Chapter 192

Zachary cut her off, saying, "It's all in the past now. You don't have to apologize anymore." Their relationship was cut clean with just one simple sentence, as if it had never existed. Evelyn could only smile. The person who had been hurt had already moved on, yet somehow, she was the one still trapped in the past. She said, "I'm glad you've moved on, Zach. I could never forgive myself otherwise." Zachary didn't respond. Evelyn had heard he'd tried to take his own life during the first year. The injury she'd inflicted on herself last night hurt so much, such that she could barely breathe or speak. In that moment, she could almost feel how broken he must have felt back then—when she was sent abroad. Thinking about it now, Evelyn's pain now felt so small in comparison. So this was what it felt like to be teetering at the edge of life. She thought perhaps the world wasn't as hopeless as it seemed. Zachary squeezed Jessica's hand. His second chance at life was all because of the