“Why would you think that I’m using her to annoy you?” Zachary questioned.

 

Charlotte’s heart sank. “So you’re dating her for real.”

“You seem disappointed,” Zachary pointed out, delighted by the despondent trace in her voice.

“What does that have to do with me?” Charlotte snarled. “You can be with whoever you want to be!”

“What if I tell you that we’re not dating?” Zachary softened his voice as he stepped closer to her. “What if I say that I never had any women other than you? Will you come back to me?”

 
 

Charlotte froze. Her heart was in turmoil when she heard those words from him.

She never thought that Zachary would say such things to her anymore; she thought he had already let go of her.

 

“That’s a no, then.”

Zachary waited for a long time, but he heard nothing from Charlotte. Disheartened, he turned to leave.

“Zachary,” Charlotte called out for him again.

to the

Charlotte told him in a serious tone. “Don’t

do you mean by that?” Zachary furrowed his brows. “What mistake have

 

due to various external factors back then.” Charlotte was overwhelmed with regret every time she thought about it. “Louis

you agreed to marry Louis not because of love?” Zachary asked,

of him as

“But, you and him—”

words nearly

not wish to broach the topic, yet he could not help but think about that particular scene whenever Louis was mentioned. It was like a thorn

explain, but at that moment, Zachary’s phone rang. She instinctively

to reality. It was then she recalled that neither of them could go back

knocked on the door again, and Ben’s voice could be

Instead, he walked toward the

Lindberg, we shall excuse

door. Then, he held onto Zachary as

room alone, filled with all

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