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!"

again. It was

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

tightly, a single tear sliding down her

seeing Vivian's message and the picture, it felt like her heart was being twisted by a knife-worse than the

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


into its box and shoved it into the far corner of her

Saint Nock, she should have

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day, Sarah went to work feeling down. She had barely sat

box on her desk and pushed

piece together everything that had happened the day before. All he remembered was

a glass of water-and

phone, the events of the previous day hit him. By then,

I'm at work. Please leave,” Sarah said coldly, spitting out each

with guilt he couldn't hide. "I can explain what happened

bitter laugh, her tone

you

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