Chapter 22

Zachary watched Julie in silence for a long moment before saying, "To be honest, when I found out you broke up with Zayn, I actually felt relieved." She looked at him in confusion. Zachary continued, "I thought I had a chance." She parted her lips to say something, but he cut in, "Julie, let me finish." She swallowed her words and just watched him, waiting for him to continue. Zachary smiled bitterly. "It's true. I like you, and I can't forget you." She sighed helplessly. "Zachary, really, there's no need for this." He shook his head. "Back then, you said I was just looking for novelty and wanted to compete with Zayn. You said that I didn't really like you. But in reality, the one competing wasn't me. I still don't know where I went wrong." "It's been so many years. There's no need to dwell on who won or lost," Julie said calmly. Zachary was not willing to let it go and pressed on, "Is Zayn really that special to you?" Julie didn't answer. In fact, she couldn't. In front of