bargain.”
Serena laughed. “I thought you guys really missed me, but you were just trying to get a discount. Don’t worry, I won’t overcharge you. There are so many stores here, so you can compare the prices. I’ll never rip you off.”
It was April now. Josh took two months off after Jasmine and he got married, and by the time Jasmine came back, it would be almost summer vacation.
Zack walked in with the insulated lunch boxes.
Although the students were aware that this man, who was so serious he was even scarier than the dean, was Serena’s husband, they still feared him when they saw him. They were too scared to joke with Serena again.
After Serena helped to bag their purchases, they hurriedly took the bags and slipped away.
However, they could not help but secretly glance at Zack as they left.
Serena’s husband was really good looking.
It was just that his expression was too grim and scary.
“Do you need help?” Zack asked after he left the insulated lunch boxes in the kitchen.
He looked around the store. There were only a few students and parents remaining inside.
Serena laughed. “Your help will only scare away my few customers. I’ll pass. Why did you come over so early?”
“I left early.”
“It’s great being your own boss. No one says a word when you leave work early.”
Zack smiled.
Ten minutes later, the customers finished buying the stationery they wanted and left.
“Didn’t you say Sonny would be sent here?” Zack asked.
“Sonny wanted to be with Liberty, so Jim had no choice but to send him back to the hospital again.”
After almost getting kidnapped again, Sonny was clingier to his mother.
Zack did not say anything else. He went back to the kitchen, transferred the packed dishes to plates, and brought them out.
Serena wiped the small dining table clean.
Her heart warmed when she looked at the dishes. No matter the time, he always prepared her favorites.
“What did Callum say to you? What trouble did he get into?” Zack asked curiously as he filled his beloved wife’s plate with food.
“He misunderstood Camryn and did something out of line, so he wanted me to help him apologize. I told him that he had to bear the consequences of his own actions.”
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