Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Chapter 526 “What did you say to him?” “What can I say? I can’t tell him bluntly that his successor is trying to steal your woman
from you. This was caused by your personal matters, so you deal with it yourself. I’ll ask Mr. Chaplin to squeeze in a time for you
to meet with Mr. Lowe.” Zachary said indifferently, “Save it for after the New Year’s. I’m going on a business trip in two days.”
Josh froze, suspecting he liad misheard. “You’re going on a business trip? Where to? Can you bear to leave your wife? Your
relationship happens to be improving now.” Zachary was silent for a long time before saying, “There’s no harm in telling you this.
The whole city will know sooner.”
There was finally gossip to share.
As the representative of all gossipers, Josh’s ears immediately perked up. He grinned and asked, “What happened?” “The sister
who Mrs. Stone has been looking for is most likely my mother-in-law.”
Josh paused before saying, “You have a mother-in-law? I mean, didn’t your mother-in-law die a long time ago?” “Yeah, my
mother-in-law died more than ten years ago, but what’s stopping her from having a sister?”
Josh choked. Everyone in Wiltspoon’s upper class was aware of Audrey’s search for her sister. Clive once came to Julian for
help, but Julian felt like there were not many leads. Furthermore, he was in York Corporation working for Zachary, and Clive was
Zachary’s rival. Thus, Julian refused Clive’s request.
“If your mother-in-law is Mrs. Stone’s sister, doesn’t that make your wife Mrs. Stone’s niece? Then, you’ll be Mrs. Stone’s
nephew-in-law, and Elisa still loves you to death...”
After Josh worked it out, he slapped his thigh and burst out into laughter. “Hahahaha! Zachary, I want to see how you clean up
this mess.” Zachary extended his hand to grab anything within reach and threw them at Josh.
“Get out!”
“I’ll go out after I’m done laughing. Zachary, just come clean with your wife when you go back tonight.” Josh did not understand
why Zachary was still hesitating at this point. The couple’s feelings were warming up anyway and that proved Serenity’s
character passed his test.
“I’m... afraid.”
He was afraid of losing Serenity if he confessed.

“Wow, I never thought I’d see the day you’ll be afraid of anything. Serves you right!” Zachary glared at his best friend with a dark
expression. “So, you want to go for a business trip and delay it however long you can?
“The truth will come to light sooner or later. If your inother-in-law isn’t related to Mrs. Stone, that’s okay. If they’re really sisters,
then are you never going to meet your aunt-in-law for the rest of your life? Or do you not have confidence that your wife will
stay?” Zachary thought of Serenity’s temperament and nodded with difficulty. “I can’t say for sure.” Josh looked at him and
smiled. “That’s why I really admire Serenity. I’m a big fan of hers. “It’s your fault for being stubborn. You clearly like her, but you
refuse to admit it. If not for your grandmother, you’d still be jealous all day every day and smother yourself.” Zachary paused
before he said, “I’m inexperienced in love.” He was at a loss when it came to this emotion. He wanted to be close to Serenity, but
he also rejected her. It was a dilemma. “I’ll go on a business trip for a few days. When I return, it’ll be time for Ben Young-
Johnson’s wedding.” He would make use of this period while he was away to think hard about the scenarios under which he
would confess everything to Serenity. He would think of a way of telling her so she would not get too angry. If he had known that
he would end up falling in love with her, he would never have made that decision.
However, at that time, they did not know each other, and he even misunderstood her and was guarded against her. Concealing
his identity to examine her character was the best way. He had to be grateful that he did not abuse her. Otherwise, he would end
up suffering greatly in the end. Josh could also understand why Zachary made that decision in the beginning.