Love That Wasn't Meant to Last

Chapter 23

Seeing I couldn't grab my phone, Zion looked smug, waving it around before me. "Hudson, if you don't behave, you'll end up just like this phone," he sneered, then hurled it to the ground with force.

With a sharp crack, my phone shattered into pieces. I picked it up the screen was destroyed, and it wouldn't turn on. Clearly, his resentment toward me ran deep.

My phone was beyond repair, and there was nothing I could do about it. All I could salvage was the SIM card, which I would need tools to extract later.

I was fuming looking at my broken phone and then Zion. I set the phone down, then threw punches at him and kicked him. He didn't resist, allowing me to vent my anger on him. After a few hits, my frustration subsided, and I stood up.

Staring at his bruised, swollen face didn't bring me any satisfaction. "This is illegal detention," I said coldly.

wiped the blood from his mouth, his tone

of coughing, his eyes filling with tears—whether from

slowly and deliberately,

at Selena, who was still asleep, seemingly undisturbed by our commotion. I couldn't

with such tenderness, his hand lingering on her pale face as

until Selena fully recovers," he said. "As for your girlfriend, I'll have someone reach out and explain things to her. Don't worry. As long as you don't walk away on your own, I'll make sure this doesn't cost you your

When it opened, I saw several men stationed outside. So it wasn't just the door that was locked-he had even set up guards. Anger flared up in

love Selena so much, why don't you handle all this yourself? Aren't you afraid that she'll fall for me all over again