Neither Zoe nor Cora could stop themselves from crying out loud.However, while Jay was holding Zoe's hand firmly as if he would rather be the one hurting, Bob was staring at their direction too when he heard Zoe's cry.In fact, his eyes were still fixed on Zoe even though he was standing beside Cora, who kept crying out from the pain.Eventually, she had enough and called out to him quietly, "Bob."Bob turned toward her and asked in concern, "Does it hurt? Zoe was screaming murder there."Cora did not answer, but her gaze darkened further.-After Cora and Zoe's bite wounds were disinfected and bandaged, they were given a rabies shot and admitted for further observation just in case.If nothing happened, they could return to North City, where they would have another shot to complete the vaccination.Both Zoe and Cora were staying in VVIP wards, and they did not have to worry about the presence of intruders.However, there seemed to be distance between Bob and Cora even thoug
Cora's pupils dilated as she stared at Bob in disbelief. He actually wanted to break up with her? What did the years she spent with him amounted to?!"I have done wrong by you, so let's just end it here before we get married," Bob said then. "I'll explain everything to our parents about my reasons, and I'll do any PR work necessary to help you get through any difficulties you have at work.""Are you really doing this to me, Bob?!" Cora's eyes were red, and she could not stop her tears no matter what she tried.Bob hung his head. "I don't know how to make it up to you, just as I can't lie to you that I don't love Zoe anymore. All the mistakes in the past were my fault, and you can do whatever you want—I'll try to guarantee your satisfaction as much as I can.""What do you take me for! Did you think I dated you because I wanted something from you? How could you be so cruel, Bob?!"Bob simply stayed silent, because he genuinely had no words to assure Cora when he dated her just bec
"You already have my uncle, Zoe! Why would you seduce Bob too?!" Cora demanded right then.Zoe pursed her lips—Cora noticed how Bob felt toward her, just as she thought."That's enough, Cora. This is between us—don't get others involved," Bob said then, suddenly a little louder.He had behaved mildly earlier, but even that seemed to fade in an instant."You're siding with her?! I'm your fiancee, Bob! And she's a married woman!" Cora became even more hysterical, at that, unable to understand how Zoe was better than her.Why did everyone love her so much?Even her grandfather occasionally called her 'Zoe' before he died!She really had enough! "Cut it out. We're leaving," Bob said, restraining his own temper just then."No," Cora said determinedly, and wheeled on Jay. "Uncle Jay, Bob and Zoe had all of us fooled. They were—""I know," Jay said, cutting her short.Cora was left taken aback, and she stared at Jay in disbelief.He knew? And he would still spoil Zoe so much?!D
Zoe began, "Bob and I—""I don't mind," Jay said determinedly.Zoe raised her brow. "Why are you interrupting me if you don't?"Did men lie despite appearances too?Jay pursed his lips. "I just don't want you to say his name.""How is that not minding?!" Zoe exposed him mercilessly right then."I can pretend I don't know.""You're just lying to yourself." Zoe pouted.Jay, however, was fine with that—he was already perfectly content that Zoe would return to his side.Nothing mattered in comparison."I'm still going to tell you," Zoe suddenly said. Jay flashed a feeble smile at her. "Because you knew I can't do anything to you, huh?""Since when is that so?" Zoe snorted grumpily. "My life is in your hands, isn't it?""Are you sure it's not the other way round?""Why can't you ever be honest, Jay? Who's the one who kept rejecting me so hard like it would kill him to accept me, only to end up marrying me because of Yelena?! Don't you have a conscience, constantly lying like
Jay could not hold back an expletive right then, "Am I fucking dead to you, Zoe?!"He was on the verge of getting a stroke, and he really wanted to get into fisticuffs with Bob right then!Zoe simply beamed at him. "All I wanted to say was that Bob and I are clean. Nothing happened even when we were dating.""So you're regretting that now?" Jay growled through his teeth."That's not the point," Zoe replied, speechless."I already know that anyway." Jay was certainly smart enough to not miss that."You knew?"No way! She had been so close with Bob at the time that anyone would be skeptical!"When we filmed the last episode of Journey of Love, during that heart-to-heart we had with the director, you revealed that your first time was with me.""And you believe that?" Zoe asked."I did." Jay nodded.Like he said, he knew Zoe well enough—she would never lie.However, he still had to admit that he had felt pleased for a long while when he found out.He was fine with being labele
Jay apologized. "I'm sorry."Whatever the reason was, he had abandoned Zoe in the end and did not stay by her side."It's alright," Zoe replied, accepting his apology and knowing what it was about.And she was really over it too, even if she was not as carefree as she imagined for the longest time and did not understand why she allowed Jay to deflower her and abandon her repeatedly.That was until now, when she genuinely realized that the past was not as important as she believed.And because it was not, she could now tell Jay everything.In a way, it was saying goodbye to the past.Jay held her gaze in turn and quietly said, "At that time, I… was involved in a car accident." Zoe did a double take.She knew about the accident, but not when specifically."After I left that day, I went straight to the film set. The production was on a tight schedule, so it was very late when I finally left—and I was the one who told you to wait for me."Did that mean… she was the reason he go
Zoe asked grumpily, "Jay Parker, is it really that easy to give up on me?!""No," Jay quickly replied."Then why would you do it time after time?""Well, what's our relationship now?" Jay asked in return.Zoe frowned, but it slowly dawned on her that he was pointing out that they were married.If he really wanted to abandon her, why would he marry her now?Somehow, that thought granted her comfort. "Yeah, me too," Zoe suddenly said."What?" Jay asked, a little confused just then."I never abandoned you, even if you left me in despair repeatedly. Whenever you made a move, I'd…"Zoe trailed off, reluctant to finish—she had her pride too!But she could not lie either… Even so, no matter how Jay hurt her, he just had to do something—anything—and she would be defenseless."Anyway, about Bob…"Zoe suddenly brought the conversation back on track.It left Jay feeling like he was stabbed—repeatedly.Bob was certainly a thorn in his side…Zoe said, looking Jay straight in the
Jay looked at Zoe in turn and said solemnly, "Me too. You're the only one I ever loved."The love in his eyes was all too obvious."Then… Have you never loved anyone else before?" It was not as if Zoe doubted Jay—in fact, she was dead sure that he loved her, at least now.But was he really abstinent before too? Did he really only fall in love at this age?!"Be it in the past or the present, the only one I love is—"Jay was suddenly cut off by the ringing of his phone.Zoe frowned.The mood between them was just perfect! Who could have such poor timing to interrupt them right now?!She was predicting that things would get even more spicier than before tonight and was naturally a little annoyed.Still, Jay answered his phone after hesitating for a moment—it was Ruby Jones, producer of Journey of Love.And they were in showbiz, so courtesy was necessary."Hello, Ms. Jones." Jay greeted Ruby politely."Are you still in the hospital right now, Mr. Parker?""Yes, we are.""Ho