Love That Wasn't Meant to Last

Chapter 33

I knew that Zion was quite discontent with the fact that I had a girlfriend, and I felt equally frustrated.

He was the one who had disrupted my relationship with Selena in the first place, yet now that I had chosen to divorce her, he seemed to have a problem with me finding someone new. I couldn't fathom where he got the audacity to look down on

me.

Being under his roof, I had no choice but to keep my head down, especially since I felt like I was being held captive by him. Sighing, I looked at him and said, "We agreed that if I helped Selena take a bath, you would give me my phone back."

Zion sneered, pulling out his own phone and waving it in front of me. "I never said I'd return your phone. I just said you could make a call." With that, he unlocked his phone and handed it to me.

Looking at his phone, the wallpaper showed a photo of Selena and him together. Seeing that made me lose the desire to make the call.

just a tool to fulfill my needs. I was about to dial Sylvia's number when a text message came in. "We've found out everything about that woman. Meet at the usual place tonight." Woman? Usual

frowned and glanced at Zion, but he showed no reaction. His eyes were fixed

pull any tricks behind my back, I hesitated for

Sylvia's number immediately, and as the phone rang, my heart raced

and I hadn't seen Sylvia at all. I missed her so much.

waking up meant those moments vanished, and I still could not

I got was a polite automated response from customer service. I couldn't believe it, so I tried

I felt a sense of dread creeping in, but I

she was in a meeting. It wasn't uncommon for meetings to prohibit phones, and it was only three in the afternoon-meetings could definitely be

answered makes you uneasy? How about I let you try again tonight so

took that seriously, Hudson. Your girlfriend's the one who did not pick