Serenity and Zachary York

It took Serenity a few days to consider before reaching a decision. Now that she had made up her mind, she was not going to go back on her word.

There was nothing more Zachary could say at that point. He took out his document and placed it in front of the officer.

Serenity did the same.

The pair swiftly went through the formalities in less than ten minutes.

Once the officer issued the marriage license, Zachary fished out a bunch of keys from his pocket and gave them to Serenity. He said, “The house I bought is in Brynfield. Nana told me that you own a bookshop near Wiltspoon School. My place isn’t too far from your workplace. It’ll take around ten minutes by bus.

“Do you have a driver’s license? If you do, you can get a car. I can help with the down payment while you will be responsible for the monthly payment. It’ll be easier for you to commute to work.

“I can get very busy at work, so you won’t see me much. There will be business trips too. Don’t mind me. Just look after yourself. I’ll wire the household expenses to you on the tenth of every month when the salary is out.

“One more thing. For convenience’s sake, we should keep our marriage a secret for the time being.”

Zachary must have held high ranks in the office because he went on and on without giving Serenity a chance to speak.

Serenity only said yes to the marriage so she did not become the reason for arguments between her sister and her brother-in-law. Marriage was Serenity’s ticket out of the house while still giving her sister peace of mind. It was only marriage by name.

With Zachary handing her the keys to the house, she gladly accepted them.

“I have a driver’s license, but a car isn’t in my plans right now. I usually get to work on an e-bike. I just replaced the batteries on the bike, so it would be a shame not to ride it.

“Um… Mr. York, are we splitting the bills?”

Despite her sister and brother-in-law marrying for love, her brother-in-law proposed to go Dutch as if her sister was taking advantage of him.

It took a lot of time and effort to care for a child, get groceries, cook, and manage house chores. A man, who had never been through it himself, would think their wife had it easy at home with the child-minding, cooking, and cleaning.

she and Zachary had never met prior to signing the papers, Serenity would feel more at ease if they

replied sullenly, “I have the means to support my wife and our little family. No need to

“Alright then.”

one to freeload without contribution.

Serenity planned to pay it out of her

saving on

was all about the give-and-take as well as mutual understanding

his left arm to look at the time before saying to Serenity, “I need to get back to work. You

exchange numbers to

her phone and saved his contact. “I’ll get a cab. I should leave you to

Call me if you need

to leaving, Zachary gave her two hundred bucks for the cab, to which Serenity refused. However, she immediately grabbed the money when he

on ahead instead of stepping out of City

a beeline to

“Where’s my granddaughter-in-law?”

grandson made it out, Grandma May asked skeptically, “You went in together. Why didn’t you

the papers. I

you up to the crossroad

Hold on. Don’t drive until Serenity is out. You can return to work once you take her back.” Grandma

else I do. I’m the one living with her, so it’s my call. I’ll observe on my own time and be the judge

“… Divorce is not an option

that depends on whether you’ve picked a wife who’s

he

husband would act like this. How could you drive away and abandon your bride right after you

other matters. It was not like she could do anything about it. Her grandson might make Serenity a grass widow if Grandma May pushed him too far. Serenity would

his Nana tear into him.

would make Serenity happy if she deserved it. Had she been lying to Nana and putting up a façade, Zachary would divorce her