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“What do you want me to say?”Â
The woman was so angry with Jessica’s response that she could barely speak.Â
Jessica let out a long breath. Feeling drained, she picked up her phone and called Zachary.Â
He did not answer. Instead, Elsa called her back. “Titan Bar. Have something to eat first beforeÂ
coming.”Â
“Okay.” After hanging up, she saw that Elsa had sent her a table number along with a photo.Â
Jessica glanced at her phone, then at the woman. “Zachary won’t be home until late tonight. There’s no extra rooms here. If you don’t have anywhere to stay, I’ll have Blake book you a hotel room. I’m heading out now. Do as you please.”Â
The woman did not look like someone easy to deal with, so Jessica did not want to pick a fight,Â
nor did she want to stay in the same space with her any longer.Â
“Oh, and one more thing,” Jessica added. “I’m not Zachary’s mistress. I’m his woman.”Â
She said that last part deliberately.Â
“Stop right there,” the woman snapped, coming down the stairs.Â
Jessica slung her chain purse over her shoulder but did not rush to leave. She watched as the woman walked toward her.Â
The woman was dressed in an expensive wool sweater, jeans, and the latest black boots of theÂ
season.Â
The outfit screamed “heiress“, but her plain face and awkward bearing betrayed the lack ofÂ
any true gracefulness.Â
“Move out.” The phrase came out sharp, twisting the woman’s ordinary features into a contorted expression.Â
Jessica folded her arms, and disdain flickered across her face. “And you are?”Â
“Amanda Winters.”Â
“Ms. Winters, you want me to move out?” she asked with a laugh. “Zachary might not like that.”Â
Amanda could not suppress the powerful air that Jessica naturally carried. Even though sheÂ
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stood a solid five feet five inches, her soft features gave her no advantage.Â
“What’s a mistress like you being so arrogant for?”Â
Jessica could not be bothered to explain. She shrugged and turned to leave.Â
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Who would have thought that the stoic, boring Zachary would have that many women tangled up with him?Â
Behind her, Amanda thought she had successfully struck a nerve. Pleased with herself, she turned back upstairs and began packing all of Jessica’s belongings, dumping them messily in the middle of the second–floor living room.Â
Jessica did not drive to the bar. She’d booked a ride on her phone instead.Â
Just as she got into the car, Zachary’s reply came. “What’s wrong?”Â
“Who’s Amanda?” Jessica asked.Â
“A comrade’s sister. You ran into her?”Â
“Yeah. She’s at the apartment. She told me to move out.”Â
The other end was silent for a moment.Â
“What should I do?” Jessica did not understand what his silence meant.Â
“Ignore her. I’ll handle it.”Â
“Alright.”Â
Meanwhile, Zachary was sitting at a dinner table, frowning at his phone.Â
“Zachary.” Evelyn, sitting beside him, cut up a piece of steak and dropped it on his plate.Â
Zachary’s lips twitched. He transferred it to another plate.Â
She laughed awkwardly in response, grateful no one else noticed.Â
The dinner had originally been a guys – only gathering, but Evelyn had found an excuse that morning to go upstairs and sign some documents. After chatting with them briefly, Matthew had asked offhandedly if she wanted to join them for dinner, and she had immediately said yes.Â
Matthew had gotten an earful for that afterward.Â
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Evelyn had met quite a few of Zachary’s friends back when they were together. When she had been dumped, it took her a year to get over it, and she had been a wreck the whole time.Â
As a result, most of Zachary’s friends did not like her very much.Â
“Matthew, pick Amanda up,” Zachary suddenly said.Â
“Huh? She’s back? Where is she?”Â
“At my apartment. Go.”Â
Matthew immediately dropped his cutlery and bolted, not even grabbing his jacket.Â
“Amanda’s back?” Evelyn asked casually.Â
The others looked over at Zachary.Â
“Yeah. Must be a school break,” he responded.Â
Evelyn’s expression faltered slightly.Â
When she and Zachary were together, Amanda had always treated her coldly. Even though Zachary had no romantic interest in Amanda and saw her only as a younger sister, he had still indulged her plenty.Â
Now that she and Zachary were no longer together, the one happiest about it was probablyÂ
Amanda.Â
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