The Scorned Heiress's Hidden Empire (by Jade Quinn) novel Chapter 369

Chapter 369

Winter shook her head and said honestly, “Never.”

How could she ever think Zac was pathetic?

Back when she had been kidnapped, he had risked his life chasing after her at sea. Even after he was shot, he had still tried to protect her.

She remembered everything he had done.

She had felt the love he had kept buried for so long. But even now, she still couldn’t see him that way.

“In my eyes, you’ll always be the older brother who protected me.”

The bitterness in Zac’s heart only deepened. He coughed a few times, and the slight hollowness beneath his eyes made him look even more worn down.

He thought back to all those years ago, before she had ever said she wanted to marry Chris. He had spent years quietly watching over her from a distance. Then, after she married Chris, he had quietly left for three more years.

Added together, he could no longer remember how many years it had been.

He had once thought those carefully restrained feelings were not that deeply rooted. He thought that once he agreed to the engagement, he should be able to let her go.

But when he actually tried, he realized those feelings had already become a part of him.

Suppressing another cough, Zac looked at her with red-rimmed eyes and a pale face. “How is the divorce with Chris going?”

Winter didn’t want him to keep worrying about it, so she told him the truth.

“Chris and I were never legally married. So you don’t have to worry about him trapping me with that.”

They were never legally married.

Zac took a moment to process it, then quickly pieced together what must have happened.

His heart ached. “If I had found out sooner, you wouldn’t have had to suffer so much.”

Winter shook her head and gave a self-mocking smile. “The things he does are never that easy to uncover.”

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have taken so many detours, only to find out in the end that she had been unmarried all along.

Thinking of everything she had endured recently, and of how powerless he had been to help her, Zac took a deep breath and forced down the turmoil in his chest.

“All right, Zac. You should go back. Tomorrow, you still have to…

“Winnie.”

Zac interrupted her.

He had never done that before.

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