Chapter 67

Three days later, Wendy stood outside the hotel suite door and knocked on it several times. "Zachary, are you in there?"

There was no reply.

Wendy frowned and then pulled out her phone to dial his number.

The phone rang for a long time before it eventually went to voicemail.

Since they returned from Uriah's place that day, she had completely lost contact with Zachary.

He didn't reply to her messages and never answered her calls. Now, he wouldn't even open the door for her.

She had checked with the hotel receptionist and they had confirmed that Zachary hadn't checked out.

She pounded on the door with her fist and yelled, "Zachary, open this door immediately! If you don't, I'll keep knocking until you do!"

Wendy continued to knock for a solid ten minutes before the door finally opened.

The smell of cigarettes and alcohol immediately washed over her, making her gag involuntarily.

"What is that awful smell?" Wendy pinched her nose and grimaced.

as the overpowering stench of smoke and alcohol clinging to him. It seemed like he hadn't showered in days. Suppressing the need to gag, Wendy

eyes were dull and lifeless. He asked, "What do

able to contact you for days, so I got worried." Wendy pushed

turned off. Despite the daylight

frowned as she reached to turn on the

room, and the ashtray on the table was overflowing with cigarette butts,

ventilation system, then drew the curtains and opened the window to let

this? What about Gomez Corporation? We still haven't

Gomez has been running

the past few days, but not

investin Gomez Corporation. I did

pressured by Tessa's

you know who her

the most influential person in Rivertown. His family is even more powerful

one

was but a lifeless puppet, his face completely devoid

to Wendy's words.

lack of reaction, Wendy

fell back

his sluggish body back inside the room and shut the door behind

the sudden bright light was too much for

staggered over to the window and stared

extremely

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255