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Zachary lost himself for a second and murmured, \u201cGen\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
All the heat seemed to drain from Regina at once. She went completely still.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She slowly pushed him away. The softness in her eyes vanished without a trace, leaving only shock behind. \u201cWhat did you just call me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zachary\u2019s mind snapped back into focus. He stared at Regina\u2019s stunned face, panic flashing in his eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Damn it! How did Genevieve\u2019s name come out of his mouth?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRegina, I\u2026\u201d He immediately switched to a wounded, apologetic look and reached for her. \u201cBabe, I\u2019m sorry. I wasn\u2019t thinking straight. I\u2019m sorry. This is my fault.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Regina avoided his hand. \u201cSo, you fell for her, didn\u2019t you? Zach, what am I to you? Her substitute?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course not!\u201d Zachary hurried to soothe her. \u201cYou know I love you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As he spoke, he helped straighten her rumpled dress, but his tone turned serious in the next breath.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRegina, listen. Stop provoking Genevieve online. She\u2019s been like a ticking time bomb lately, going after anyone in her way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
rause the moment he\u00a0<\/p>\n
said it, Regina\u2019s anger\u00a0<\/p>\n
He should have kept his mouth anger detonated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m provoking her?\u201d Regina\u2019s voice\u00a0<\/p>\n
one using her identity as Cen to P. Tears spilled down her cheeks, making her look painfully wronged \u2018She\u2019s the\u00a0<\/p>\n
one using her identity as Cen to humiliate and bully me! Zach, did you forget?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The more she spoke, the more wounded she sounded. \u201cIf she hadn\u2019t forced her way in a year ago and used Raymond to pressure you into marrying her, the woman standing by your side would\u2019ve been me!\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe took everything from me! She took my place as your wife. And now, she wants to take the man I love the most, too\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the end, it was as though she had realized that she had said too much. She covered her mouth, shaking her head through her tears. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Zach. I\u2019m sorry. I shouldn\u2019t have said that. You\u2019re still her husband, after all\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That mix of grievance and fragile restraint hit Zachary right in his softest spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She looked wronged, yet she was still trying to hold herself together. It hit Zachary\u2019s softest spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Guilt washed over him. Regina was the innocent one, and he owed her far too much.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t be silly. Why are you apologizing?\u201d Zachary wrapped his arms around her, patting her back in a soothing gesture. This is my fault. I hurt you. But I swear I\u2019ll make it up to you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He lowered his head, kissed away her tears, and said softly, \u201cRegina, do you want to get into Blossom Studio?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Regina stopped crying and looked up. Tears clung to her lashes, and a bright glimmer flashed in her eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Blossom Studio was the place every perfumer dreamed of. Of course she wanted it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Still, she made herself look hesitant. \u201cCould I? Compared to Cen, I\u2019m nowhere near good enough-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t say that!\u201d Zachary cut in immediately. \u201cHer style is outdated! Your talent and instinct are unmatched! You\u2019re the best in the country! If I give the word, do you think she\u2019d dare say no?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He pinched Regina\u2019s cheek. \u201cGenevieve still has to rely on the Lambert family right now. Getting one person into Blossom Studio is nothing. If she dares give you trouble, I\u2019ll make sure she can\u2019t even keep that studio open!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you, babe!\u201d A flicker of calculation flashed through Regina\u2019s eyes, gone as quickly as it appeared, replaced by thick admiration and devotion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 Chapter 33\u00a0 1\/2\u00a0 Chapter 33\u00a0 Zachary lost himself for a second and murmured, \u201cGen\u2026\u201d\u00a0 All the heat seemed to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-you-chose-her-so-i-married-better"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}