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.

of marital obligations was not

of the morning went by uneventfully

woke up at six

tidy up the place after she got up. If time permitted, she would help

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

the unfamiliar bedroom that she spent the night in. As memories flooded back into her mind, Serenity murmured, “I must be half-asleep to think I’m still at

down

a shame that she could not adjust her body clock though. Serenity could not sleep in

up since her

a wash-up, Serenity walked out of her room and took a glance at Zachary’s bedroom door. By the looks of the closed door, he

hard to get up at this hour since

empty room. A brief silence later, she turned

for kitchenware yesterday, but

have bought

Serenity remembered seeing a breakfast place

decided to get breakfast

what Zachary

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

got breakfast omelet, bacon, sausages, pancakes, and toast – the

an early riser despite staying up the night before. No sooner had Serenity gone out

get a glass of water. At that point in time, Serenity swung open the door to enter the house and their

chest and ran back to his

at first, Serenity

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

reemerged fully dressed in a suit. He did not look too pleased, but who

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

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

was the case today, and the scheming

got breakfast.

agenda at hand. She placed

stood in silence for a bit before heading over. He glanced at the breakfast and callously asked, “Don’t you

do. I’m a good

street stalls, is not very hygienic. You should cut down on that. You should make

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