Zoe began, "Bob and I—"
"I don't mind," Jay said determinedly.
Zoe raised her brow. "Why are you interrupting me if you don't?"
Did men lie despite appearances too?
Jay pursed his lips. "I just don't want you to say his name."
"How is that not minding?!" Zoe exposed him mercilessly right then.
"I can pretend I don't know."
"You're just lying to yourself." Zoe pouted.
Jay, however, was fine with that—he was already perfectly content that Zoe would return to his side.
Nothing mattered in comparison.
"I'm still going to tell you," Zoe suddenly said.
Jay flashed a feeble smile at her. "Because you knew I can't do anything to you, huh?"
"Since when is that so?" Zoe snorted grumpily. "My life is in your hands, isn't it?"
"Are you sure it's not the other way round?"
"Why can't you ever be honest, Jay? Who's the one who kept rejecting me so hard like it would kill him to accept me, only to end up marrying me because of Yelena?! Don't you have a conscience, constantly lying like that?!"
"I didn't marry you because of Yelena," Jay corrected her.
Zoe refused to listen to a word—she did not care, since Jay was the one who always had the reins of their relationship, and she did not get to say no.
"See? I was just going to talk about Bob and I, but you're digressing." Zoe huffed as she remembered that just then.
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