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.

a hint

goodness fulfillment of marital obligations was not asked of

the morning went by uneventfully for the married couple.

next day, Serenity woke up at six o’clock in the morning as

place after she got up. If time permitted, she

stayed at Liberty’s place, mainly because she was trying to lighten the

in. As memories flooded back into her mind, Serenity murmured, “I must be half-asleep to

back down to

not adjust her body clock

up since her tummy

her room and took a glance at Zachary’s bedroom door. By the looks of the closed door, he must still

up at this hour

kitchen and stared at the empty room. A

placed an order for kitchenware yesterday,

them in a

house yesterday, Serenity remembered seeing a breakfast place

to get breakfast takeouts.

what Zachary

she could wake him up and ask, so she

bacon, sausages, pancakes, and toast – the favorites of ordinary people in Wiltspoon.

the night before. No sooner had Serenity gone out to get breakfast than he woke up.

to having a wife, he once again forgot about Serenity’s existence and walked out bare-chested to get a glass of water. At that point in time, Serenity swung open

she knew, Zachary locked his arms against his chest and ran

Serenity soon burst into

to herself. ‘There’s nothing interesting about a man’s upper body. It’s nothing more than abs. I can’t believe he put

reemerged fully dressed in a suit. He did not look

that a strange woman was in his living space now. The strange woman was also his wife on paper.

remained upstairs, the maids would not enter his space. At times he would ditch the shirt when

today, and the scheming girl saw

I got breakfast. Come and

*ss off, Serenity did not forget the agenda at hand. She placed the

at the

a good cook.”

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