Josh chuckled and said, “I should be glad to have worked hard for you After finding your happiness, you didn’t forget about me and matched Jasmine to me. We’re good friends and brothers.”
“You’re as sweet as ever with your words. No wonder Ms. Sox fell for you and agreed to marry you so quickly,” Zack commented.
“It wasn’t quick. We got together for half a year before getting married, okay? Is that fast? I can’t wait to have a simple and good life with her.”
Josh and Jasmine had gotten their marriage license, but they had not slept together.
Jasmine was still living with her family. Although Josh wanted it very badly, he did not dare sleep in her parent’s house. Luckily, the wedding was not far away. Once the wedding was over, Josh would be able to sleep with Jasmine however he wanted.
Zack and Josh chatted and soon arrived at Wiltspoon School.
School was over long ago, but there were still many vehicles in front of the school. The students’ parents who attended the morning session were here to pick up their children. There were many cars and people.
Zack’s fleet discreetly avoided the traffic flow and parked in the most remote place so as not to easily attract everyone’s attention.
Seeing that there were still so many people, Zack instructed his bodyguards, “Wait in the cars, and don’t follow us. There are too many people. We’ll attract too much attention if you follow us.”
This was a school, so Zack did not want to be too high-profile and attract the students’ attention.
Zack and Josh got off together.
The two of them walked toward the bookstore.
Zack was holding a bouquet at first. He remembered about it after taking a few steps and immediately turned back to put it back in the car.
Josh waited for him in the same spot When Zack returned, Josh teased him, “Why don’t you hold the bouquet and wave it around? Many people are watching now”
“It’s easy to do that but this isn’t the right place”
The audience here was different
Zack felt that it was best to keep a low profile in front of students The best would be that people did not know who he was.
That said, it was quite difficult.
Zack and Serena’s love story had long been hot news in Wiltspoon.
Almost everyone in Wiltspoon knew about them. Students were often on their mobiles nowadays and knew more than adults.
Zack’s identity was open and transparent to the students who often visited the bookstore.
Fortunately, Zack was too serious and cold. Every time he showed up in the bookstore, he gave the students the feeling that he was stricter than their dean. As such, none of the female students fancied Zack. Instead, everyone sympathized with Serena for marrying such a grim-looking and indifferent man.
Zack would probably be speechless if knew that was how the students viewed his marriage with Serena.
He was well aware that the bookstore’s business would be bad if he showed up.
Zack was sensible and stood at the door. He only went in when the students left after buying what they wanted.
Josh was sweeter than Zack and liked to smile. Since he was more approachable, he directly went into the store to help.
Jasmine was happy to see Josh.
She smiled and asked, “Why are you here?”
“I’m here to pick you up from work so we can go home for dinner. We can also drop by our newlywed house on the way.”
Josh answered softly and whispered in Jasmine’s ear, “I came with Zack He knows he looks too cold and will scare your little customers away, so he’s standing guard in front of the store. He’s more useful than a surveillance camera.”
Jasmine chuckled
Serena heard the young couple’s conversation and knew her man was here too.
She looked out and saw Zack’s tall and robust body.
Zack and Josh came after work. It was past the busiest time in the store
The former stood in front of the store for a few minutes and then entered
“Seren, can we go now?” Zack asked his beloved wife gently
Serena looked at the time and replied to him, “Soon”
She then said to her best friend, “Jas, why don’t I leave first and you shut the door later before you leave?”
Jasmine readily agreed to it “Sure”
With that, Serena went around the counter to go into the bathroom. She put on light makeup in the mirror before coming out of the bathroom.
After picking up her bag, Serena went up to take Zack’s arm “Babe, let’s go.”
Serena waved goodbye to her best friend.
Jasmine waved back at the couple and watched them leave
Once they were out of sight, Jasmine retracted her gaze and said to Josh, “Serena had always been confident. She had low self-esteem for a while when she first learned about Zack’s real identity, but she quickly adjusted herself. Now, she’s more confident than before.”
“She adapted to her identity as the missus of the Yorks, as well as Zack’s social network. She’s also deeply loved by Zack and her in-laws. There’s no way she’s not confident.”
Josh had never underestimated Serena.
He also did not dare underestimate Liberty.
Josh admired Liberty even more because she raised and lived with her sister at the age of fifteen. Although she lost a lot from her first marriage and had also lost herself, she was past that.
The Hunt sisters were amazing.
Josh did not find it surprising that his two buddies were enchanted by the sisters.
“So is my wife.”
Josh did not forget to compliment his wife after praising someone else’s wife.
Jasmine grinned “I never know what it means to have low self-esteem. Anyway, help move the shelves at the entrance inside and everything in as well. We can go after that. Did you say we’d be going to see our newlywed house?”
“Yep, the house we’ll live in after the wedding. You haven’t seen it with me yet,” Josh answered while walking out to help carry things inside
Jasmine asked, “I thought we’ll live in your house after our wedding.”
“We’ll definitely go home on our wedding day Once we’re back from our honeymoon, we’ll live in the hilltop villa. Zack also has a large villa there You’ve been there before, right? Our home is also near there, so it’ll be convenient for you and Serena to meet.”
Jasmine responded, “Oh, you have a house there too.”
Josh had taken her to visit a few villas that belonged to him. She thought that was all, so she did not expect there to be others she had not visited.
“I have a lot of houses in all the major cities in the country, but I have the most in Wiltspoon. I decided to make the hilltop villa our home because it’s the biggest and has the most luxurious decorations. Besides, it’s also closest to Zack’s house. I’m sure you’ll like it.
“We have many houses, so I can’t show you all of them at once. When we have time in the future, let’s live in the different houses one by one.”
Jasmine chuckled and said, “I end up living as a landlady, after all”
Josh laughed and asked Jasmine. “Isn’t it good to be a landlady? I remember you said you didn’t have a big dream and will be content with living as a landlady as your parents did
“Being a landlady is too boring. All I do is collect rent every day.” Jasmine replied to him.
“You can ask me to collect rent for you”
Jasmine laughed. “You’re a landlord yourself”
Back then, she did not want to help her parents collect rent every day so she rented this place and opened a bookstore with Serena to pass the time
It did not matter if they made money as long as she did not need to go around collecting rent
“The people from our hometown found things to do to pass the time My aunt drives a Porsche to work now, which is better than her boss’s car She’s a cleaner and gets about three grand a month, but she does a serious job.
“Her boss said her car was too good, so she drove a BMW instead the next day. Her boss still thought that it was still too nice of a car, so she could only buy an electric vehicle Like me, she drives that electric vehicle every day to be paid about three grand a month at work.”
Josh laughed so hard that his stomach hurt. This is the portrait of the life of Wiltspoonians
Families had several houses for rent. Those who were as amazing as Jasmine’s family had many buildings and stores for rent The monthly rent was something that could not even be earned by many people in a lifetime.
After putting away the shelves in front of the store, Jasmine pushed her e-bike in and locked the store She left in Josh’s car.
Josh brought Jasmine to the hilltop villa.
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