WantNovelChapter 505
The next second, Sarah yanked her hand away like she had touched something scorching hot. Her hazy eyes
stared at him in suspicion.
"Are you... the big bad guy?"
Zachary frowned slightly before realizing-she was talking about him.
He let out a sigh and, with a hint of indulgence in his voice, said, "Yes, I'm the big bad guy. And I've cto take
you home."
"No, I've got no hto return to..." she murmured.
His gaze darkened slightly, and his voice softened even more. "Sasa, you do have a home."
She muttered something incoherent, then suddenly mumbled, "Big bad guy, | don't need you. Go take care of
your Miss Wilson."
Her words were slurred, her eyes half-closed, her thoughts drifting aimlessly.
Zachary knew she was completely drunk. Without another word, he gently pulled her up. "I'll take you home."
He led her out of the bar, but when he tried to help her into the backseat of his car, she resisted.
Shaking her head furiously, she plopped down onto the pavement, refusing to get in.
Tears welled up in her eyes, and she looked up at him, pitiful and aggrieved.
In that instant, Zachary felt his heart soften into nothing.
He crouched down and helped her up again. "Alright, no car then. Your place isn't too far. How about we walk?"
His voice was gentle, slow-because right now, he was talking to Sarah.
Even though they were at one of the busiest areas in the city, at 2 a.m., the streets were eerily empty. The dim
yellow streetlights cast long, lonely shadows on the pavement.
Out of nowhere, Sarah started singing.
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"I'm a little painter, my painting skills are great..."
Then, without warning, she switched to a completely different tune.
"You hurt me... and just laughed it off..."
She swayed unsteadily, gripping Zachary's hand for balance, giggling like a child.
Then, just as suddenly, she stopped laughing and turned to him with a sharp glare.
"Big bad guy, Zachary."
Her voice was louder now, accusing, angry.
"You like Vivian, don't you? If you like her so much, why do you keep messing with me?"
Zachary sighed. "Sasa, | don't like her."
But the moment he said it, Sarah's lips trembled, and she looked at him with tear- filled eyes, her expression
utterly devastated.
"Liar... | heard you at the bar. | heard everything. You like her. You don't like me."
Right now, she looked like a heartbroken teenage girl-vulnerable, unfiltered, completely unlike the composed
Sarah he had always known.
Zachary froze.
So she had been there.
She had seen everything. Heard everything.
His emotions churned, and for the first time, a flicker of panic crossed his face.
But luckily—
Sarah wasn't sober enough to notice.
Zachary held Sarah's hand gently. His voice was soft, almost pleading.
"Sasa, there are things | can't tell you right now. But please... trust me."
Sarah clung to his arm, sobbing. "Was everything a lie? If you didn't love me, then why did you throw yourself in
front of that car to save me? It's getting harder and harder to trust you!"
Zachary didn't answer.
Because he couldn't.
Guilt and heartache twisted inside
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And then he saw her eyes-filled with raw, unfiltered sorrow.
A kind of sorrow he had never seen in the sober, composed Sarah.
She suddenly shivered violently, hugging herself. "Zachary... it's so cold... I'm freezing!"
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The warmth from his coat still carried the heat of his body.
As soon as she caught a whiff of that familiar cedar scent-the scent that
belonged only to Zachary-her anxious expression softened.
She instinctively pulled the coat tighter around her.
Then, suddenly-
"La la la..."
She started humming, swaying their
hands back and forth like a little kid
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On the bridge, the ocean breeze kissed her flushed cheeks.
The alcohol still buzzed in her veins, making her lightheaded, but she held onto the man beside her.
Tightly.
As if letting go would send her drifting away with the wind.
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