Right Person, Wrong Time

Chapter 45 Zachary Leaves the Country

Nicole didn’t tell Zachary about what Sabrina had said. After all, having gotten sick of hearing such rumors at F&M Apparel, she was already able to take a calm attitude toward them these days, so she didn’t take Sabrina’s words to heart.

Zachary had wanted to spend the mid-winter holiday with Nicole and Hayden in the country. That night, however, he suddenly got a phone call, which seemed to be about something urgent.

Seeing the ghastly expression on Zachary’s face, Nicole figured that the matter had to be quite serious. Therefore, when Zachary told her he had to leave the country, she expressed her understanding, saying, “Just go and deal with the matter first. Wherever Hayden and I are, it doesn’t make any difference.”

Looking at the considerate Nicole before him, Zachary heaved a soft sigh with a look of regret. “It’s a rare opportunity for us to spend the mid-winter holiday together in the country. I never thought I’d have to go back.”

Hearing the note of regret in Zachary’s words, Nicole replied with a laugh, “It’s okay. There’ll still be many mid-winter holidays in the future. If you’re free next time, you can still spend the holiday in the country.”

Nicole’s deliberately naive reply. “It doesn’t matter wherever I’ll be spending the mid-winter holiday. The point’s just that I wanted to spend the holiday with…” he said, before breaking off mid-sentence under her stare. After lowering his head to glance at Hayden, he reached out and

smart boy. Pouting his lips, he looked at Zachary and replied seriously, “That’s not true, Mr. Yates. I know you wanna spend the holiday with Mom. All you know

when Hayden revealed what he really wanted. Instead, he nodded with a faint smile, saying,

about it without her having to ask him. Judging from how things looked at the moment, Nicole surmised that

His parents were divorced, and his father remarried after that, whereas his mother remained single to this day. Most importantly, both his father and mother were wealthy and domineering. It was rare for Zachary to be able to have

finished his sentence, Zachary began packing

at the dark sky outside, Nicole asked with worry, “Is the matter urgent? It’s dark

clouded expression vanished. As he packed his bags, he replied, “It’s quite urgent, or I wouldn’t have to leave overnight. I’ll come back as soon as I finish dealing with it.

mid-winter holiday? That’s almost half a month later. Seems like the problem he’s come across this time is really quite tricky, thought Nicole to herself. Without asking anything else, she