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.

had to take a deep breath to feel the air pressure in the room return to

pointed at his phone on Zayn’s

sensation. She’s now

gaze on Liam’s

Willow was indeed pictured smiling as she held

breathtaking in a vintage–looking

With a face like that,

truth, Willow’s presence had

smiled so brightly in the pictures and looked so angelic

looked enchanting, like an

the flat side of his thumb

felt his heart strum back to life in

For a moment, everything felt right

Zayn’s happiness lasted only a second before he was filled

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in the world

of a

corpse, for a month since Willow’s supposed death. And yet, she couldn’t even bother telling him she was

she simply enjoyed watching his mind unravel

as he contemplated Willow’s newfound title, “The