Regret in His Wake (Hannah and Zachary) novel Chapter 26

Hannah didn’t care about his reaction at all and kept on talking.

"If it weren't for this debt of gratitude, we never would have met, and I'd have had my own life."

Zachary stared at her, the bitterness choking him. He opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. All he could do was watch as she opened the car door and stepped out.

Just as Hannah was about to walk into the house, a blinding beam of headlights hit her face. She instinctively raised her arm to shield her eyes, only to hear the screech of brakes and Zachary's panicked shout.

"Hannah!"

The culprit behind the car accident was Yolanda, driven mad by jealousy. In her mind, everything that had happened was Hannah's fault. She broke free from her security detail, jumped behind the wheel, and drove straight at Hannah.

But Zachary, quick as lightning, pushed Hannah aside. Apart from a few scrapes, she was unharmed.

Zachary wasn't so lucky. Yolanda had floored the gas pedal, leaving Zachary with paralyzed legs, and he spent over a month in the ICU.

Before the Jones and the West families could even respond, Cedric had already ensured that Yolanda was behind bars indefinitely.

During Zachary’s hospital stay, Hannah visited him a few times. After all, he had risked his life to save hers. Watching him lie there, tubes and wires everywhere, she sighed deeply, her emotions tangled and complex.

Her words in the car had obviously struck a chord with Zachary, but for her, it was too little, too late. His act of heroism was just a belated attempt at making amends.

Hannah stayed by his side for a long moment before finally walking away.

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