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
After taking a look at the plants and flowers, Serenity sat back down on the sofa.Then, she took out her phone to text her sister.[Duncan’s taken Sonny to the airport. They’ll arrive at night.]Liberty soon called.“Liberty.”“I got a text from Duncan saying that they’ll reach the airport soon. I’ll wait for them to arrive to have dinner together.”On Fridays, Sonny got out of preschool early and it only took a few hours by flight to get to Jensburg from Wiltspoon. Liberty would be able to have dinner with the both of them upon their arrival if she ate just a little later.“Sonny told me his dad went to pick him up?” Liberty asked.“When I dropped Sonny off at preschool this morning, I bumped into Hank. He said he happened to be seeing a customer off somewhere nearby, so he dropped by the preschool to see Sonny, but Sonny had already entered the building.”Serenity did not believe Hank. “I think he was there on purpose. I think he got jealous when he saw Sonny and Duncan so
Serenity changed the subject.She did not want to talk about the Browns anymore.Liberty chuckled. “Do you think I have super speed or that I’m a goddess, able to handle everything in a flash?“The company’s only just been established. We’re still recruiting heavily.“There’s no need to worry about business though—I might have started the company, but in truth, it’s just a subsidiary of York Corporation. Zack and Duncan own all the shares. I’m just an employee.”The company that she started was involved in an industry overlapping with that of Fisher Enterprise, specifically targeting them. She was obviously trying to steal their business. Serenity laughed. “You’re not an employee, you’re the boss. Does your company offer meals and accommodation? You have a cafeteria, right? Don’t you need vegetables and fruits? Don’t forget to give your sister a chance to work together.”She and her friends had started an agriculture company growing fields after fields of fresh produce.They h
“You should leave Elisa enough time to go on dates.”Liberty chuckled. “Don’t be a slave driver and take up so much of her time that she doesn’t even have time to go on dates.”“I don’t! I’m handling the management of the headquarters, aren’t I? Elisa just needs to handle the new branches.“There are so many employees in the company too. She just needs to sign the agreements and hand everything else off to the management team to handle. It won’t affect her time to go on dates.”Liberty said supportively, “Alright. You guys should discuss and arrange it then. If there’s nothing else, Seren, I’ll hang up first. I have work to do and once I’m done with that, I’m heading to the airport to pick Sonny up.”“Alright. Go ahead. I’m just waiting for Zack in his office to get off work and go home together.”On Friday nights, Zachary generally refrained from attending events, instead choosing to go home and spend time with his wife.After the sisters ended their call, Serenity immediately
“He’s going on a trip and it’s to see his mom, so of course he’s excited.”This weekend was the one that Sonny looked forward to the most and was the happiest about.With Duncan taking the place of Hank as a father, it was essentially a family trip. It would be weird if Sonny was not happy about it.“Sonny didn’t even come to see me before leaving. He’ll be gone for two days… I’ll miss him.”Zachary grumbled about the little boy’s “heartlessness”.Serenity laughed. “If I weren’t delivering him his luggage, he wouldn’t have come to see me either, and would’ve just left with Duncan.“It saved time. Otherwise, it would have been really late by the time they got to Jensburg.“My sister’s still waiting to have dinner with them too.”Zachary rubbed her stomach and asked softly, “Has our Lil’ Bun been good?”“Lil’ Bun’s still too small to disturb me much. Once the baby’s grown a little bigger, I won’t be able to sit for long periods of time. If I do, the baby will feel uncomfortable
Zachary looked worried. “If you can’t manage it, then don’t. I’ll help you do it instead.“Seren, I want you to be carefree for the rest of your life.”Serenity touched his cheek.“Babe, every time I see you, I thank Nana for letting me marry such a wonderful man. I thank your family too for never looking down on me and never saying things like I’m not good enough for you to me.“I know—you’re so good to me and you don’t want to burden me.“But since I’ve married you and am now the eldest daughter-in-law of the York family, I must bear the responsibility that falls on me. I can’t run from it, and neither will I refuse to bear it.“Plus, you’re already so busy. How could I make you do it instead?”Serenity said confidently, “I can surely do everything well.“I won’t complain, either. You know how dedicated I am.”Zachary gazed at her deeply.He hugged her tightly for a long moment before letting her go.“It’ll be easy once you’re familiar with it. Like my mom—she’s been manag