All too late for his love

Chapter 12

Perhaps she had truly given up at that point, as Willow made no further attempt to fight back. As the cold steel pierced her flesh, she wearily closed her eyes. As the world around her plunged into darkness, she heard a desperate voice calling out her name.

Afterward, she heard someone tenderly calling out to her, “Lolo,”

The voice sounded similar to the aloof youth from her past, the one who had once showered her with affection. He had called her “Lolo” with a voice brimming

with love

She was well aware that this purported tenderness was merely her own illusion, a product of her longing for her youth and for her beloved Zayn.

However, her beloved Zayn, who was once the object of her deepest affections, now lay entombed alongside her broken heart, forever lost to the vast expanse of

time.

When Willow wok

woke up, she realized it was the morning of the next

next day, and she was astonished to find herself back in Bordello, with her hands intact. Then, she saw Zayn, with his slender frame and elegant posture, standing before the window, his back turned toward her as he stood by the window.

called

turned around, and for a fleeting moment, she caught a glimpse of an unfamiliar emotion in his gaze–an emotion that could

heartache.

eyes vanished, replaced once again by the familiar

playing dead anymore?” Zayn sneered, his voice dripping

he interjected coldly, “willow,

“Divorce?”

As Zayn’s words

through the room, Willow’s heart pounded in her chest. She had always known that their marriage was a twisted game of revenge, a means for him to exact his pain upon her. Yet, despite this knowledge, the mention of divorce still left her with

accusations burled at her, she

the mantle of his

finally emerged from the depths of her grief. It was hoarse with a distinct tremble, a testament to the

swore you’d never leave me. You said,

“Are you done playing your disgusting games? Why do you keep putting yourself

hurtful remarks left her momentarily speechless. At that moment, she could only mutter, Zayn, I won’t divorce you. I’m

a stack of papers at

her gaze fell upon the stark

Zayn’s haste to divorce her was fueled by his desire to openly wed Skyler. Although her trail state couldn’t hinder him from doing so, she refused

as Zayn’s wife until the