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Kristen found Zachary completely wasted at the Hayes Estate. Empty bottles were already piled up in front of him, and he was still chugging more alcohol like his life depended on it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cZachary, stop drinking.\u201d She grabbed the bottle out of his hand. \u201cAutumn\u2019s with another guy now and she doesn\u2019t want you anymore, so what\u2019s the point of drinking yourself to death? She\u2019s not even going to look your way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the mention of Autumn\u2019s name, the drunk Zachary finally said something. \u201cAutumn\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kristen sat down next to Zachary and took his hand in hers. \u201cZachary, look at me. I\u2019m the one who truly loves you. I was wrong to leave you before. I messed up. Tyler\u2019s out of the picture now, and so is Autumn. It\u2019s just the two of us. Let\u2019s get back together. We can forget all the bad stuff and go back to how things used to be, okay?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo! Autumn loved me too much to just leave!\u201d Zachary yanked his hand away and shoved her aside hard. \u201cGet out. I don\u2019t want you, I want Autumn!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He grabbed a bottle off the table and took a long drink. The alcohol burned going down, but at least it dulled the pain in his chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ever since they got back from Southcrest, Elowen had given him an ultimatum. Stop bothering Autumn or she\u2019d cut him off completely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her words had been brutal but impossible to argue with. \u201cZachary, Autumn stood by you when you had nothing, and you threw it away. Now she\u2019s finally smart enough to leave, and suddenly you\u2019re full of regrets? Don\u2019t you see how pathetic that is? If you have any decency left, you\u2019ll leave her alone and let her move on.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kristen watched Zachary looking completely dead inside, and anger flared through her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What the hell did that bitch Autumn have that she didn\u2019t?\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she forced herself to calm down and think. If he couldn\u2019t let go of Autumn, fine. She\u2019d just become Autumn for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The empty bottles kept piling up, and Zachary\u2019s vision started swimming. Through the haze, he caught a familiar scent and looked up to see the figure he\u2019d been dreaming about every night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAutumn, is that you? Did you come back?\u201d He reached out, and she took his hand and pulled him to his feet, guiding him toward the bedroom. \u201cIt\u2019s me. Come on, stop drinking, you\u2019re going to hurt yourself. Let me help you lie down.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The gentle voice was exactly what he\u2019d been desperate to hear. Once the door closed, the woman\u2019s hands immediately went to his shirt buttons.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her cagerness should have tipped Zachary off that something was different, but he was too far gone to care. He was even more desperate than she was, terrified this was just another dream. He pulled her onto the bed and collapsed on top of her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When he\u2019d completely exhausted himself, he fell asleep with her in his arms.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kristen traced her fingers across Zachary\u2019s face as he murmured Autumn\u2019s name in his sleep. She leaned down and kissed him hard, letting all her jealous rage pour into it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cZachary, you\u2019re mine. No one\u2019s taking you away from me. You\u2019re going to spend the rest of your life with me, whether you like it or not.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She sent a quick text to her parents, then curled back up against him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thirty minutes later, Logan and Vanessa stormed into the Hayes Estate with their people and burst into the bedroom, catching Zachary half-conscious and Kristen pretending to be asleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vanessa grabbed Elowen\u2019s arm and wouldn\u2019t let go. \u201cElowen, don\u2019t you think it\u2019s time Zachary and Kristen got their marriage license? They already had the wedding and slept together. If he doesn\u2019t make it official now, that\u2019s just wrong.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two families had known each other for years, but Elowen felt like she was seeing their true colors for the first time. She had made a terrible mistake. She never should have agreed to let her son have that wedding with Kristen just to protect their business partnership.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Logan saw Elowen\u2019s face go pale, he assumed she was refusing to let them register the marriage and leaned in close to threaten her. \u201cYou don\u2019t want today\u2019s mess getting out and tanking both our companies\u2019 stock prices, do you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou people are shameless.\u201d Elowen\u2019s whole body trembled with rage, and she suddenly clutched her chest and stumbled backward.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The butler rushed to catch her. \u201cMrs. Hayes! Someone get an ambulance here right now!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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