I Forgot I Ever Loved You (Zoe and Hayden) novel Chapter 434

Those words struck Yates like a bolt of lightning.

He had only brought it up to crush whatever microscopic fantasy Hayden might have had about Zoe.

He had imagined a thousand different scenarios.

But the singular, most impossible truth had just slapped him in the face.

Hayden was Zoe's husband.

Yates could accept almost anything, but his brain fiercely rejected this reality.

He forced a stiff, awkward laugh.

"Zoe is incredible. Naturally, every man wants to be her husband."

Hayden shot him an icy, penetrating glare.

"Is my English not clear enough for you? Or are you just slow, Director? We are legally married. I am her Legal Husband."

Yates clenched his fists, then slowly released them.

A freezing wave of dread crawled from the soles of his feet straight to his heart.

He made one final, desperate attempt to save his pride.

"Zoe told me you two were getting a divorce."

If things had escalated to that point, their relationship had to be completely broken. Now the bizarre tension between them made sense—it was the lingering friction of a bitter marriage.

Thinking of the scandalous intimacy between Hayden and Sienna, Yates couldn't help but throw a mocking jab.

"You're certainly popular with women, Commander. Honestly, you and Zoe don't look like a married couple at all. You and Sienna look much more like a matched set."

Hayden massively outranked him. Under normal circumstances, Yates would never dare speak to him with such disrespect.

But when it came to the woman he loved, all bets were off.

Yates clung to a tiny shred of hope. As long as Hayden and Zoe actually went through with the divorce, he still had a chance.

Hayden let out a harsh scoff.

"Looking the part doesn't mean a damn thing. Being the husband is what actually matters."

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