Chapter 1336

Bob’s cheeks were as read as a baboon’s rump, and he looked sick.

He kept tossing and turning in bed, sighing endlessly until he eventually asked, “Jay, some water please…”

Zoe poured him a glass and made him sit up. “Get up before you drink.”

Bob opened his muddled eyes, and it took him a while to see who it was.

“Oh, it’s you.” He smiled.

“What, I won’t do?” Zoe asked grumpily.

“Isn’t Jay worried, leaving you in a room with me?” Bob joked as he got up and took the glass.

“Nope,” Zoe said bluntly. “He trusts your character.”

Bob did a double take before smiling wistfully.

Truly, Jay had him pegged as some noble monk…

That was when Zoe added, “I trust you too. You’re a really good man, Bob.”

Bob gulped a little as he drank, hiding what he was feeling just then.

Once he was finished, Zoe asked, “Want some more?”

Bob shook his head.

“I’m taking it back then.”

“Zoe…” Bob suddenly called out to her.

“Yeah?”

“Would you have gone back to Jay if I never let go back then?” he asked.

He could not help it-it was the worst regret he had in life.

How could he have bought the lie that Zoe cheated on him? He just had to ask around to find out that it was his mother’s fault, and Zoe had to make sure he would give up, which was why she chose a drastic move.

She was always serious with everything-it was he who lost her.

“No,” Zoe answered bluntly then. “If things had worked out between us, I would never have gotten together with Jay.”

Bob was left staring blankly at Zoe just then.

However, it was only now that she had truly let go of the past and could tell it with such nonchalance and honesty.

Years ago, she would have said that she would definitely have given up on Bob anyway so he would not feel any regret, even if she would be lying to herself and Bob.

At the time, she was really dead set on Bob. Given how things were at the time, she would not have split up with Bob even if she ultimately found out about Jay’s plight, and she would have categorized it as a simple case of missed opportunity.

“But, y’know…” Zoe finally. “Turns out I only ever loved Jay Parker.”

The tiny bit of hope Bob had inside was shredded.

Even so, he smiled faintly-if a little wistfully-feeling as if he was doused with a bucket of ice water.

Yes.

If he never let go, Zoe would have been determined to stay with him in turn, even if it was out of obligation.

Even now, she never regretted choosing him once before- such was how seriously she treated her relationships, and she never turned her back on anyone.

Be that as it may, she would never have lied to herself or to lie that she never loved Jay.

Toward Bob, it was gratitude at best.

Bob laughed then, and he laughed so hard that his tears were falling.

Zoe never saw him losing control like that, though there was restraint along with his aggravation.

“I’m sorry, Bob,” she apologized.

“No,” he told her. “Thank you for this, Zoe.”

Zoe was stunned-should he not hate her to the bone given the situation? After all, she was harboring feelings for another man while she was dating him.

It was undoubtedly duplicity…

“Thank you for the truth,” Bob explained then. “With this, I won’t have false hopes… but most importantly, I won’t have any regrets.”

Zoe’s chest ached terribly then.

It was not as if she had no feelings for Bob-someone simply reached her heart before he could, inscribing his name on it so deeply there was no erasing it…