Chapter 341

Sarah drank the rest of her wine in one gulp, placed the glass back on the table, and said, "I'm going to rest."

"Alright," Melvin replied, clinking his glass before sitting back down. His gaze lingered on his phone, his expression complicated.

Sarah returned to her room, tidied up the gifts she'd received, and went to freshen up. By the time she sat on the edge of her bed, it was already 11:30 p.m.

She held the bracelet Zachary had given her, lost in thought.

Why hadn't he come? What could have held him up?

In just thirty minutes, her birthday would be over. She had received so many heartfelt wishes, but not his.

While she was deep in thought, her phone chimed with a message. Picking it up, she saw a multimedia message containing text and a photo.

The photo showed Zachary fast asleep. Her heart skipped a beat. Below the image was a message from Vivian:

"Miss Sanders, this is Vivian. First, happy birthday! Zachary really wanted to attend your party, but he couldn't because of me. Please don't blame him!"

It was

urge to throw it across the room. Her heart felt like it was being

phone screen, Sarah closed her eyes tightly, a single tear sliding down her cheek. She had thought it

her heart was being twisted by a

trusted Zachary again in the first place. It would have spared


box and shoved it into the far corner of her closet. She didn't want to see

Nock, she should have made a clean break with

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next day, Sarah went to work feeling down. She had barely sat at her desk when

desk and pushed it toward her.

his memory blurry. He still couldn't piece together everything that had happened the day before. All he remembered was receiving a call from Vivian saying she'd been in a car accident and was at the

he arrived, he'd had a glass of water-and

finally woke up and checked his phone, the events of the previous day hit him. By then, Sarah's birthday had

Sarah said coldly,

His tired eyes were filled with guilt

tone laced with sarcasm. "Mr.

where were you

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