Chapter 61 Search Around The City

It was already three o'clock in the morning. Soon, it would be dawn and light would crack through her window.

But Essie couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned in bed, unable to put either her mind or body to rest.

Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled. Rain was pouring heavily outside. 'The weather matches my current mood,' she thought with some annoyance.

Her heart ached every second. Something in it expanded, consuming her completely. Nothing she did would reduce the ache.

Her imagination started to run wild. She could vividly imagine Zac with his beloved woman, cozily wrapped in his arms.

Damn it, why did she always have to think about him!

She cursed her thoughts for always running back to him. He was allowed to love whoever he wanted. And what he did with his lover was none of her business. She had no right to dwell on his thoughts.

After taking a deep breath, she forced herself to think about Hanson. After all, today he had confessed his love for her. She was supposed to think about him and the happy future he had promised her.

"Essie, think about Hanson. Think about his gorgeous face," Essie spoke to herself in this empty room. But her attempts went in vain. Zac's face kept flashing on her mind. The way he had taken care of her when she feigned a cramp. "Someone help me!" she screamed, feeling miserable. She tried to convince herself that Zac didn't even think about her.

Suddenly, her mind took a different turn. She couldn't think about another man. Perhaps it was because she was Zac's wife, even if this marriage was only an accident. In the eyes of la

Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.

To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.

"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."

She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women.

Eventually she stormed off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishment.

ped from her hand, thudding against the floor.

'Zac is back?'

Retrieving back her phone, she realized it was almost 4 am.

She couldn't understand what brought him back during this hour. Perhaps he had a fight with his girlfriend, she guessed.

Essie, who had been sad for hours, now broke into a smile. Knowing she had no reason to be happy, she controlled her emotions. Pulling the quilt, she pretended to sleep.

As soon as Zac came in, he opened the door of her room. He was relieved to see that she was really there.

He walked quietly to the bedside, bent over, and smelt her. 'Fresh and pure, like always. Not tainted with the smell of wine,' he thought happily.

He bent down to caress her hair.

While doing so, a drop of water fell from his damp head to her cheeks.

It sent shiver down her spine! She couldn't help but open her eyes. He was wet from head to toe and the sight shocked her.

Frustrated, desperate, depressed! That was how he looked.

Well, now she was sure her suspicion was right. Indeed he had fought with his girlfriend!