Chapter 823 Meeting Zachary Again

Back at Zachary’s house, Sotiria had already identified that the person who had ordered those men to hurt her was Zachary. However, there was still a trace of hope in her heart. She knew very well that it was a slim hope, but it was like a needle that had pierced deeply in her heart and that she could not ignore. She really hoped that it was not Zachary! Sotiria had been assaulted so brutally by the two men that she could still feel subtle pain in her body, head, and face now. ‘Zachary! The person who told me that he likes me over and over again, the person who kept on calling me “Little Sweetheart”, the person who gave me 9,999 roses, and even kissed me twice! ‘He actually arranged for two men to violently assault me to achieve his goal!?’ Sotiria did not know the reason behind it. She clearly knew about Zachary’s intention in approaching her from the beginning, and she was also aware that Zachary had no feelings for her at all, but she could not get Zachary out of her mind. In fact, throughout the journey where Garrison drove her home until now, she had not stopped thinking about Zachary. Speaking of it, she had only met Zachary three days ago. The time she had spent with Zachary did not exceed fifteen minutes, but the name “Zachary” had been imprinted on her heart. She thought of it every single moment. When she thought of him teasing her, she could not help but feel joyous. When she thought of him kissing her, her heart would throb. It hurt when she thought of him being beaten by Garrison until he vomited blood. And when she thought of him arranging for someone to assault her, it felt like her heart had been slit opened. The pain was so unbearable that she felt suffocated. ‘What’s wrong with me? Garrison and I have been together for four years, and yet I’ve never felt this way before.’ Naomi's kindergarten was located outside of the community where Sotiria lived, so Sotiria walked her to the kindergarten every morning. Today was no exception. She had just watched as Naomi walked into the kindergarten, and she thought of Zachary out of nowhere. “Good morning, Little Sweetheart.” A captivating voice came from behind all of a sudden. She turned her head in surprise and saw Zachary’s handsome face. At first, she suspected that this was a mirage because she had been thinking about this man too much. However, when she looked around, she saw that the female teachers standing in front of the kindergarten entrance, and those young mothers, who sent their kids off to kindergarten, were all enchanted while staring at Zachary’s face in a daze. That was when she noticed that this was real! Sotiria blushed immediately. “Mr. Connor, please be mindful of your image. Don’t call me by such an intimate nickname.” Zachary, who did not care about the gaze of others, did not even look at the women around him. He had his slanted eyes fixed on Sotiria. “Then, shall I call you, dear?” “It was Little Sweetheart at first? And now dear? Oh, God! Isn’t Tiria engaged to Mr. Larson? Who in the world is this man?” “Yeah! This is bizarre! Look, is Tiria blushing? Is she guilty of something? Could this man be her lover?!” “Huh!? God blessed Tiria! If I were to be blessed with such a good-looking man, I would also betray my husband and take him as my lover…” Those women began to whisper. Sotiria’s face turned hot as if it was on fire because of those women’s whispers. Nevertheless, she tried her best to be indifferent. “Mr. Connor, as you can see, everyone has misunderstood what’s going on here. Please keep your noble mouth shut and stop talking nonsense, okay?”