However, Serenity was still suspicious because she had not seen Mrs. Longbottom and Carrie appear at the same time. Her suspicions of Carrie pretending to be Mrs. Longbottom would not be cleared unless she saw the two women together. Carrie did not wait for Serenity to return. Since they met by coincidence, it would look intentional if she were to wait for Serenity. It would be suspicious as well. Mr. Longbottom had told Carrie that Serenity was investigating her. Of course, nothing useful was found. Serenity suspected that she was Carrie. Carrie thought of Camryn, whom she hated the most. Camryn was familiar with her voice. Serenity most likely only investigated her because Camryn had told Serenity something. Luckily, Mr. Longbottom was capable. Serenity could not discover anything. Everything she found was fake information that Mr. Longbottom had created for Carrie. They knew that Serenity and Jasmine were best friends; Jasmine being the missus of the Buchams,
Therefore, Sonny wanted to pass his luggage to Duncan beforehand. Serenity replied with a smile, “Okay.”She only walked toward her car once Sonny and the teacher were out of sight. When she arrived at the parking lot, she saw Mrs. Longbottom, who had just gotten into her car. As usual, there were two bodyguards with her. One of them closed her door with a solemn expression. Mrs. Longbottom spotted Serenity when she turned to look outside the window. She waved at her with a grin. Serenity waved back out of courtesy. Soon, Carrie’s luxury car left. Serenity quickly sent a message to Camryn: [I saw Mrs. Longbottom again, Camryn. Did Carrie look for you?]Camryn had not left her home yet. She would not be going to the flower store as she had an online meeting in the morning. Some company matters still required her attention. Anyway, she was busy. Later in the evening, she would be returning to Wildridge Manor with Callum. It was the weekend again. She usually did
Camryn: [Stop bragging.]Serenity could not hide her grin. She replied: [Callum spoils you too.]The two women were basked in love. Since Camryn was busy, Serenity did not send another message. When she was about to get into her car, she heard someone calling her. She turned and saw Hank. “Serenity.”Hank walked over. Seeing her alone, he asked, “Has Sonny gone in already?”“Yes. You wanted to meet him?”Hank smiled. He said, “I was passing by the area with a customer, so I thought I’d have a look at Sonny. I didn’t think you guys would arrive so early.” “Sonny’s doing well.”Serenity remained indifferent toward Hank. He smiled again. “I know he’s okay. Liberty and I know that we can entrust him to you. I heard that Liberty is on a long business trip?”“Do you need anything?”“Nothing. I was just asking.”After a moment of silence, Hank asked again, “Will your sister only be back after a long time?”“I’m not sure.”“Oh.”Hank looked disappointed. Serenity sa
Serenity's car was parked at Lewis & Co. She was waiting for Duncan to come out. He did not make her wait too long and appeared in his car within minutes.“Serenity.”Duncan lowered his window and said, “You can pass Sonny’s luggage to me.”Serenity replied, “I still have to send you two off. Sonny’s stuff is already in my car, Duncan. Let’s go to the preschool first, he’s almost done.”“Okay.”Duncan then asked, “Didn’t Zack come along?”“I didn’t tell him. He’s busy too.”Duncan nodded. Zachary was indeed a busy man. Serenity drove away and Duncan followed from behind. When they arrived at the preschool, they bumped into Carrie again. Carrie had been deliberately setting up such encounters every day. “Are you here to pick your nephew up?” Carrie asked Serenity with a smile. When she saw Duncan beside Serenity, her gaze gleamed. If it were not for Serenity already approaching her, she would have taken a picture of Serenity and Duncan together. Zachary was crazy ab
“Aunt Ser. Dunc.”Sonny was out. When he spotted them, he immediately broke free from his teacher’s grasp and started running. The teacher was shocked. She immediately raced after him. “Don’t run, Sonny. You might fall.”Serenity called out to him. Sonny arrived before her in the blink of an eye. She lowered herself to lift him, but he quickly escaped her arms to stay standing. “You have my little brother in your belly. He’s bigger now. I might squash him if you carry me.”Sonny would touch Serenity’s baby bump from time to time. He was greeting his little cousin in her womb. Sometimes, he would also ask why the baby was a boy and not a girl instead. Unfortunately, the baby boy could not answer him. Aunt Ser told him that his little cousin might move when Sonny greeted him after a month. That was because fetal movement would start a month later. Serenity said, “It’s okay. You’re not heavy. You won’t crush your little cousin.”Even if she was pregnant, holdin
Sonny asked Serenity. Serenity smiled. “I did. Don’t worry. I won’t let you detour. Duncan even came to pick you up to save time. Let’s go. Your mom is waiting for you two in Jensburg.”Sonny told Duncan happily, “We should leave now, Dunc. Let’s not make Mom wait.”Duncan adjusted Sonny to sit on his lap and replied, “Okay. Let’s go now.”He gestured at his bodyguard to push his wheelchair. Of course, a private plane could not take off from a preschool. He still had to take Sonny to the airport.“Are you hungry, Sonny?” Duncan asked. “I had some snacks in school.”The preschool always prepared some small bites for the kids during break time. Sonny knew he was about to go on a trip, so he ate a lot of them. He did not feel hungry at all as his stomach was filled. Duncan smiled. “We can have some food in the car or on the airplane if you’re hungry. We’ll have dinner with your mom when we arrive.”“Okay.”Duncan prepared a lot of food and drinks for Sonny so he would not
More importantly, during one of his visits, Granddad kept sighing whenever he saw him. Grandmom would keep telling him to tell Mom to remarry Dad when he goes back. However, Sonny was still young. He did not know what remarrying meant. Olivia had explained it to Sonny as having his parents live together again. Sonny shook his head vigorously at that. He said he liked living with Liberty and did not want to be with Hank. Moreover, Lucas was always in Hank’s house. He still liked to snatch Sonny’s toys. While Sonny’s grandparents would not side with Lucas anymore, Chelsea would scold him for not sharing his toys with Lucas despite having a lot of money and toys. She said he was petty and stingy. Chelsea even secretly asked him to give her money for her business. He replied that he had no money and that Liberty had kept all of it in the bank for him. Chelsea told Sonny off for being stupid and letting Liberty control his money instead of keeping it himself. Sonny’s dis
“Alright. See you, Sonny. Have a safe trip.”“See you, Aunt Ser.”Duncan placed Sonny in the car. Sonny turned to wave goodbye to Serenity before turning to look at his father. He pursed his little mouth and said, “Bye, Dad.”Hank smiled.Duncan left with Sonny and the bodyguards in tow.Meanwhile, Carrie took advantage of everyone’s lack of attention to slip away. Otherwise, her ruse would have been exposed.Those who were here to pick their kids up only had to pass their guardian card to the teacher and the teacher would then escort the little ones out.They did not have to wait very long.If she waited here any longer and still did not receive her so-called sister-in-law, it would arouse Serenity’s suspicion.Once Duncan’s car had vanished into the distance, Serenity returned to her car and quickly left the preschool.Only Hank stood in place, looking extremely lonely.He could feel his son was getting further away from him now.Sometimes, he thought of restarting the fi