“I don’t want people to see me as a vase.”
Serena laughed and said, “You’re a man. Who would regard you as a vase? Alright, so instead of buying you more vases, I’ll just send you a bouquet of flowers every other day. It’s Friday tomorrow. Shall we go shopping on Saturday? I’ll buy you new clothes.”
Zack had plenty of new clothes in his closet. Every once in a while, a fashion designer would tailor new clothes for him.
However, a certain someone still liked to receive clothes from his wife.
Since Serena learned of Zack’s true identity and had a cushy life, she bought him clothes from big brands, so as not to embarrass his title as the eldest son of the York family.
Serena bought Zack’s daily outfits.
Zack looked at her resentfully again.
He was sulking. What he really wanted was not materialistic gifts.
“Babe, you know that the vegetable farm I invested in is now shipping out produce in large quantities. We also need more partners. Elisa and I are just discussing business. Moreover, all of the Yorks’ small businesses will be handed over to me soon, so I should study more and see more.
“That’s why my schedule is packed. But I’m always thinking about you. Besides my sister, you’re ranked second in my heart. You’ve surpassed Sonny!”
Serena was only busy for ten days, but Zack could not stand it.
To think when they first got their marriage license, Serena did not have any comments when Zack worked until midnight before he came home.
Zack thought, ‘That’s because when we just got our marriage license, we didn’t have feelings for each. other, so who cares?’
“You can work on your business, but you can’t come back later than I do. From now on, you must come back by nine o’clock every night. You should at least spare me a few hours, right?
“I’ve become a resentful husband because my wife doesn’t care about me anymore…”
Zack was busier than Serena, but he still came home as early as possible every day just to accompany her.
“Okay, okay. I’ll come home to accompany you at nine o’clock every night.”
In order to coax this man, Serena would agree to whatever he said.
That was because her husband was such a domineering man.
Even though Serena made this promise, Zack still punished her in bed twice that night.
When Serena showed up at her sister’s breakfast diner the next morning, she was still yawning.
Zack told her to sleep in since she was sleepy. It would not affect his overtime anyway.
Serena was speechless.
It seemed that married couples should not ignore each other.
Liberty recovered well. Under Serena’s repeated requests, Liberty did not dare work so hard. Most of the time, Liberty asked her two workers to prepare breakfast for the customers while she did some light work. During the time she was hospitalized, the two workers did their jobs well. Although the business was not doing as well as usual, they still managed to keep their regular customers.
After Liberty returned to All You Can Eat, she gave the two workers a raise.
Liberty brought over a plate of bacon and egg sandwich with hashbrowns and asked Serena, “Do you want peanut butter or ketchup?”
“Ketchup, please.”
Serena yawned again as she spoke.
“You didn’t sleep well last night? I saw you yawn several times since you walked in.”
Liberty poured some ketchup for her sister, sat down beside her, and asked with concern, “Are you busy recently?”
The vegetable farm had a good harvest. The produce was distributed in batches. When one batch of vegetables was sold out, the second batch would be ready to be shipped out.
“Yeah, I’ve been quite busy.”
The vegetable business and the bookstore alone were not a lot to handle-at least Elisa could help share the burden. The main reason was that she still had to learn and master her in-laws’ family businesses Even though her mother-in-law and Zack both said that there was no need to worry, Serena dared not relax.
“You should get enough sleep. Health is more important than anything,” Liberty said in distress.
“Liberty, I’m fine.”
Serena did not sleep enough last night because of her attention-seeking husband, and Serena did not. want to share what happened in their bedroom last night.
“Has Jessica been released?” Serena suddenly asked.
Liberty was silent for a moment before she said, “She’s pregnant.
“She had just conceived before she was arrested. After she was in jail, she was in a bad mood and didn’t find out until now. It’s been three months now, and Hank is helping her to apply for bail.”
However, Jessica would still have to be sentenced after giving birth.
Serena said, “Her child came just in time.”
Hank still had feelings for Jessica.
He was pressured by his parents and sister to divorce Jessica, but he refused.
He also wanted Liberty to issue a letter of understanding so that Jessica could have a lighter sentence
Hank was cognizant that even if he divorced Jessica, Liberty would not come back to him.
His parents and sister were just too naive.
They always thought that Liberty would do anything for her son and that Liberty would agree to remarry Hank as long as he proposed.
‘Too naive,’ he thought of his parents.
Not to mention that Duncan was already pursuing Liberty openly, so even if Liberty did not have a suitor, she would not go back to Hank.
Liberty made it clear that she would never remarry Hank.
Hank regretted it and wanted Liberty back, but he had no chance.
He could not compare to Duncan.
Duncan also won over Sonny’s heart. Now, Sonny and Duncan got along very well.
There was no way Hank could get back together with Liberty. Moreover, Jessica was forced to hurt Sonny because of him. Thus, he felt sorry for Jessica.
Knowing that Jessica was pregnant, Hank quickly helped her to apply for bail and took Jessica home.
The apartment where Hank and Liberty used to live had been renovated. After Jessica was taken out, they stopped renting the other apartment and moved into their own home.
However, Mrs. Brown refused to go back to her hometown and insisted on living with the couple. Since Mrs. Brown did not leave, Mr. Brown had to stay too.
Even if Jessica was released from prison during her pregnancy, she would not have had it easy.
“She’ll still have a hard time,” Liberty said calmly.
“That’s karma. She deserves it!”
Serena did not sympathize with Jessica at all.
Since Hank’s family moved into the renovated house, there was no use for Old Mr. and Mrs. Hunt anymore.
However, the Browns did not have a peaceful life. Hank had not visited Sonny for a long time. He also had no time and no mood to pester Liberty.
Thus, Serena asked Noah to take their grandparents back to their hometown.
Of course, Serena compensated them for their work since the three of them allowed Liberty to live a quiet life.
Duncan entered the diner at this time.
“Liberty, Duncan still comes here for breakfast every day?”
Serena winked at her sister.
Liberty lightly pinched Serena’s arm. “Stop winking at me! You’re now Zack York’s wife, so you should act like it.”
Serena muttered something, but Liberty could not hear her clearly.
Duncan walked in but turned around and left before he said hello to the Hunt sisters.
Serena was puzzled and thought, ‘What does this mean?
Is he retreating?
‘Or did he leave because he saw me here?”
Just as Serena was guessing what Duncan meant by leaving so quickly, Duncan came in again.
This time, he had a bouquet of flowers in his hand.
It turned out that he forgot to take the bouquet from his car.
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