All too late for his love

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“Boss, Ms. Sanford is still alive!”

Only then did Zayn pause whatever work he was in the middle of, the pen he gripped in his left hand hovering above the paperwork.

A self–deprecating scoff escaped him next as Liam’s words sank in.

There they were again, the delusions that had been mocking him since Willow’s death.

He’d just imagined Liam, who had never been a wisecrack and took his job seriously, telling him Willow was still alive.

How could Willow possibly be alive when Zayn himself had applied makeup on her reconstructed face and combed through her wig before she was cremated?

He had even personally carried the urn containing her ashes, which was all that was left of her. Willow was not coming back.

“What did you just say, Liam?”

Zayn’s icy voice was quiet, but it seemed to draw the air out of the room and leave Liam breathless.

deep breath to feel the air pressure in the room return

his phone on

become an internet sensation. She’s now

finally cast his gaze on Liam’s

Willow was indeed pictured smiling as she held

a

With a face like that, she could put other women to

Willow’s presence had always been a sensuous

temptress. She smiled so brightly in the pictures and looked so angelic in her white dress that it was hard to imagine her

enchanting, like an

of his thumb as though caressing Willow’s face–the face that occupied his thoughts day

heart strum back to life in his

was alive. For a moment, everything felt right and

a second before he was filled

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and yet everyone in the world

a

for a month since Willow’s supposed death. And yet, she

she simply enjoyed watching

he contemplated Willow’s newfound title, “The