Zachary remained silent.
Yvonne looked at him as if she wanted to challenge him, and said, "Zachary, tell me the truth. You're actually upset about making me your mistress too, right?"
Upon hearing her words, his eyes darkened.
He felt embarrassed and awkward that she was able to guess his inner thoughts so accurately.
For example, she was able to guess that he would punish her if she spoke at the wrong time.
She, on the other hand, was completely seeking trouble.
"Zachary, you can't treat me like this!" She did not expect him to turn out so frightening after so many years.
He had changed.
He was surrounded by an icy cold aura all over.
He was no longer the warm-hearted youth, the one who was all smiles and had a gentle and kind aura.
Now, he had matured into a man with a stone-cold heart. A man who held hatred and resentment towards her.
Yvonne was frightened of him.
Seeing his tightly pursed lips, cold face, and eyes full of anger, her mind went blank and her tears slowly welled up.
She wanted to cry.
Due to fear, sorrow, and other overwhelming emotions.
The fact that affected her the most was that he was no longer warm.
Over the years, she had always kept him in her heart. He used to be such a wonderful and beautiful man who made everyone fall in love with him.
But now, that beauty no longer existed.
It seemed that he was just an empty shell overflowing with hatred and anger.
And she was the one who caused his anger.
She couldn't express the sorrows in her heart; neither could she blame him for the way he treated her.
"Shut up." Looking at her aggrieved and shocked look, Zachary's heart softened.
He didn't want to show that he cared a lot, or the fact that his heart softened. Deep inside, he also realized how outrageous he was treating her.
Yvonne's mouth was tightly pursed. She stared at him without blinking or saying anything.
Even if she felt so close to bursting into tears, she held herself back as well.
He saw how sorry she looked as she tried hard not to cry. At that moment, she looked just like a little girl.
His mind went back to seven years ago in an instant.
They were classmates who grew up together. All these years, the only woman that he had ever loved was her.
"Zachary, I'm sorry," she spoke while sobbing.
It was all her fault. She turned him into such a man.
It was an apology that she easily muttered out.
However, it angered him further.
It was so easy for her to apologize and he didn't know what to do about it.
He was enraged and wished to torture her so that she could understand the amount of suffering and sorrows that he had to suffer with Maria for the past year.
He was an adult who could endure such sufferings, but what about their daughter?
Every time he thought of Maria, his fatherly love and instincts would overwhelm him and they increased his hatred towards her.
However, when he looked at her pitiful face, his heart melted.
He believed that even the hardest man alive would have his heart melted when met with such a delicate and frail woman.
His heart also softened a lot, but he could not let her go unpunished.
He would not do that.
Especially when he finally met Yvonne again after all these years.
Everything in front of him felt like a dream. Only in dreams could things feel a lot warmer, so how could he give up on such a beautiful dream?
Therefore, he couldn't bring himself to do it.
He waited for a moment and looked down at her.
She sniffed as she sobbed.
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