Chapter 7

Alice was obviously somebody who could dare to be tough on her friend.

Without showing respect to Katherine's ex-husband, Alice would usually say, "Zack is a jerk"

But once the jerk was in front of her, she seemed completely off.

"Oh, right.My manager just called me.You guys talk."

Alice walked away from Katherine and Zack.

The latter looked mad but was trying to keep his cool.

When she was a distance away from the tension between the two, she could not resist but curiously
look back at them.

The frightening expression on Zack's face was as if commanding her to stay away from Katherine for
the time being.

‘Gosh! Zack probably won't hit a woman, right?’ she thought, reassuring herself.

Katherine turned to look at Zack and smiled as she replied, "Sure"

She bit her lip and followed him out of the bar.

They both stood under a street lamp on the side of the road.

Having had just finished pole dancing on the stage, her hair was a little messy and her cheeks looked
pinkish.

Her naturally alluring eyes smiled at him.



Under the dim yellow street light, Zack found Katherine inexplicably more flamboyant tonight than she
used to.

Within the entire three years that they had been married, he rarely paid attention to her.

It was a waste of time, he reckoned, to glance at a woman who was blinded by money and did not look
at herself to know her place.

But sometimes when he would go back to the Colburn villa, he would occasionally take a sneak peek at
her and found her surprisingly tender eyes.

But now, he was seeing a pair of wild eyes.

She was looking at him wantonly.

The warm street light reflected in her eyes, but there was a hint of coldness in them.

"What do you want us to talk about?" she asked.

Zack was even more irritated now.

He replied with cold and harsh words.

"Since we're divorced now, it doesn't matter to me whoever you're with.But, Katherine, we've just
divorced this morning.Although you don't care about your reputation, I don't want to be accused of
being a man who divorced his wife because she cheated on him.’’ His words were so cold that when
Katherine heard them, it was as if he splashed them on her face.

She sneered and raised her hand to tuck a few strands of long hair behind her ear.

She chuckled and replied, "But if someone wants to pursue me, I can't stop them, Mr.Colburn."



She then continued, "Don't worry, Mr.Colburn, I never cheated on you.I was filial to my in-laws and to
taking care of the household chores in the Colburn villa every day for the entire three years of our
marriage.Instead of worrying about the public thinking that I might be having an affair, why don't you
just worry about Colburn's reputation? If the rumors about me spread, how are you going to marry a
socialite in the future?"

After wasting three long years, Katherine no longer wanted to waste even a second on the man in front
of her.

She was so done with him.

"Secretary Hall should have announced the news earlier.We're over.We're back to being strangers
now; she said with finality.Before she turned her back away from her ex-husband, she glanced at him
one last time.The corner of her lips slightly curved as if she was mocking him.

She then walked back to the bar without waiting for him to respond.

Under the street lamp, Zack was left standing, his face gloomy and frightening.

Staring at his ex-wife's back, he slightly frowned to restrain the anger he had been feeling toward her.

In the first place, it was her who had recklessly barged into his life.

But now, she pretended to be the victim.

It was ridiculous and funny, he thought.

Was it not good for him to sleep at home at night? He really had nothing to do.

The phone in his pocket then vibrated.

He frowned as he took it.



Seeing the caller ID on the screen, he automatically rolled his eyes.

"What's the matter?"

On the other end of the line, Natalie replied, "Hey, Zack? I accidentally hit someone's car, and the
owner looks totally mad..."

Her voice trembled as if she was about to cry.

She continued, "Can you...can you please come over? I'm scared…”

In spite of it, Zack's face looked indifferent.

"I'll send Aidan there."

"Thanks, but my brother has just given me the information you asked for today.If you can come here,
you can have it today.Are you coming, Zack?"

Zack glanced at the colorful token at the banquet and was silent for a while.

Finally, he asked, "Where is it?"

"At the North Capitol Street park"

"Alright."

When he hung up, however, Zack did not seem to prepare to leave.

Instead, he walked back into the bar.

Sean and Charles were a little confused to see him return, so they asked, "Hey, Zack, why are you still
here?"



Zack coldly glanced at them and asked back, "Where's Katherine?"

Charles rubbed his nose resentfully.

"She's not here anymore.A handsome guy came to pick her up.’ The sound of it made Zack's face look
even more terrible.

Without saying anything, he turned around and left the bar.

Staring at Zack's back, Sean sneered.

"Isn't he already divorced? Why does he look like he's still living in a toxic marriage?" Charles
shrugged.

"Don't you think he's being possessive?" Sean smirked.

"Who knows?"

Zack was already free from his loveless relationship, so why did he still have to care about Katherine's
affairs? In the black business car, Katherine rubbed her temples.

Alice handed her two shots of a cocktail.

Without really realizing it, Katherine gulped it all at once.

She felt a little uncomfortable when she got drunk.

In the backseat, Luke Hoffman carefully pressed Alice down as though she was a little quail.

Alice did not even dare to shake.

Inside the car was quiet and the lights outside the window were dim.



The atmosphere accompanied her to remember everything that Zack had told her earlier.

The mere thought of it made her feel like her heart was stabbed again.

It was a little painful.

It turned out that her ex-husband was afraid that she would cheat on him.

She always thought he did not care about anything at all.

The car first stopped in front of Katherine's villa.

Luke initiated to assist her inside, but Katherine waved her hand.

"No, thank you.You better take care of your Alice.If I know, you guys still have a long night to enjoy."

Luke smiled.

"If you don't let her do whatever she wants, will she dare?"

Katherine glared at him.

"Alright, alright.You guys go away now.I just got divorced today, and it annoys me to see a couple.

"Then we'll get going now.Goodnight, Katherine."

The three of them had been friends for two decades now.

In fact, they care about one another so much that their connection was beyond what the term "friends"
could describe.

Having known her for a long time, Alice and Luke both understood Katherine well.



She hated others helping her out of pity.

She was just divorced.

She would move on soon.

In the villa, Katherine made herself a cup of honey water.

She sat on the sofa, leaving the beverage on the table untouched.

As she stared at it, tears flowed down her cheeks.

How could she prevent her bittersweet feelings? After all, she had always been alluring since she was
young.

She possessed good looks and brilliance.

Although she was not born from a wealthy family, she had always caught everyone's attention.

She might have been like Alice and the others.

She might have also been enjoying and getting known in the field that she would have pursued.

But nobody could turn back the time.

At the age of fifteen, Zack saved her, only to have married him was no redemption at all.

It was but another abyss.

Now that they were finally divorced, she would not let herself plunge back into that misery.


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