Serenity and Zachary had to wait for the Hunts to make a reckless move and commit a crime before they could send them to jail.

“Do they have any vice?”

“They gamble. Almost all seniors in the town gamble. It’s their favorite pastime after lunch. I don’t know if my uncles gamble, but I guess they probably took up the habit.”

Zachary’s dark eyes shimmered as a plan formed in his mind. Nevertheless, he kept mum about it and said to Serenity, “Leave them to me. Don’t waste your time on them. I’ll be there for you through thick and thin. Just do what you want to do.

“Are you sure you don’t want me to come along to the event tonight? We have never attended a party as a couple, honey.”

Serenity looked askance at him. “You’re the great Mr. York. Your security detail will be all over you at social events. A lowly peasant like me can’t possibly get close enough to see your face.”

Zachary murmured, “That’s in the past…”

There was once the couple turned up at the same event before an