Camryn responded calmly, “Mr. Callum, what’s the relationship between us then? Who I hang out with and who I get close to is my freedom. You helped me a lot, Mr. Callum, but you have no right to control my social relations, do you? “I take you for a valued guest, Mr. Callum.” “A valued guest? Just a guest?” Callum reached out and grabbed her shoulders. “Camryn, do you dare say that you’re not avoiding me? I told you the truth and that I treat you as my fiancée. You avoided me after that and stopped answering my calls. “Now, you’re even flirting with another man. Is that on purpose?” Camryn was still very calm. She moved Callum’s hands away and retreated to the counter. She felt safer if there was a table between them. She might look calm, but in fact, she was a bit panicky at the moment. Camryn did not know why she was panicking. She just felt that she had done something wrong to Callum. However, they were not a couple, so it was not as if she betrayed him. She coul
It was not until Camryn bit Callum so hard that he bled and let go of her. Next, Callum’s face was hot and painful. Camryn slapped him fiercely, right on his face. She slapped him by intuition. After serving him the slap, Camryn fumbled for things on the table. No matter what they were, she grabbed them and smashed them at him. Callum let her smash things at him. It did not hurt anyway. When Camryn took her white cane and hit him recklessly, he quickly stepped back to dodge it. “Camryn…” “Get out!” Now, it was Camryn’s turn to be furious. She was so angry that her face was red, and there were also tears in her eyes. Camryn thought Callum was a decent man who would not bully her. Who knew… Callum forcefully kissed her! He took advantage of her because she could not see. Camryn was infuriated! “Camryn, I…” Callum knew he had made an impulsive mistake. He wanted to explain but had no way to do so because he had offended her. “Get out! Callum York, get
Serenity was looking after the bookstore by herself. She looked up when she heard footsteps and was surprised to see Callum. While getting up and walking out from behind the cashier’s desk, she asked, “Callum, what happened to you? Your lip and face are swollen. Did you fight with someone? Who did you fight with? Did you lose? If you can’t win the fight, you should’ve asked me to help you.” Callum flushed when Serenity threw a bunch of questions at him. Did he need his sister-in-law to help him win a fight? He was much more skilled than she was. “Serenity, you must help me this time.” “Of course. How dare someone beat my brother-in-law like that? Even if your brother can take it, I can’t. Tell me who beat you up like this. I’ll go and give it to them.” Serenity said while dragging a stool over and pushing it behind Callum. “Sit and tell me slowly. Do you want some water? “I haven’t fought with anyone for a long time. I was just thinking about exercising my muscles.” S
The time Callum and Camryn spent together was not long, so Serenity felt that her brother-in-law was rather quick to have developed their relationship thus far. At least, he knew about relationships better than Zachary.“Your face is swollen, and your lip also looks swollen as if you got injured. Did you kiss Camryn without her consent? She slapped you, didn’t she?”Serenity’s eyes flashed with interest.She was not stupid. She had experienced it before.Her guess was right on the money once she saw Callum’s appearance—Callum forcefully kissed Camryn.His handsome face fell and reddened, but he said nothing.It was an admission by silence.Serenity stood up and walked away.“Serenity, Serenity, you said that you’d help me.”Callum said nervously, thinking that Serenity did not want to help him.Serenity said without looking back, “I’m going to get a glass of water. You scared the hell out of me.”Callum was speechless.After pouring herself a cup of water, she came over whi
Callum looked at his sister-in-law’s speechless face and asked carefully, “Should I not have told her the truth? Should I have kept lying to her? Maybe I shouldn’t have let her know that Nana chose her to be my wife.”Before Serenity could respond, he continued, “I just didn’t want to be like Zachary. I was afraid she’d be angrier if I kept the truth from her for a long time till she finally finds out about it, so I was honest with her. I didn’t want to lie to her.”After what happened to Zachary, Callum tried his best not to deceive Camryn.Was telling the truth also the wrong move?Serenity paused before sharing her thoughts, “No, but the way you phrased it will make Camryn think that you’re not sincere. You’re just finishing the task assigned by Nana. Put yourself in her shoes. Would you be happy if you were her?“In addition to her sensing that you’re regarding her as a task, and that you don’t really like her, she’ll feel that she’s not worthy of you. It’s true that she’s the
Serenity said, “Exactly. Bring out your shamelessness and go to Spring Blossoms now to apologize properly. Don’t say stuff like you’re only pursuing Camryn because she’s the wife that Nana chose for you. Just pursue her and let her feel your true feelings for her.“She was willing to accompany you to Jasmine’s engagement party, which means she has feelings for you. As long as she feels that you’re treating her sincerely instead of just a task to be completed, she’ll be able to accept you openly.”Callum thought about it and nodded. “I understand what you mean.”“Camryn can’t see, so she’s very sensitive. You have to be careful and considerate. Don’t be disdainful of her.”“I don’t disdain her. I never have.”Serenity hummed.Callum did not disdain Camryn for being blind. He just adopted the wrong mindset because he was obeying his nana’s arrangement.“I’ll go to Camryn now to apologize. If she doesn’t want to see me, I’ll loiter in her store until she forgives me.”Callum got u
Zachary hummed and said, “Don’t order takeout for lunch. I’ll send food over to your side. Let’s eat together.”Serenity was alone in the store, and Zachary could not bear to let his beloved wife eat takeout. He had already ordered food from Wiltspoon Hotel and a bodyguard picked it up. Then, he would bring the food over during lunch break so the couple could have lunch in the bookstore together.“Okay, I won’t order takeout. You get back to work. School is almost out, so I’ll be busy too.”Serenity hung up the phone after speaking.On the other side, Zachary looked at his phone and complained, “She didn’t even give me the chance to say bye.”Serenity began to work while Zachary finished his work and left the office.The bodyguard just came back from getting the insulated lunch boxes from the hotel. He rushed out to receive Zachary when he saw the latter come downstairs.A few minutes later, Zachary’s car drove out of York Corporation.He left ten minutes before lunch break, so
Serenity wiped the small dining table clean.Her heart warmed when she looked at the dishes. No matter the time, he always prepared her favorites.“What did Callum say to you? What trouble did he get into?” Zachary asked curiously as he filled his beloved wife’s plate with food.“He misunderstood Camryn and did something out of line, so he wanted me to help him apologize. I told him that he had to bear the consequences of his own actions.”Serenity did not go into detail because she felt that it was Callum and Camryn’s private matter. Her brother-in-law told her about it because he trusted her, so she could not tell anyone else about it. She did not tell Zachary lest Camryn felt embarrassed to see him in the future.Even though she did not go into detail, Zachary was a man who had also forced a kiss on Serenity before, so he quickly guessed what happened.He wisely did not continue to inquire.While the couple had lunch, Duncan went to the hospital after work. He stood outside t