Serenity suddenly thought of the psychic who predicted her marriage with Zachary and said that the couple would be happy and have children of both genders. If she were to have a daughter, would she be able to raise her to adulthood?If her fate mirrored that of the York family’s past generations, she would rather not give birth to a daughter. Serenity could not bear the thought of seeing her child gradually lose breath before her eyes. It would be an unbearable heartache. If there were concerns about the energy flow at Wildridge Manor, the psychic insisted that it was not about the manor’s layout or location. Rather, the psychic acknowledged that the family was divined to prosper for generations.“Seren, what’s wrong? Your face suddenly changed.”Noticing Serenity’s change in expression, Elisa asked with concern.“Is it because of what I said about the York family losing their daughters? Don’t worry, you’re definitely having a son this time. Sonny mentioned it several times, sayi
Jane echoed, “That’s true. Sometimes when Laurence plays alone, and no one is watching him, you can’t hear any sound. But when you find him, you’ll discover he’s up to mischief. There was one time he even smeared my lipstick all over the floor.”Elisa, having no experience with children except for Sonny, whom she always found sensible, adorable, and smart, was surprised to learn about another side of children she had not known.She regarded children as angels.As for her nephew, he did not look very cute when he was born, but he was getting cuter by the day.She took several photos of her nephew every day, claiming it was to create a growing-up documentary for him.Well, he cried a bit too much.He cried when he felt hungry or needed a diaper change. Babies who had not learned how to speak would just cry when they wanted something.After chatting about children for a while, Jane heard Connor’s cries, and both children were awake. She got up to pick up her son, while Chloe was alr
Sonny was going to be a big brother, and he needed to learn to take care of his younger siblings or cousins.“I’m not that fragile.”Serenity smiled as she lifted her nephew. “You’re about three or four years old. How heavy can you be?”Sonny was not chubby.Clearly tired, the little one fell asleep within minutes of being cradled by Serenity.After half an hour, two cars entered York Corporation.Serenity had initially planned to call Zachary to give him a surprise later.She informed him that she would fetch him from work in the evening and they would go home together for dinner. However, she decided to surprise him instead.Showing up in his office unannounced would surely be a pleasant surprise.As Jasmine had mentioned, creating surprises occasionally in a marriage could strengthen the bond.Having read many novels, Jasmine was adept at creating romance and surprises, and Serenity had learned a thing or two from her.“Missus, let me hold Sonny for you.”A bodyguard wan
“Remy and Elisa have sent them off to take the plane.”Josh said, “They’ve only been here for a couple of days, and they’re already leaving. I haven’t had the time to invite Mr. Young-Johnson for dinner yet.”Serenity smiled and replied, “When you have time, you can fly to Annenburg to have dinner with Ben. His visit this time was simply to bring Laurence and play with Sonny for a couple of days.”“I don’t have any free time now. I can’t get away. Zachary just ended his honeymoon and returned to work today. I’m so busy that I don’t even have time for a cup of water.”Josh complained of his fatigue to Serenity. “I’m taking the day off tomorrow. I haven’t told Zachary yet. If he disagrees, Serenity, help me persuade him. It’s been non-stop for a month. Tomorrow’s leave is not for rest, it’s to accompany Jasmine to the hospital for the prenatal checkup.”Serenity readily agreed, “Sure, if Zachary disagrees with your leave, I’ll talk to him. You’ve been working hard lately. If needed
Hearing the last two sentences from Zachary, Josh chuckled. “I don’t nag you, but you have no idea how busy and tired I am. We agreed before that when you’re back, you’d let me take a few days off. I have to remind you so you’ll keep your word.“And also, you promised that next year when Jasmine gives birth, I get a two-month paternity leave.”Zachary replied, “It’s not like you’re the one giving birth. Why do you need that long of a paternity leave? Taking one month off is enough to take care of your wife during her postpartum recovery.“Plus, so many members in your family are around. After postpartum, you won’t need to take care of her. I indeed promised to give you two months of leave at that time, and I thought it was quite generous. Yet, you still find it insufficient.”Josh retorted, “When Serenity gives birth, and if you manage to come to the office every day, work as usual, and don’t want to take care of your wife during her postpartum, then I’ll only take a one-month pate
“Then I’ll call Nana now and tell her and the butler that we’ll be home to eat Italian food after work. Let’s invite Callum and his wife, the more, the merrier. Everything tastes better with more company.”Serenity added, “You go ahead with what you were working on, I’ll call Nana. Or I’ll invite in the family group chat, whoever is in Wiltspoon who is free tonight to come over for dinner. That should be enough people, and it’ll be lively enough.”Zachary chuckled, “They’re all busy, let’s not tag everyone in the group. Just invite Callum and his wife.”“Alright, I’ll do as you say. Hurry and finish up. You need to get them done before you can relax tonight.”Having just returned to work today, Zachary naturally would not entertain guests or work overtime.He would leave work on time and head home to be with his wife. At his wife’s repeated urging, Zachary begrudgingly returned to his desk and resumed work.Meanwhile, Serenity called Grandma May to inform her about the Italian
After walking a few steps, Hugh turned around to look.It had been a while since Hugh last saw Caroline. Now, seeing her, he found her more attractive than before. There was a change in her aura—she seemed more confident, more astute, and capable.He thought he might be seeing things.Hence his momentary pause.Hugh almost did not recognize Caroline when he saw her.“If she were like this from the beginning, my brother might have set us up, and I might not have refused,” Hugh muttered to himself. However, even though Hugh could start liking Caroline now, he did not want to. He disliked the Fisher family.Caroline was a product of the Fisher family, but her upbringing away from them had toughened her up, making her resilient.Caroline was pretending to be someone she was not.Hugh preferred simpler girls and kept his distance from those who acted or deceived as Caroline did. Such girls suited Hayden. If they were a pair, the world would be in trouble.Fortunately, Hugh did
After the cold exchange, Caroline said, “Mr. Hayden, I wanted to discuss the cooperation on your company’s project. I’ve brought the proposal with me. Take a look, Mr. Hayden.”With that, Caroline took the proposal from Darren and handed it over to Hayden.Hayden accepted and opened it for review.After finishing, Hayden placed the proposal on the coffee table, remained silent for a moment, and said, “Ms. Caroline, I think your proposal looks good, but Fisher Enterprise isn’t the partner I'm looking to collaborate with.“I feel that Fisher Enterprise’s strength is insufficient,” Hayden expressed frankly.Hayden was willing to collaborate with Caroline’s private company, and it would not be just one partner, there would be several, just to give Caroline a bit of face.After Liberty’s company was established, they would also obtain projects from Queen Enterprise.Caroline, with a good temper, smiled. “Mr. Hayden, I understand that currently, Fisher Enterprise is inferior to your c