Chapter 17

The scalding soup crashed at Zoey's feet, splashing all over her. She stared at it in disbelief. Tears welled in her eyes until they spilled over her cheeks. Then, she broke down. "Why are you doing this to me?" she screamed. "Why? I've already suffered so much, but why can't you forget that bitch Roxanne? "What exactly did I do wrong? Callum, Roxanne's gone. She's never coming back. You're divorced already!" Zoey had done everything for him. In the labor camp, she had nearly been raped by fellow inmates and frozen through the long, bitter nights. She had even lowered herself to beg for his forgiveness—so why was she still never enough compared to Roxanne? She could cook for him and make him soup—do everything Roxanne once did. Yet even after Roxanne had been gone for so long, his heart still belonged to her. Things weren't like this before. Unable to understand what she had done wrong, Zoey lashed out at Callum like a wounded animal. "This isn't even my fault! If it were