Ex-husband’s Regret

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"Forget it, I don't want to hear it."

Seeing her like this, I could tell Zachary must have said something really mean. Hearing it again would just make it worse.

"Drink your tea."

Jane took a small sip and, noticing I had some medicine, she asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing much." I explained about my hospital visit and running into Dr. Travis. "I can't control it, so I'll just have to take some medicine."

Jane poked my forehead. "I told you I'd go check on him, but you weren't happy about it. You even teamed up with Frank to let Zachary hurt my feelings."

I apologized, "I was really just worried about your safety. If Frank can get trapped, what about you? I've never seen Frank actually compromise before."

Jane disagreed, "You're being dramatic. If someone used you to threaten him, he wouldn't think twice before giving in. He'd kneel if needed."

I really didn't know what to say. "I'm looking out for you. True, he'd do anything for me. But right now, I only want to worry about him. If you go, I'll have to worry about both of you. Then maybe taking the medicine won't help."

Jane fell silent, and after finishing her tea, she finally said, "Forget it. I'm not pursuing him anymore. Whatever happens, so be it. As long as you're okay, that's what matters. If Frank comes back and sees you upset, he'll definitely tear me apart." I added, "Keep your heart calm. With me around, he won't hurt you."

Zachary landed and immediately switched off airplane mode. His phone buzzed with work calls and messages, including one from Frank asking if he had landed.

But there were no messages from the usual sender who would normally flood his phone with hundreds of texts a day.

He replied to Frank, his expression neutral as he put his phone away and headed to the hotel where Frank was staying.

Frank received Charlotte's message just when Zachary arrived.

He looked at Zachary. "You must be tired."

Zachary sat down beside him and downed a glass of wine from the coffee table in one go.

Frank laughed mockingly, "I told you to stop her, not to get yourself into this mess."

Zachary unbuttoned his shirt collar, feeling stifled.

"I traveled all this way to save you, and this is how you treat your savior?"

Frank shrugged. "What do you want? I poured you a nice drink to welcome you."

Zachary leaned back on the sofa, closing his eyes as if refusing to communicate.

Frank nudged him with his foot. "If you don't like her, it's fine to part ways. Better than you stringing her along, and I get dragged into it."

Zachary opened his eyes. "When did I say I didn't like...'

He caught the teasing glint in Frank's eyes and shut his mouth.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

Rubbing his temples, he said, "Don't gloat."

Frank patted his shoulder hard. "That's not important. What matters is, with your latest antics, you've definitely lost our bet on who marries first."

Zachary was irritated. "Who do you think I'm doing this for? You really don't appreciate good intentions."

Frank clicked his tongue. "Who else would it be for? You're just worried about her coming with you and getting into trouble. But how could you call her a dog? That's just rude." Zachary was rendered speechless.

He truly didn't want to help Frank anymore.

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