Chapter 50
Author: De Castro
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

Jake is in his office, facing the floor-to-ceiling windows opposite his office door, resting even though it is very early in the morning. He seems tired because of the turnout of events at the restaurant where he and Zara alone were supposed to have dinner.

He tried calling Zara last night but she didn't pick up and it got him worried. If he was to look at it properly, if he were her he wouldn't pick up either so he just stopped calling her and let her decide to call her the next morning.

She was so humiliated yesterday by his brother and Sandra and she took everything without saying a word in her defense.

The one thing she asked of him, he couldn't do it for her. She begged him that she didn't want to be involved in any kind of drama at all but the exact opposite happened.

He had already tried calling her this morning, it just kept ringing, and she didn't pick up. Maybe she was still mad at him, if she still was, he couldn't blame her.

He had already made up his mind to go to the fou
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