“Oh, yes.” Sotiria placed the gift box in Zachary’s arms. “Yesterday, you blamed me for not bringing you a gift. So I’ve brought you one today. Please take it.”Zachary did not refuse. He accepted it emotionlessly and opened the gift box in front of Sotiria.At that moment, everyone in the lobby was staring at Zachary’s hands. Every single one of them wanted to know what gift Sotiria would give Zachary.In fact, Sotiria was also very curious.She had asked Lucas, but Lucas had only given her an enigmatic smirk and refused to tell her what was in the gift box.At this time, Zachary had already taken the present out of the box.Looking at this gift, Sotiria had a bad premonition. It was an ordinary silver fountain pen. She had just seen this pen in the mall not long ago, and it only cost one dollar.‘Zachary! He’s the most regal person in Rothesay. How can such a cheap gift be worthy of his status? He’ll definitely feel that I’m insincere or I’m trying to humiliate him!‘Lucas An
“I used my cell phone to call you once not long ago. You should just save my phone number. Okay! That’s it from me. I don’t want to distract you from your work already.” After saying so, Sotiria turned around and walked toward the exit of the lobby as if she was running away for her life.“To be precise, you don’t just owe me one favor, but three.” Zachary’s voice came from behind her all of a sudden.Sotiria was paralyzed on the spot like an ice sculpture, as if he had cast a freezing spell on her. “Ah?! What...”“The other day, when Melina and Renata teamed up to bring harm to you, I was the one who saved you. Not long ago, when a motorcycle almost hit you, I was the one who saved you. Yesterday, when the drug was torturing you, I was the person who sacrificed my innocence and reputation to save you.”Zachary, who had the temperament of a king, had a very piercing voice. Even if he did not speak loudly, his voice would still make its way through all the ambient lobby—that was why
Sotiria nodded without hesitation. “Deal!”‘Buying Zachary a meal in return for his life-saving grace? That’s quite a deal!After rejoicing, she pursed her lips in embarrassment. “Oh, by the way, let me put this out there first before we go out for lunch. I’m not as rich as you are, so I can’t afford to treat you to a meal at places that are too luxurious and exorbitant.”A strange look flashed across Zachary’s eyes that were as brilliant as crystals. “As for that, we’ll go wherever you choose.”Sotiria immediately brought up a restaurant reservation app on her phone and reserved a private room in a nearby restaurant that was quite classy but would not cost her a fortune.In fact, she did not want to reserve a private room either. Because every time she stood opposite Zachary, she would be so panicked that she could not act normally. She did not even dare to imagine herself eating with only Zachary in a private room.However, it was worse if she were to eat with Zachary blatantly
The second she finished the shrimp, a lump of crab meat peeled by Zachary was placed on her plate.“Try this.”“Okay!”Sotiria picked it up.Then, Sotiria realized with a shock that Zachary, who was as noble as a king, was offering her an unlimited supply of food like a father pampering his favorite daughter, while she accepted the food without any hesitation as if she really was his favorite daughter. What astonished Sotiria even more was that she did not feel embarrassed at all. Instead, she enjoyed the feeling of getting pampered a lot and did not want it to end. She may not understand right now, but later, after recovering her memories, when she looked back, only then would she understand the indescribable feelings she had for Zachary when she was still Sotiria.Vroom, vroom, vroom.The phone on the table was buzzing.When she saw it was her “husband” calling, Sotiria quickly answered the phone. The moment the call was connected, Garrison’s voice rang out. “Tiria, I’
Thump!Sotiria was so startled that she accidentally dropped her phone into the bowl. However, she did not pick it up. Her face turned red as she stared at Zachary, “Please behave yourself, Mr. Connor. I’m married, and I won’t kiss any man other than my husband.””Really?”Zachary’s soul-stirring, beautiful eyes were filled with amusement and coldness.“But not only did you pounce on me to kiss me yesterday, but you did some awful things to me as well.”Sotiria felt her cheeks were burning. Just when she was about to explain that it was just an accident, she heard Zachary say apathetically in his seductive voice, “Since you can bring yourself to do something like that to me, I suppose giving me a kiss shouldn’t be a problem for you, right?” ‘Hold on a second!’Although he sounded unreasonable, Sotiria felt he was right. Her brain began to run wild and considering the fact that she had done everything that she was supposed and not supposed to do with him, giving him a kiss was
At the end of the day, it was just planting her lips on Zachary’s. It was not that big of a deal at all!Later, she just needed to close her eyes and graze his lips. Then, she would immediately turn around and leave. At that time, even if Zachary knew she was just brushing him off, she would have already given the kiss he had asked for, so he would have nothing to say anymore!“Yeah.”Zachary slowly lifted his head.Taking a deep breath to steel herself, Sotiria walked toward him. She bent down and planted a brief kiss on his perfectly shaped lips.When her lips contacted his, Sotiria’s body trembled as if she was electrocuted. Even though she was just going to brush him off, her heart still couldn’t help itself and leap into a gallop the moment she touched his lips. However, she was in full control of herself this time. After a brief collision, she immediately wanted to pull herself away from Zachary, but Zachary was not going to give her the chance to do so. He grabbed the
“Lory, I feel that you may have a little misunderstanding about Zachary and me. It’s not like what you think at all. There’s nothing between us…”Sotiria was stung by her conscience, and she could not finish her sentence.There was nothing between Zachary and her? No one would believe that, and she was certain that everyone in the city must have learned about the “scandal” between Zachary and her.Lorraine did not say anything. She just gnashed her teeth and stared at Sotiria. Sotiria had never seen such a heartbroken and saddened gaze before. She shivered in fear and walked past Lorraine with her head down.Garrison had told her before that Lorraine loved Zachary to the core.More often than not, the deeper a woman loved her fiancé, the more hurt she would be when she found out that he was cheating on her.Look!Lorraine could have thrown a tantrum, beat her, or scolded her after catching her “kissing” with Zachary. However, the fact that she could not say a word right now show
Of course, she understood it!Zachary was never a tolerant person. She was certain that Zachary would not remind her again the next time she committed the same mistake. He would make her pay for the price.For more than four years, this was the first time Zachary had looked her in the eyes. However, it was never in her wildest dream that the moment he finally looked her in the eyes would be the moment he was threatening her.“Also, remember this. Don’t ever badmouth Sotiria in front of me. Otherwise, I will make you regret it.”After that, Zachary turned around and left.“Ugh!“Waa…”Lorraine could not hold herself anymore and bawled her eyes out. Her crying wafted into Zachary’s ears, but he did not turn his head around. He continued to walk down the corridor with determined steps.Lorraine Larson—she was the only woman Zachary felt sorry for in this world.Lorraine had saved his life, but he had made her life a living hell in order to protect Charlotte that year.It was pre