Chapter 24

When Zachary was driven back to the villa, it was already 3:00 am.

Stumbling into the bedroom, he collapsed onto the bed, barely able to keep his eyes open.

He was jolted awake by a sharp pain in his stomach,

"Tessa, my stomach hurts," he mumbled. "Get me some medicine."

But there was no reply.

He called out again, "Tessa Tes

Suddenly, he sat up in bed, fully awake.

A wave of realization hit him that Tessa had moved out

loneliness and discomfort washed

he stumbled out of bed, desperately searching for

was unbearable, so he called

was startled when her

for a

A little less

with him? It

few more deep breaths to calm herself before fording a polite tone. "The medicine cabinet is in Ms. Yates'

up the phone and, leaning against the wall, made his way to Tessa's

had the medicine but wasn't sure which one to

Tessa would give him something when he

no other choice, he endured the cramps, quickly scanning through

can't kill me," he thought, before drifting back

called out

me some

mean the one Ms. Yates used to

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