Love That Wasn't Meant to Last

Chapter 64

Hearing Zion's words, I felt a sudden wave of anger swelling up. I grabbed him by the collar.

"Zion, shut up. If you hadn't tricked me into leaving Carzonia and forced me to stay here, none of this would have happened!"

So many things I wanted to say swirled in my head, but when I saw the fear in Zion's eyes, I held back and let him go.

Forget about it. What was the point? None of that would change anything now.

I took a deep breath, looked helplessly at my phone, and felt lost.

"Let's think it through these next few days. Avoiding it won't solve anything. We need a plan."

Zion straightened his clothes. He gave me a long, unreadable look, and left.

left alone in this hourly hotel room. Staring at the empty ceiling, I slipped

felt

were spent as an orphan, growing up in a welfare home with

was sitting quietly in class, watching the teacher teach. It was only during those lessons that everyone seemed to forget I was a child nobody

I grew up, I went to school and

was too busy with part-time jobs and too focused on making money. My life revolved around work and studying, with no time or energy

more time, but I was still busy. My life only became slightly easier after I met Selena. But even then,

all. I told myself it didn't matter who Selena was with. As long as she didn't push for a divorce, I could keep

life, sometimes you have to turn a blind eye. There came a

I really couldn't bring myself to just accept

that my relationship with Sylvia

so soon.