Chapter 84

When the call connected, Zayn immediately began apologizing. "Josephine, don't be mad at me. I misspoke earlier, and I'm sorry. As soon as you hung up, I called Nadine and told her to do what you asked, but she can't find the shoes you mentioned—" "She didn't take them, she stole them," Josephine cut him off, correcting him, "Yes, yes, she stole them," Zayn hastily agreed. "The shoes are gone, but how about this? You get an appraisal, and I'll have her compensate you based on that value." Josephine didn't believe for a second that such a precious pair of shoes could just disappear. It was clear Nadine had no intention of returning them. "Zayn—" Josephine was so agitated that she suddenly started coughing. The coughing didn't stop until a glass of warm water appeared in front of her. She thanked the person through her coughs without realizing who it was. After downing half a glass, the cough finally began to ease. "Josephine, are you sick?" Zayn asked. "Where are you? At the hot