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 because

fighting the urge to throw it across the room. Her heart felt like it was being sliced open as she stared at the

tightly, a single tear sliding down her cheek. She had

like her heart was being twisted by a knife-worse than

shouldn't have trusted Zachary again in the first place. It would


given her back into its box and shoved it into the far corner of her closet. She didn't want to see anything from

should have made a

---

She had barely sat at her

desk and pushed it toward

hesitated, 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

arrived, he'd had a glass of

morning, when Zachary finally woke up and checked his phone, the events of the previous day hit

Please leave,” Sarah said coldly, spitting out each word like

tired eyes were filled with

her tone

me where were you yesterday?

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