Obsessive CEO’s Sinful Wife

Chapter 76

After Serenity accepted the check, she left the store with Lisa

“Serenity, don’t you think that was a little strange? Lisa said as they exited the store. “Zeke actually handed you seven hundred and twenty thousand dollars without any hesitation, and Jenny was right there! Wasn’t he afraid that she would misunderstand?”

“It really is strange,” Serenity agreed.

“Do you think it’s because Zeke still has feelings for you?” Lisa wondered.

“No. He’s afraid. It’s as if he was afraid that I might get angry at Joy, and that would be detrimental to the Shaw Jarmily,” Serenity said, expressing her thoughts honestly.

Lisa found her statement somewhat absurd.

“Maybe he’s overthinking it.

“Who knows what goes on in his mind?” Serenity said with a shrug before looking at the check in her hand

“What are you going to do with this? Tear it up?” Lisa asked, knowing her friend well enough that she wouldn’t cash in the money for herself.

waste it by tearing it up? I’ll just donate it to those in need,” Serenity replied and carefully

continued to window shop a little longer, had a meal, and as they were approaching the

expressions on their faces were clearly dark and grim, almost as if they were

the three of them also

became. She couldn’t understand what Serenity had done to brainwash her elder brother to make him so protective of her. He didn’t even allow a single negative word to make it past her lips

had warned her that if she picked on

bubbled dangerously beneath her skin, and it felt like

to the escalator, Joy

off–guard, and

and rushed to the side of the escalator, slamming the emergency

late, and Serenity had already rolled down several

hurriedly helped her friend up

hurt her! Do you know that your actions almost cost

and

to look at the

she anxiously looked over Serenity