Married at First Sight novel (Serenity and Zachary York)

Chapter 1000

"After spending half an hour in the house, the most I gained was a name card."

Elisa laughed. "That sounds about right. Everyone is in it for profit. Who would want to care about you if there was nothing to gain? What do you want to eat? I'll go get you some food."

"I saw some delicate pastries earlier. They look delicious. Bring some for me. I ate a little at the store, so I'm not that hungry."

Serenity had a sweet tooth and wanted to try some of the exquisite snacks.

In the past, when she accompanied Jasmine and Aunt Rachel to parties, Jasmine and she would just hide in the corner to eat and drink. She liked the pastries the most. They were always much better than the ones she got from stores.

"Sure."

in front of her and got

two maids working for the Dowlings. The maids held trays with the food that Elisa had picked out for Serenity

here for

down the trays, excused themselves, and turned around to serve the

She would not show any

"Seren."

gestured for her to look at a girl who was standing in another corner. The girl fetched a packet of something from her delicate purse and poured it into her glass of wine. Then, she turned around and

did not notice Elisa and Serenity the entire time, so she

did she add to

cover it up, so the person drinking it won't be able to tell that it was spiked. I wonder who her target is. She must be trying to incur the Dowlings' wrath by doing something like this at

when we first arrived. Her last name is

with people like them. I only came tonight to accompany