Chapter 4
Zachary did Serenity a huge favor by handing her the key to the house the moment they got married. She could move in right away, solving her housing predicament.
Serenity was not going to request that of Zachary. Of course, she would not refuse if Zachary added her name on his own accord. Now that they were husband and wife, Serenity made up her mind to spend the rest of her life with him.
Liberty had to at least bring it up. Knowing that her sister was self-reliant and not driven by greed, Liberty did not dwell on the matter.
After a series of interrogations, Serenity successfully moved out of her sister’s place.
Liberty wanted to drop her off at Brynfield, but Sonny happened to wake up. The little guy was crying for his mama the moment he opened his eyes.
“You should attend to Sonny. I don’t have a lot of stuff. I can move them myself.”
Liberty needed to feed her son and get a start on lunch. Her husband would call her out for doing nothing at home should he return with no food on the table.
Left with no choice, Liberty said, “Be careful on the road. Are you coming here for lunch? Bring your husband along.”
“I need to get to the shop in the afternoon, so I can’t make it for lunch. My husband has his plate full at work. He’s going away for business in the afternoon, so it might be some time before I can bring him to meet you.”
Serenity lied.
She knew nothing about Zachary, but Grandma May mentioned that his life revolved around work. He would sometimes go out of town for business, away for days on end. Without a concrete idea of when Zachary would be free, Serenity did not make a commitment in case she could not keep it.
“He’s going on a business trip the same day he got married.”
Liberty found Zachary to be inconsiderate toward Serenity.
“We’ve only got our marriage license and not the wedding. The way I see it. He should go on these trips and make more money since the expenses will pile up. I should get going, Liberty. Go and feed Sonny.”
Serenity waved her sister and nephew goodbye before hauling her suitcase down the stairs.
She had heard about Brynfield but never entered the neighborhood before.
She hailed a cab and went straight to Brynfield. Once there, it then occurred to Serenity that she forgot to ask Zachary the floor his place was on.
Serenity pulled out her phone to call Zachary, but he might not pick up since he was at work. Still, she decided to call him through WhatsApp.
Zachary was in a meeting. Everybody in the conference room had set their phones to silent mode as no personal calls could be taken during this time.
He had also muted his phone. As his phone was put on the table, Zachary quickly noticed the incoming call from Serenity.
Zachary did not save her contact when they exchanged numbers. With Serenity’s profile name, “Mermaid in the Deep Blue Sea” popping out on WhatsApp, Zachary canceled the unidentified call without a second thought.
He then blacklisted Serenity’s number.
In the dark about Zachary’s act, Serenity went on to try messaging since he was not picking up.
She asked, ‘Mr. York, I’m at Brynfields now, but I don’t know which floor your place is on.”
Serenity typed the message and tapped send, only to find out that her text could not reach the number.
She stared blankly at the screen of her phone.
“Why can’t I reach his number? We exchanged numbers at City Hall. Did I get the number wrong?”
Serenity mumbled to herself as she thought hard and long about whether there was a gap in her memory.
Having determined she got the right number, Serenity arrived at one possibility – Zachary had blacklisted her number.
Did he forget that they just got married?
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The readers' comments on the novel: Married at First Sight (Serenity and Zachary)
Please use the English names as it is difficult to read and connect....
I am very greatful of your hard work in translating the novel in English, is there any chance you could use the character’s name in English please, it’s hard to follow the story with Chinese names. Thanks...
Please use correct names and watch the repeating of pages....
Thank you for the story, its going on well, however the changing of names somehow makes it difficult to follow. Even learning the new ones that you have tried to match, it is extremely difficult to follow and enjoy the drama while trying to go back to rechecking who we are talking about. The title is still Married at first sight (Serenity and Zachary) but they no longer exist in the whole picture. You created a dynamic community which I am sure everyone felt they lived and travelled with. We appreciate all the effort and your insight. I am very grateful for this novel is very captivating....
Please continue using Zachary,. Serenity,Duncan, Liberty etc . You jumped 30 updates and changed names where I'm unable to follow the story and losing interest. This is a great disservice to your loyal readers....
Changing names ruins the whole story. Whoever heard of such a thing....
Please use the old names, the new names are too confusing...
Yangyang = Sonny Uncle Lu = Duncan...
Yangyang = Sonny; Uncle Lu = Duncan; Liberty=Liberty; Haitong/Tongtong = serenity ; Zhan Yin= Zachary; Ning Siqi= Cameron Sister Carrie;...
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