Mrs. Lane smiled when she saw Serenity eat with such enthusiasm. As she watched, she suddenly felt hungry as well. She stopped looking at Zachary and started to eat with gusto.

While Mrs. Lane brought the dishes to the kitchen to wash them after the meal, Serenity pulled up a chair and slowly walked to Zachary.

Zachary instantly straightened up like a defensive hedgehog.

The difference this time was, he was not guarding against her. Instead, he was nervous and had no idea what his wife wanted to do to him.

“Mr. York, we have a guest room, but there’s no bed. After we pick Sonny up later, we’ll send Mrs. Lane and Sonny back to the store. We’ll have to go and buy a bed and sheets for her since we can’t let her sleep on the floor.”

The hedgehog’s quills flattened at once.

“You're the lady of the house. You can arrange it however you like.”

Zachary had an important meeting this morning and could not spare the time to accompany Serenity to buy the beddings.

“Have you run out of the