Chapter 691


    Ever since the start of the school’s winter holidays, Jasmine had been holing up at home. Her daily


    routine consisted of eating, sleeping, and reading romance novels on her phone.


    Her shoppingmode brother would get the asional phone call from Josh to dine out, and Jasmine.


    would invite herself to the get–together in case her shoppingmode brother might sell her out behind her


    back.


    Now that Jasmine received a message from Serenity that thetter was back, Jasmine quickly replied


    with a voice message.


    “How about Italian tonight? Mr. Bucham took my brother to an Italian ce, and the food was great. I’ve


    been waiting for you toe back so we can try out the ce. You have no idea. I couldn’t binge when


    dining with my shoppingmode brother and Mr. Bucham because I’d eat more than them.”


    Serenity responded to her with a smile, “I can’t tonight. I just got back with Mr. York. We’re going to


    have a slow night. How about tomorrow night? Get my sister and Elisa to join us.”


    “We don’t have to include Elisa since she eats like ady. She’s not a foodie like you and I. We’re


    complete opposites when ites to food. Your sister is trying to lose weight and is on a strict diet right


    now. She goes running three times a day. She’d probably end up watching us eat if we asked her to


    come along. I don’t think we’d be able to eat in peace.


    “Seren, your sister’s weight loss is starting to show. I guess you haven’t seen your sister since you just


    got back. She lost ten pounds in a week. She’s really pushing herself and sticking to her guns. I


    wouldn’t be able to hold out and stay away from food if it were me.”


    It would be tough for a foodie to follow through with a strict diet.


    “Your sister lost twenty pounds since the talk about the divorce. She’ll achieve her weight goal if she


    carries on a little longer.”


    News that her sister dropped ten pounds in a week concerned Serenity. She asked, ” Is my sister not


    eating at all?”


    She was not in Wiltspoon to check on her sister’s daily living.


    Her sister often said all was good when Serenity called. Serenity was told to focus on nursing Zachary


    back to health.


    Jasmine replied, “Nah. Your sister has been working out a lot. I mean, she runs three times a day and


    cuts down on fats and sweets. Plus, she’s busy with the renovation of her shop. No one wants to work


    during the holidays, so she took it upon herself to order the materials and get around. I’d be surprised if


    she didn’t lose any weight.


    “She’s taking her three meals. She doesn’t finish her te, but enough for her calorie count.”


    It put Serenity’s mind at ease.


    “I’ll see you tomorrow night then. Let’s go to the Italian ce you talked about. Just the two of us.”


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    Since Zachary just got better from the flu, Serenity did not intend to bring him along.


    “Sure, I’ll wait for your call.”


    The pair chatted for a while through voice messages until Zachary came down the stairs. Serenity said


    to her best friend, “My husband is done checking in with work. We’re going home now.”


    “Go on. I need to go get groceries with Mom at the market. She wants me toe along with her every


    time. She said all I do is hang around the house. She would nag at me every time I held my phone up


    to read romance stories. She has an audiobook on during dinner anyway.”


    Serenity could imagine Mrs. Lowe badgering Jasmine.


    Jasmine would whine about it, but Serenity was jealous that Jasmine had a mother by her side.


    Serenity wished her mom would yell at her. s, her mom was no more.


    Zachary walked in to find a smile on his wife’s face. There was also a sense of longingness in her


    expression.


    “Seren.”


    He approached her and tenderly called her name, drawing her back from her thoughts.


    Snapping out of her wandering mind, Serenity turned to him and asked, “Are you done with work?”


    “I’m all good now. My business trip was for ten days, but I was in the hospital for seven days. Callum


    followed up after me, so I didn’t have much to report on.”


    He took Serenity’s hand and led her out of there. “Let’s go home.”


    Serenity walked with him.


    “Brothers working in the samepanye in handy sometimes.”


    Callum would take over his shoppingmode brother’s work when Zachary was sick. At least, one’s family


    would not grumble about doing another family member’s job.


    Zachary smiled. He brought Serenity to the parking lot and drove the national MPV parked among


    luxury sedans.