Chapter 714

Wesley gave Isaac a nudge, “Wake up, you lazy bum.”

It had been almost half a month of lethargy. Just how far was he planning to sink?

Isaac was properly hammered.

Derek and Wesley exchanged a glance, giving up on him, and uncorked a bottle of red wine. They drank until the early hours of the morning when Isaac finally sprawled on the couch and stirred.

“Looks like he’s coming around.”

Isaac sat up, squinting against the harsh light. His throat felt like he’d swallowed a torch. There was a raw, burning pain.

“Have some water.”

Derek poured him a glass, which Isaac downed in one gulp, and the burning sensation in his throat momentarily subsided. He closed his eyes and said, “Thanks.”

His voice was hoarse and rough, as if it had been rubbed over gravel, full of pain.

felt a pang of sympathy for Isaac’s

come to this, you and Bri can’t possibly reconcile. Why don’t

from the start, and he couldn’t bear to see Isaac keep making

“No way.”

papers, Brittany would have been gone for good, and he would have lost

want to do, Zac? Bri has cost you everything, and you’re still trying to

just believed that once a relationship had a rift, it would never be

efforts were in vain; he might as well have set both of

give her whatever she wants

lost your mind, Zac? That was your life’s

heart and soul into it for over a decade. But now it had fallen into Marcel’s hands, leaving him with nothing. Unbelievably, he didn’t harbor any

rubbed his face hard as if trying to wipe away the exhaustion. He turned to Wesley and said, “Show me the plans for that new

responded, “Great. I’ll

down, pouring Isaac another glass of water, “This is your mess, Zac. Do whatever you want.”

away

out, he hadn’t been back to

the sprawling Imperial City, it was easy to avoid someone if one

it, it was time for Joseph’s engagement party. Brittany arrived at the venue early

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