Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

It took Serenity a few days to consider before reaching a decision. Now that she had made up her mind, she was not going to go back on her word.

There was nothing more Zachary could say at that point. He took out his document and placed it in front of the officer.

Serenity did the same.

The pair swiftly went through the formalities in less than ten minutes.

Once the officer issued the marriage license, Zachary fished out a bunch of keys from his pocket and gave them to Serenity. He said, “The house I bought is in Brynfield. Nana told me that you own a bookshop near Wiltspoon School. My place isn’t too far from your workplace. It’ll take around ten minutes by bus.

“Do you have a driver’s license? If you do, you can get a car. I can help with the down payment while you will be responsible for the monthly payment. It’ll be easier for you to commute to work.

“I can get very busy at work, so you won’t see me much. There will be business trips too. Don’t mind me. Just look after yourself. I’ll wire the household expenses to you on the tenth of every month when the salary is out.

“One more thing. For convenience’s sake, we should keep our marriage a secret for the time being.”

Zachary must have held high ranks in the office because he went on and on without giving Serenity a chance to speak.

Serenity only said yes to the marriage so she did not become the reason for arguments between her sister and her brother-in-law. Marriage was Serenity’s ticket out of the house while still giving her sister peace of mind. It was only marriage by name.

With Zachary handing her the keys to the house, she gladly accepted them.

“I have a driver’s license, but a car isn’t in my plans right now. I usually get to work on an e-bike. I just replaced the batteries on the bike, so it would be a shame not to ride it.

“Um… Mr. York, are we splitting the bills?”

Despite her sister and brother-in-law marrying for love, her brother-in-law proposed to go Dutch as if her sister was taking advantage of him.

It took a lot of time and effort to care for a child, get groceries, cook, and manage house chores. A man, who had never been through it himself, would think their wife had it easy at home with the child-minding, cooking, and cleaning.

and Zachary had never met prior to signing the papers, Serenity would feel more at ease if they

have the means to support my wife and our little family. No need to share the

“Alright

to freeload without

house, Serenity planned

was already saving

as mutual understanding to live

to Serenity, “I need to get back to work. You can take my car home or hail a cab. I’ll reimburse the

numbers to reach one another.”

contact. “I’ll get a cab. I should

if you

gave her two hundred bucks for the cab, to

walked on ahead instead of stepping out of City Hall together with Serenity

beeline to his car.

“Where’s my granddaughter-in-law?”

it out, Grandma May asked skeptically, “You went in together. Why didn’t you leave together? Did you change your mind or did

out the marriage license. Turning around, he gave the license to gran. “We got the papers. I need to hurry back for a meeting at the office. I gave her two

the crossroad

Hold on. Don’t drive until Serenity is out. You can

I married her as you wished, but you can’t dictate everything else I do. I’m the one living with her, so it’s my call. I’ll observe on my own time and be the judge of her

not an option in our

who’s worth spending the rest of

he started the car.

like this. How could you drive away and abandon your

oldest grandson had made the biggest concession by marrying Serenity, he refused to budge in other matters. It was not like she could do anything about it.

let his Nana tear into him.

up a façade, Zachary would divorce her six months later. Serenity could still find another man since he kept the