Love That Wasn't Meant to Last

Chapter 18

"I'll give Selena back to you..." Hearing these words from Zion felt almost laughable.

"Zion, you must be joking," I said, barely able to hide my irritation. "You took Selena away from me. You wanted her-so take responsibility like a man."

I watched as he looked away, clearly wounded, but I felt no sympathy. "And let's be clear-Selena isn't some object you can 'give back' whenever you feel like it. She chose you that was her decision. It has nothing to do with me."

"Can't you see?" Zion finally said, his voice strained. "Deep down, she still loves you."

Something in my words must've triggered him because suddenly, Zion sat down, overwhelmed, and began to tell me the full story.

that last conversation with Selena, she went home in silence. He

in the days that followed, things started to spiral. Selena constantly compared him to me, always putting him down. He was frustrated but couldn't

it clear to him-she loved him, yes, but she couldn't let go of me or the years we had shared as husband and wife. She wanted to fight for our marriage, thinking maybe after

so he took it upon himself to block any path of her back to me. He intercepted messages, provided the wrong contact information, and did everything he could to keep us

was even a time when Selena came to my office looking for me, but by then, I had already accepted a position at a branch office in a different city. Given the confidentiality requirements,

track me down, she started

left, Selena," Zion told her, attempting to dissuade her. "If he walked away, he's already made his choice. You have to let him

you say that? After everything we've been through-all those years together, all those memories-and he just

"Hudson, where are you?"