Cupid's Arrow hit me hard!

Chapter 2

"I won't back out on a promise."

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 a high rank 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 a marriage of convenience.

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.

"Urn...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 simply caring for a child, cooking, and cleaning.

signing the papers, Serenity would feel more at ease if

a second thought, Zachary replied sullenly, "I have the means to

Serenity smiled.

"Alright then."

was not one to freeload without

in the house, Serenity planned to pay it out of her

all about the give-and-take as well as mutual understanding to live together in

left arm to look at the time before saying to Serenity, "I need to get back to work.You can take my car home or hail

exchange numbers to reach

out her phone and saved his

a cab.I should leave you to

if

her two hundred bucks for the cab, to which

she immediately grabbed the

walked on ahead instead of stepping out of City Hall together with Serenity as newlyweds.He

"Where's my granddaughter-in-law?"

made it out, Grandma May asked skeptically, "You went in together.Why didn’t you leave together?

seat belt before pulling out the marriage

gave the license to

hurry back for a meeting at

drive you up to the crossroad ahead.The bodyquard will

drive until Serenity is out.You can return to work

off, but the door was

so it's my call.I'll observe on my own time and be the judge of her character.I won’t make the marriage official if she

an

you've picked a wife who's worth spending the

he started the

act like this.How could you drive away and abandon your bride right after you

had made the biggest concession

was not like she could do anything about it.Her grandson might make

be the victim

his Nana tear into

would make Serenity happy if she deserved it.Had she been lying to Nana and putting up a fagade, Zachary would divorce her