Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

“I will, Nana.”

Serenity casually responded.

Although Grandma May was nice to her, Zachary was her blood relative while Serenity was only related to the family by marriage. Serenity found it hard to believe that the Yorks would stand by Serenity during a conflict between the couple.

Such was the case with her sister’s in-laws.

Pre-marriage, the in-laws were nothing but good to Serenity’s sister to the point their birth daughter was jealous.

It was a different story post-nuptial. Every time Serenity’s sister got into a disagreement with the husband, her mother-in-law would get on Serenity’s sister’s case about being a bad wife.

In short, the son was always family while the daughter-in-law remained as an outsider.

“You must be heading to work, so I should get out of your hair. I’ll get Zack to get you home for dinner tonight.”

“Nana, I’m closing the shop pretty late at night. I probably won’t be able to make it. Can we reschedule for the weekend?”

The school was off on weekends. Since the bookshop’s livelihood depended on students, business was slow on days when school was out. She would have time and no need to set up shop during such occasions.

“Sure.”

Grandma May thoughtfully added, “The weekend, it is. Go on with your work then.”

The old lady hung up the call.

Instead of heading straight to the shop, Serenity sent a text message to her best friend, Jasmine Sox, that she would make it back before the last school bell rang.

With one major milestone ticked off her list, Serenity had to let her sister know and move out of her place.

minutes

arrived at her

was hanging clothes out to dry on the balcony. Seeing that Serenity was home, her sister

in the afternoon. Is Sonny

was currently in his Terrible Twos.

yet. The house won’t be this quiet if

night as she helped

brother-in-law isn’t trying to kick you out. He’s simply

for her

kept to herself, knowing well that it was her

college and was working in the same firm when they later got married. After marriage, the man lovingly said to Liberty,

no time to dress up between caring for a child and managing housework.

a young and beautiful woman to an

parents passed away from a car accident when Serenity was ten. Since

from both sides of the family wanted a piece of

grandparents proceeded to hog the family home, Serenity and her sister resorted to renting. Their renting days were finally

and talked to her then husband-to-be about the living arrangement before marriage. The man was quick to say yes about taking Liberty and Serenity as a one-package deal, but his resentment was beginning to rear its ugly head.

I’m a

think that way. Mom and Dad left us too soon. I’m all you got.”

on her sister, but now it was her turn to

just signed the papers and came back to

“You got married?!”

turned high pitch, almost to a screech.

a closer inspection. There was her

about, Serenity? I thought you

his piercing eyes and callous lines along his facial features were telltale signs that he would not be the easiest person to get along

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