Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Serenity Hunt got up first thing in the morning to make breakfast for her sister’s family of three before grabbing her birth certificate and slipping away in the silence.

“We’re going Dutch from now on, and I’m talking about everything – the living expenses, the mortgage, and auto loans! Your sister should be splitting the cost since she’s staying at our place. Sure, she pays two thousand bucks a month, but it doesn’t stretch very far. She’s basically mooching off us.”

Serenity overheard her brother-in-law’s comment during the couple’s argument last night.

She had to move out of her sister’s place.

However, there was only one way to put her sister’s mind to rest, and that was to get married.

Since Serenity wanted to tie the knot on short notice without ever having had a boyfriend, she decided to take up on Grandma May’s offer. Serenity had saved the old lady by chance and came to know that Grandma May was trying to marry off her grandson, Zachary York, who had trouble settling down.

Twenty minutes later, Serenity got off to her pit stop at City Hall.

“Serenity.”

A familiar voice summoned her attention the moment she got out of the car. It was Grandma May.

“Grandma May.”

Serenity hurried over, she took notice of a towering yet distant figure standing

was dumbstruck after getting a load of Zachary’s face.

had no luck with the ladies despite hitting thirty. Needless to say,

always assumed that he must

she heard that Zachary had a high-paying job up the corporate ladder

Serenity realized that she

and carried himself with an air of aloofness. Standing next to Grandma May with a sour face, he appeared standoffish

rather than a million-dollar vehicle. Serenity deduced that the economic difference between her and Zachary was

and an old friend from school had started a bookshop at

time, Serenity would also knit little knick-knacks to sell online. The sales were not too bad.

would position her among the white

about her earnings. Serenity told her sister to pocket three thousand bucks and only

oldest grandson, Zachary. He’s a thirty-year-old man and can’t even get himself out there. Although he’s not the warmest person, he’s attentive and

looked askance at Serenity without saying a

he had grown immune to her

three grandsons, blessing her with nine grandsons. Since a granddaughter was missing in Grandma

the face, Serenity openly extended her right hand to Zachary and introduced herself with a smile, “Hello,

Serenity from head to toe and back. With Nana clearing her throat, he reached out his right hand for a shake,

the handshake, Zachary raised his left hand to look at the time before informing