Chapter 22

“Shall I deal with it, sir?” Sam asked.

“I’ll go myself.”

Julian’s long legs stepped out of the car. Just as he was about to cross the road, Sam stopped him. “Sir, there’s an urgent matter at the office that needs your attention.”

Julian got back into the car and ordered coldly, “Go back to the office. Also, find out Zoe’s phone number.”

...

Zoe was shopping at a jewelry store.

“This diamond necklace looks pretty. Let me see it...”

She was giving instructions to the sales assistant when her phone rang.

It was an unfamiliar number. As soon as she answered, a man’s icy voice pierced through the line.

“Zoe Yale, you promised to uphold your role as Mrs. Hayes. Is this how you do it?”

For a moment, her mind went blank, and she immediately hung up.

Was that... Julian Hayes?

The next second, her phone rang again. She was so startled that she blocked the number.

She gripped her phone tightly, her face turning pale. Fortunately, she did not speak first, or she would have been expos