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 asked of

hours of the morning went by

day, Serenity woke up at six

and tidy up the place after she got up. If time permitted, she would help her sister hang the laundry out

mainly because she was trying to lighten the load off her sister. However, her brother-in-law

she spent the night in. As memories flooded back into her mind, Serenity murmured, “I must

laid back down to return

she could not adjust her body clock though.

as well get up since

room and took a glance at Zachary’s bedroom door. By the looks of

hard to get up at this hour since he

into the kitchen and stared at the empty room. A

placed an order for kitchenware yesterday, but the stuff had not

Serenity would have bought them in a store rather than

yesterday, Serenity remembered seeing a breakfast place in

to

wondered what

was not like she could wake him up and ask,

sausages, pancakes, and toast

an early riser despite staying up the night before. No sooner had Serenity gone out to get breakfast than he woke

bare-chested to get a glass of water. At that point in time, Serenity

thing she knew, Zachary locked his arms against his chest and ran back to his room like Serenity did

first, Serenity soon

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

later, Zachary reemerged fully dressed in a suit. He did not look too pleased, but who was he to tell

a strange woman was in his living space

Zachary stayed in his villa and would wake up to an empty second floor. So long as he remained upstairs, the maids would not enter his space. At times he

was the case today, and the scheming girl saw his

York, I got breakfast. Come and have

agenda at hand. She placed the breakfast variety on the dining table

stood in silence for a bit before heading over. He glanced at the

I’m a

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

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