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THE SEARCH

Author: DoctorSanctum
last update Last Updated: 2022-07-13 23:23:18

CHAPTER 96: THE SEARCH

How hard was it to beg for the love that you couldn’t even have?

[ZACHARY’S FLASHBACK]

“I wanted to have a divorce, Zach.” Vanessa casually said in a calm manner after their dinner.

What he said made Zachary stop. The stunned expression and his surprise were all visible on his face. Many may have known him to be stoic, and cold, but when it comes to her—he could be the softest man alive without the cruelty, and merciless nature that the public eyes perceived him as. Nevertheless, for no apparent reason, Vanessa couldn’t seem to return the same longing he had for her, and he knew the reason why.

Vanessa Monreal has been arranged to him, Zachary Paxton El Mayor—to be his bride to which he was in favor because he likes her. Although Vanessa’s eyes seem to have been caught by somebody else. But Zachary risked it in hope that she may be able to love him, but through the years of marriage—all he had felt was her contempt, how she despise him the most, and her hate.
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