SWNOVELS Chapter 474
Wrenna had tuition on the weekend. So, she woke up early and got ready to leave.
Damian was free to drive her to the tuition.
On the road, Damian mentioned the vacation.
"Where would you like to go? Plus, it's your birthday soon. I hope we can have a special celebration."
Wrenna was rather surprised by his suggestion, but she immediately started thinking.
"But I still have classes. And isn't your company busy?"
It was the same reason that Damian gave to reject Clarissa.
Damian felt amused and at the same time helpless.
"I can adjust my work schedule. I suppose it will be no problem to take a few days off."
So all that was left was Wrenna's side. It depended on whether she was willing to do it.
Wrenna hesitated for a while and nodded. "Okay. Will next week be okay? I'll apply for leave with my tutor, and then we can go. Damian, please decide the venue. I have no idea."
Damian let out a smile. "Okay. How about Erihal?"
Wrenna nodded.
Just then, the car had arrived at the teacher's place. After seeing Wrenna go in, Damian immediately called Johannes and asked him to arrange the work schedule and the vacation to Erihal. After that, Damian suddenly remembered that he should prepare some gifts or make special arrangements for Wrenna's birthday.
Indeed, he was not an expert in this kind of matter.
Before Wrenna got married to him, he just needed to give her gifts. Clarissa was the one who chose them for him, and Wrenna liked all of them.
But now, as Wrenna's husband, naturally, he would have to prepare everything himself.
In the end, he had no choice but to get Clarissa's opinion.
The moment Clarissa heard about it, she was overwhelmed with excitement.
"Damian, please come over here now. Let's make a perfect plan for a romantic and unforgettable birthday banquet."
Initially, Damian only wanted a simple celebration. But based on Clarissa's passionate tone, it seemed like she would want to make it huge.
But since he had reached out to Clarissa, he could only go with the flow.
With that, Damian drove to Zen Highlands. By the time he entered the house, Clarissa was still on the phone.
"Ellie, do you think candlelight dinner would be too lame? We need to have an element of surprise. Haiz, Damian's not good in this, so I need to handle this myself... Fine. Please come over and discuss together..."
Damian furrowed his brows as he rubbed his forehead gently. Matthew lifted his head and gazed at Damian with a look as though he was pitying him.
"Mom, I'm going out with Wren, so of course, we'll be celebrating her birthday outside. There's no need to prepare so much."
"Outside? It's easier then. And it'll be more romantic with only you two. Please leave it to me. I'll make sure she's happy. It's her first birthday after marrying you, so you must take it seriously. Or else, she'll hold the grudge for years."
Damian turned around and cast a glance at Matthew.
So has Dad experienced her grudges?
"Come and have a seat. Ellie will be here soon, and we'll come up with a good plan. By the way, where are you going on vacation? When will it be?"
As such, Clarissa gave all sorts of suggestions to Damian passionately. Later, Ellie came and joined them, and they discussed till nighttime.
Damian was finally able to leave by using the excuse of picking Wrenna up from tuition. However, Clarissa and Ellie were not done with their discussion when he left.
Damian waited for Wrenna outside her teacher's place. She came out with a young man by her side. He looked very gentle, and they were having a casual conversation.
A dark expression loomed over Damian's face. He immediately came out of the car and called Wrenna.
"Wrenna!"
Wrenna lifted her head, slightly startled.
The man beside her lifted his head as well and looked at Damian. A second later, Wrenna said something to the man, and they both bid goodbye with a smile. "Damian, why are you here?"
"Why can't I be here?"
Wrenna shook her head. "Nothing. I'm just a little surprised."
"Why would you be surprised?"
Wrenna looked at Damian and she could see that he was a little unhappy, but she did not understand why.
Is he mad at me? But why?
Damian also realized he might be overreacting. He kept silent for a while, trying to clear his thoughts.
"Who was that guy?"
"Oh, he's my tutor, Mr. Sebastian Kerr."
"Your tutor? He looks young."
"Yes. He's just graduated from D University. He can be considered my senior, and he quite young."
Her senior?
Upon hearing that, an uneasiness started filling Damian's heart.
"So he's the one who has been teaching you?"
Wrenna had hired a tutor for a long time now, but Damian had never met him. He did not expect the latter to be such a young man. With that, Damian felt somewhat displeased. "Yes, ever since I changed my major. Well, he is quite good and his lessons are interesting.
Damian was rendered speechless.
What do you mean interesting? Do you mean the lessons are interesting or the person?
In the car, Wrenna felt the atmosphere getting tense.
She was unsure if it was because of what she said or Damian being in a bad mood.
After all, she had never truly read Damian's mind.
Thus, she decided to ignore it, while she turned around and stared outside the car. All the skyscrapers were lit up with lights in the middle of the night, shining dazzlingly. Seeing Wrenna keeping silent, Damian was even more displeased.
If it were before, Wrenna would always try to start a conversation whenever there was a moment of silence. And all the talk would mostly be about Damian.
But now, she would often keep quiet even when the atmosphere was tense.
Damian thought it was because she was tired after switching her major.
But now, he started to wonder if it was because of her tiring study or she had lost her passion for him.
Damian's heart sank, and he tried to open his mouth.
He figured he should also try to initiate a conversation once in a while.
"Wren, is there any special gift that you want?"
"Huh? I guess no? I don't lack anything actually."
With that, she cut off the topic again.
The awkward silence continued until they arrived at Zen Highlands.
They usually had dinner at Zen Highlands every weekend. After Wrenna got out of the car, she went to the kitchen to help Clarissa prepare dinner. Both of them had a lot of common topics in terms of cooking. Meanwhile, Clarissa mentioned the vacation Damian and Wrenna were about to have.
Clarissa whispered, "Wren, Damian put in a lot of effort in planning this. He even asked for my opinion as he hopes to surprise you. But of course, I won't tell you about the details now. Haha... I hope both of you will remain close forever. Just request anything you want from him. He's your husband. You can do anything you like with him..."
Wrenna turned and cast a glance at Damian, who was sitting outside. He seemed more gentle than usual in front of his family.
"There is nothing that I want."
"Indeed. You love him very much. But you shouldn't treat a man too nicely."
Wrenna let out a smile. "Damian is a good guy."
Upon hearing that, Clarissa let out a relieved smile as well.
It looks like she's really into him. That's good. Since the issue with Stella is solved, there shouldn't be any problem with them now. Give it some time, and their relationship will become better. Clarissa was utterly contented with that.
After the dinner, Damian and Wrenna went back to Jackdaws Mansion. When Wrenna was about to go upstairs alone, Damian suddenly called her name. "Wrenna, I've confirmed the date. We'll depart on Wednesday and stay until the weekend. And we'll come back after your birthday. Will that be okay?"
Wrenna thought for a while and nodded. "Okay, I got it. I will apply for leave then."
After going upstairs, she sent a message to her tutor to apply for leave.
Putting down her phone, she went for a shower.
When Damian came upstairs, Wrenna's phone rang at the same time. He had no intention to pick it up, but he noticed the call was from her tutor, Sebastian. Hesitating for a while, he answered it.
"Wren? Are you going to Erihal? Haha... I've been there before. I can recommend some nice places and restaurants."
The passion from the other end of the call made Damian utterly displeased.
"Mr. Kerr, Wren is in the shower. Is there anything else?"
The tutor was stunned momentarily. "Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were Wren. May I know who is..."
"I'm Wren's husband. And yes, we're going to Erihal for our honeymoon. I believe Wren has told you about her leave. Although it might delay her lesson, it's our personal time. I believe you'll understand, right?" "Yes... Okay. I understand."
"Thanks, Mr. Kerr. Goodbye then."
Damian hung up the phone with a darkened expression. Putting down the phone, he went to get changed.
After Wrenna came out from the bathroom, Damian said casually, "Your phone rang many times just now, so I picked it up. It was your tutor, Mr. Kerr. He approved your leave and asked you to have fun."
"Oh. All right."
Wrenna did not seem to be bothered as she dried her hair and put on a mask. Then, she went up to her bed and started texting with her phone.
Damian had no idea who she was texting, but she would smile occasionally.
Damian furrowed his brows and asked abruptly, "Don't you need to study tonight?"
She constantly studies before sleeping every night. How could she be so free tonight?
Wrenna lifted her head. "I've been studying the whole day. I'm a little tired." "Well, rest earlier if you're tired. Don't play with your phone."