Chapter 8
Zachary was careful to watch his weight, refusing to let himself go and become overweight.
It was hard to shed the pounds.

Serenity smiled. “You’re fit, Mr. York.

“So… I guess I’ll go back to bed?”

“Sure,” Zachary replied.

“Goodnight.”

Serenity wished him goodnight before turning on her heel to leave.

“Hang on, Se… Serenity.”

Zachary called after her.

Pausing, Serenity turned her head around and asked, “Yes?”

Zachary looked at her and said, “Please don’t walk around in your pajamas next time.”

She was not wearing a bra underneath her pajamas. Unfortunately, his eagle eyes picked up on that.

They were husband and wife anyway, but what if someone else caught her in her pajamas?

The last thing he wanted was for other men to see through his wife’s body.

Red in the face, Serenity bolted back to her room and slammed the door shut.

Zachary, “…”

She was embarrassed before he could feel awkward for her.

Zachary took a moment to sit before heading to the master bedroom. He bought the furnished house at the last minute. It was move-in ready.

Nevertheless, his bedroom had not been sorted out due to the rush.

He was quite impressed that Serenity knew how to take a hint instead of brazenly demanding to sleep in the same room.

fulfillment of marital obligations was not

went by

at six

she would make breakfast and tidy up the place after she got up. If time permitted, she would help her

a nanny in the years she stayed at Liberty’s place, mainly because she was trying to lighten the load off her sister.

the night in. As memories flooded back into her mind, Serenity murmured, “I must be half-asleep to think I’m still at my sister’s place. This is my home. I don’t have to get

laid back down to return to

not adjust her body clock though. Serenity could

get up since her tummy

took a glance at Zachary’s bedroom door. By the looks of

was hard to get up at this hour

the kitchen and stared at the empty room. A brief silence later, she turned around and made

had placed an order for kitchenware yesterday, but the stuff had

she known, Serenity would have bought them in a store rather than

remembered seeing a breakfast place in the

to get breakfast

what Zachary

not like she could wake him up and ask, so she

and toast – the

an early riser despite staying up the night before. No sooner had Serenity gone out to get breakfast than he woke

to get a glass of water. At that point in time, Serenity

next thing she knew, Zachary locked his arms against his chest and ran back to his room

first, Serenity soon burst into

a man’s upper body. It’s nothing more than abs. I can’t believe he put his arms over his chest.

fully dressed in a suit. He did not look

for forgetting that a strange woman was in his living space now.

he

the

breakfast. Come

agenda at hand. She placed the breakfast variety on the dining table and called the man,

glanced at the

I’m a good

especially from the street stalls, is not very hygienic. You should cut down on that. You should make your own food since you

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