Regret in His Wake (Hannah and Zachary) novel Chapter 16

From a young age, she always knew that Zachary had feelings for her, but she only ever saw him as a brother.

On the night she heard from a friend that Zachary was planning to confess his feelings, she was preparing to introduce her boyfriend to her parents. To avoid any awkwardness, she married Aiden and moved abroad.

Maybe the marriage was too rushed. At first, Aiden did love her, but as his work got busier and the subtle provocations from other women started, along with his late explanations, their marriage began to crack.

The posts she made on Facebook didn't go unnoticed by Zachary, which was why those unexpected gifts started appearing at her door.

She knew Zachary was married as well and understood how much trouble these gestures could cause both their marriages.

That was why she tried to discreetly get rid of the gifts, but the day she threw them out, Aiden caught her in the act. All the pent-up issues exploded at that moment. Eventually, she secretly divorced and returned home.

Her parents were still abroad, unable to help her. Just as she was thinking about staying at her family’s hotel, Zachary somehow found out about her divorce and came looking for her.

She was naturally timid; the boldest thing she'd ever done was secretly divorce Aiden.

Facing Zachary's continued affection, she firmly refused and insisted she had somewhere to stay. But he acted like he didn’t hear her, persistently bringing her back to the Cole family home.

When she assumed Hannah wouldn’t want her staying there, she felt relieved, thinking she could leave because of it. To her surprise, Hannah agreed.

Later, as soon as her own place was renovated, she moved out quietly while Zachary wasn’t home.

They were long-time friends, and she didn’t want to ruin their friendship. Yet every time she refused him, he seemed to interpret it differently.

This was frustrating, and when she heard that Hannah had divorced and left, guilt gnawed at her.

She shouldn’t have come back.

Aiden didn’t even glance at Zachary as he pulled Anna from behind him.

“Anna!”

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