Chapter 825

Serenity struggled and finally managed to push him away, but he wanted to continue. She was so angry that she swung her hand at him.

The slap resounded across the room and shocked Brandt and the maids.

Zachary was also stunned.

He looked at Serenity’s face, which was red from the anger within. When she glared at him, her eyes gradually reddened, and he saw tears brimming at the corners of her eyes.

He had again brought her more pain and further angered her.

Zachary blamed himself.

He thought his warmth could make her calm down…

Brandt snapped back to his senses and hurriedly sent a message to Sam since the latter was the actual butler here. Brandt was only filling in for Sam since Sam was on leave, but he felt he could no longer handle the situation here. He had to call Sam back.

It was frightening. The missus actually raised her hand against Mr. Zachary.

This was a scene they had never witnessed in all the years they had worked for the Yorks.

The men of the York family had always doted on their wives. As long as they were. married and the couple’s feelings were stable, they would get along lovingly. Occasionally, there would be small quarrels or misunderstandings, but they were all resolved quickly. No one had ever gotten physical like the missus.

“Seren.”

Zachary pulled up the hand Serenity used to hit his face with and asked gently, “Does your hand hurt?”

Serenity wrenched her hand back and turned her face away, but she raised her hand to rub her eyes.

She then turned around and looked at him again, saying, “I’m sorry, Zachary, but please leave me some dignity, okay?”

She did not like it when he forced a kiss on her whenever she was angry; as if showing no ounce of respect for her.

Zachary looked at her deeply.

He lost it. When he saw the divorce agreement she drafted, he momentarily exploded in rage.

Yes, he was wrong for lying to her, but she went as far as to draft a divorce agreement. He only grew impulsive because she was not giving him any leeway.

“If you have an affair, use violence on me, or lie to me countless times, I’ll leave you,” -that was what Serenity said before.

Only at that moment did Zachary realize that Serenity was a woman of her word.

“Zachary, we’re both a mess now, and neither of us is calm. Please let me leave so we can take a breather, okay? Is there a point in you putting me under house arrest? You’ll only anger me further.

“You’re overbearing. You’re always so self-centered and inconsiderate of others.

Think about it. If our roles were reversed, if I was the one who lied to you for more than four months, how would you feel? You lied to me, but you’re not even allowing me to get angry? Am I supposed to pop confetti to celebrate your deception?”

Serenity felt it was Zachary’s nature to be overbearing. It would be a Sisyphean task to make him change this part of him.

Now, his domineering trait and paranoia were suffocating her.

“Divorce is not an option!”

Zachary added in a low voice, “Seren, I didn’t say I was right in deceiving you, and I’m not forbidding you from getting angry. Hit me or scold me, but you can’t just bring up divorce to me.

“Let’s not talk about divorce again, okay? I can’t bear the pain of losing you.”

Serenity looked away again, not wanting to meet his eyes.

She thought of ending the marriage because she was infuriated after learning that he was the heir of the rich York family, and that she had been deceived by him the entire time.

After a few moments of silence, she looked at him again and said, “Lend me your charger. My phone is out of battery.”

Zachary stared at her intently.

If her phone was out of battery, she would not be able to contact the outside world. He would be able to force her to stay by his side then.

However, that was not a real solution to the problem.

Serenity met his stare.

The hall was dead silent.