Or rather, if she had any spine at all, it felt like it was made of cheap plastic.

As this thought crossed her mind, she had her elbows propped up on the table before her, with palms pressed together and resting

against her forehead.

Fitch had no idea what she was doing until he noticed her shoulders trembling slightly and tears dripping onto the tabletop, one

after another.

That irksfeeling crept up on him again. He wasn't normally short-tempered, but around her, he found his patience wore thin.

Crying? What's there to cry about? There are plenty of people in the world with bigger problems than hers.

Fitch's heart was indeed cold. He pulled out a cigarette, wanting to light up, but then he remembered where he was and reluctantly

put it back down.

Zoey continued to cry, clenching her hands tightly and trying not to let her sobs escape.

She didn't know why she was crying; just being around him made it impossible to hold back.

In the past few days, she had been hit repeatedly, but she only felt the physical pain, which was bearable.

But with Fitch's presence, it was as though all her wounds were being torn open again, which magnified the pain a thousandfold.

Unbearable agony.

She couldn't recall much of what happened next as she just numbly followed behind him, watching how he signed various

documents until, finally, she saw the blue sky outside.

she sat in the passenger seat,

were festering, yet

car but took a phone call, his brows knitted with a commanding

rubbed his forehead, feeling desperately

meeting to

and upon arrival, he didn't bother to check on Zoey, who remained

but during the meeting, his mind wasn't fully there, and

outside occasionally.

since he took over the Haskins family business, he'd been a workaholic, never allowing anything to disturb

asked him the squestion twice, he felt irritable and

fluff; I don't have tfor sugar-coated

could react, Fitch had already

left behind exchanged uneasy glances and reluctantly started revising

polish, or else no one could bear the responsibility

but today he

in his office, he loosened his tie with one

didn't

for a while and noticing it was getting dark

car in the underground parking,

couldn't possibly still be in

sure enough, when he opened the door, there she was, still curled up asleep,

from her wounds.

flare of anger ignited in Fitch, and he

you sick

gripped tight, making it hard for her

outside,

of her collar, settled into the driver's seat, and hit the

car at Zoey's current residence; her fingertips

droppingoff. What

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