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.

was just a phone-nothing special about it. It was just a tool to fulfill my needs. I was about to dial Sylvia's number when a text message came

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

him to pull any tricks behind my back, I hesitated for a second before deciding

and as the phone rang,

at all. I missed her so much. I even dreamt about her at night,

vanished, and I still could

customer service. I couldn't believe it, so I tried calling her again, but oddly enough,

of dread creeping in, but I tried to

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

the matter? Not getting your calls answered makes you uneasy? How about I let you try again tonight so that you can satisfy your urge to talk to

as I was about to agree, he seemed to read my mind and chuckled. "Just kidding. You really took that seriously, Hudson. Your girlfriend's the one who did not pick up. Don't blame me. Since you've used this