Zachary’s hometown would not matter. However, it was clear that everyone in his family was highly educated. Zachary’s brothers and cousins were exceptionally well-mannered and showed her the respect she deserved.
“Your parents are very open-minded,” Zachary smiled. “The elders in my family are also very open-minded.”
Serenity agreed. After a while, the stain on Zachary’s face was washed away.
“Don’t apply makeup like this again. Thankfully, we were at a hotel; if we had been out shopping, kids might have thought they saw a ghost and would have been terrified.”
Zachary was left speechless. “You didn’t get enough rest last night. Do you still have to go to work? Can you take a day off? Why not take the day off to catch up on sleep?”
Serenity thought she could take a nap at the store later. “I have a meeting in the morning, so I can’t take the day off.”
She looked at him for a long moment and said apologetically, “I’m sorry you couldn’t rest well.”
“Then how will you make it up to me?”
Serenity glanced at the time and replied, “You still have an hour before you need to work, so you should take a nap while I prepare your compensation.”
What she meant was that she would make him breakfast.
Zachary smiled and let her go.
As she turned to leave, he reminded her, “You should go back to your room and shower first. You slept so soundly last night that no matter how much I called out to you or nudged you, I had to carry you upstairs.” Serenity’s face inexplicably flushed red.
She quickly left after humming a response.
Zachary stood there, watching her disappear. After some thought, he murmured, “Did she just blush? She ran away so quickly!”
He didn’t do anything further.
He only mentioned that he had carried her upstairs the previous night. Was that sufficient to make her blush? Zachary couldn’t comprehend why she felt shy, especially since she hadn’t blushed when he kissed her. A woman’s heart is indeed mysterious.