Chapter 2027

As Zayn's words echoed in Willow's mind, she lay flat on the bed, feeling numb. The cuts on her lips and forehead were stinging, but this pain was nothing compared to the ache burning through her head and heart. These wounds felt like nothing now. She felt Zayn's hand clutching hers, and her gaze drifted to their hands. He was holding her left hand—the one with the engagement ring. The diamond caught the light, casting a brilliant shine. She once felt a surge of happiness just by gently touching the ring. But when she looked at the ring now, all she felt was bitter irony. Two years back, he had put a ring on her finger, too. But then he'd said that she was not good enough to wear it. He'd ripped the ring off her finger and thrown it out the window. If she was not worthy of the ring, why would she want to humiliate herself by wearing it? "Mr. Carter, let go of me!" Zayn did not want to release her, but he was scared that his tight grip might push her over the edge. So he reluc