“Sonny!”
Serenity was only preoccupied for ten days, but Zachary found it unbearable.
It was hard to believe that when they first obtained their marriage license, Serenity had no objections to Zachary working until midnight before coming home.
Zachary thought, ‘That’s because when we first got married, we didn’t have feelings for each other, so it didn’t matter.’
“You can focus on your business, but you must come home before I do. From now on, you need to be back by nine o’clock every night. You can at least give me a few hours, right?”
“I’ve become a resentful husband because my wife seems indifferent to me…”
Though Zachary was busier than Serenity, he still made it a point to return home as early as possible each day to spend time with her.
“Okay, okay. I’ll be home by nine every night to keep you company.”
To appease her husband, Serenity readily agreed to his demands.
After all, he was quite a commanding man.
Yet despite Serenity’s promise, Zachary still found ways to discipline her in bed twice that night.
When Serenity arrived at her sister’s breakfast diner the following morning, she was still yawning.
Zachary suggested she sleep in since she looked tired; it wouldn’t affect his overtime work anyway.
Serenity was left speechless.
It seemed that married couples should not neglect one another.
Liberty was recovering well. At Serenity’s urging, she refrained from overworking herself. Most of the time, Liberty had her two employees prepare breakfast for the customers while she handled lighter tasks. During her hospitalization, the two workers had done an excellent job. Although business wasn’t as robust as usual, they still managed to retain their regular customers.
After Liberty returned to All You Can Eat, she gave both workers a raise.
Liberty
Liberty brought a plate of bacon and egg sandwiches with hashbrowns and asked Serenity, “Would you like peanut butter or ketchup?”
“Ketchup, please,” Serenity replied, yawning again.
“You didn’t sleep well last night, did you? I noticed you yawning several times since you walked in,” Liberty observed as she poured ketchup for her sister and sat down beside her with concern. “Have you been busy lately?”
The vegetable farm had a successful harvest, with produce being distributed in batches. Once one batch of vegetables was sold out, the next would be ready for shipment.
“Yeah, I’ve been quite busy,” Serenity admitted.
Managing the vegetable business and the bookstore was not overly demanding—at least Elisa was available to help share the load. However, the main challenge was that she needed to learn and master her in-laws’ family businesses. Despite her mother-in-law and Zachary reassuring her that there was no need to worry, Serenity felt she couldn’t afford to relax.