Chapter 5
The person approaching was Zion Jenkins, one of Zachary's friends.
He was the same man who had shown sympathy toward Tessa during that evening's gathering.
Tessa had known Zion for nearly three years and had always thought highly of him.
"I'm just picking up a few things," she said.
He glanced at the bag in her hand. "Is that for Zachary?"
Tessa didn't feel like explaining, so she gave a silent nod.
"This brand of watch isn't cheap. Even the most basic models cost five figures. You really don't need to
get him something so expensive. Zachary..."
"Didn't deserve it" was what Zion wanted to say.
Zachary had openly confessed that he couldn't let go of Wendy and was only using Tessa as a
placeholder.
Last night, he even abandoned Tessa and walked out with Wendy in front of everyone.
After leaving the birthday party, Zachary and Wendy spent the night together at a hotel. Tessa had no idea
what had transpired, but Zion knew exactly what had happened.
They had a small group chat for their circle of friends, and despite being with Zachary for three years, Tessa had never been added. But as soon as Wendy came back to the country, Zachary added her without a second thought.
Earlier that afternoon, Wendy had shared a photo of herself and Zachary in bed in their group chat, casually suggesting that Zachary keep it as a memento.
However, within minutes, she retracted it, claiming it was sent by mistake.
Zion had caught the message just in time. He had thought about saying something but ultimately decided against it. It wasn't his place, and it felt smarter to stay out of it.
As Zion thought it over, he had initially planned to tell Tessa the truth and urge her to move on. But just as he was about to speak, he hesitated and stopped himself.
"Zachary doesn't need things like this. You really don't have to spend months of your salary on such an expensive gift for him."
Zachary had been his close friend for over a decade, and it was difficult to bring himself to say anything too harsh.
Still, part of him considered telling Tessa that the gift might not even mean anything to Zachary.
cruel, and Zion couldn't find the strength to
Zachary didn't deserve her love. The gift hadn't even been meant for him. She
a bit more conversation, Zion and Tessa
Zion watched her walk away, he let out a deep sigh. "She's such a good person...
the feeling, he opened
girlfriend is really something else. I just saw her buying you a watch that costs thousands, and she did it like it was nothing. That's probably a few months of her salary. You'd better appreciate
with Wendy when he received the
that had been building inside him vanished in an instant as
the gift. If
not to take it too seriously. Afterward, he'd throw in a few compliments to smooth things over-Tessa would definitely appreciate that. "Zachary,
didn't push
restroom. Seizing the
seen him enter his password before it was his
Wendy typed in
went straight to Tessa's conversation and saw that the last message was from a
interested in taking a trip during the upcoming holiday, mentioning that
travel guides for places
so many people during the holidays. What's there
Tessa had stopped
destinations, a flash
three-year relationship wasn't
a trip with
appeared. He couldn't even be bothered
left the chat and absentmindedly scrolled through Zachary's feed, eventually stopping at
Reflecting on the times Tessa had seemed entirely indifferent, a
finally ready to move on, but instead, Tessa was still trying to win
it back where
happened to run into the woman he's
...
returned to the villa
gift for Stephen inside, his cold,
known each other for a long
hundred meters apart in the same neighborhood, so they frequently crossed paths when they
and the first time she saw him was at the Jacobson manor. Tessa's parents had taken her to visit the Jacobson family when she was only ten. By then, Stephen had already become the picture-perfect image of a young male lead from a school
remembered the first time she saw Stephen-it took
almost intimidating presence, and his eyes as
snow.
her mother asked her to greet him, Tessa would respectfully call out his
how Stephen had kept his distance, offering only a brief,
she thought he must be hard
had stayed with
and struggling with math, Stephen's mother, Sophia Jameson, somehow
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