Zachary answered in a mild manner, “I’m a nocturnal person. I’m not usually home at this hour.”

He adjusted his schedule and was in the same time zone as the majority of people in the city after he got married.

“Sit,” Julian said to Zachary. “This calls for some liquor. I brought out my good alcohol.”

There was a bottle of liquor and two glasses on the coffee table. Judging by the alcohol in the glasses, the cousins had been drinking.

Zachary rejected. “Thank you, but my wife doesn’t like me drinking. She’s not keen on the alcohol stench. I rarely drink when I go socializing now.”

Julian was dumbstruck at first, but he soon burst into laughter.

“Josh said the power of love has changed you. Now I believe him. You have changed a lot, Mr. York.”

Zachary was not one to say no to alcohol during business engagements.

He took a glance at Josh, smiled, and replied, “Josh doesn’t drink much now either. He stopped smoking too.”

Josh jumped in. “Jasmine hates the smell of tobac