Female Novel
Chapter 34
Zack no longer responded to Sophia’s text after that. Perhaps he’s occupied. She held onto her phonefor a while longer before she eventually left it aside.
She was well-aware that she was only acting this way because she was bored out of her mind. Aftergetting a divorce, she hadn’t gotten a chance to adapt to her new life, and she had to find some thingsto do for herself. But so what if I’m able to find something to do? Even if I managed to turn the Earthupside down, it’s still a fact that we’re divorced. He’s now a man that no longer belongs to me, a manwho won’t pay any more attention to me. With that thought, she then realized how pointless and boringit was to act the way she did.
Sophia downed the rest of the water in her glass before standing up. The singer on the tiny stage hadjust finished his song and happened to be getting off the stage at the same time. As she headed to theexit, the singer followed along with a guitar in one hand. The two of them came face to face with oneanother.
The singer flashed a smile at Sophia. “Hello.”
She nodded and said, “I loved your singing, although I couldn’t understand the words.”
The singer let out a laugh before he asked, “Are you alone?”
With a nod, she replied, “Yeah. Do you want to go for a walk?”
This must’ve come as a surprise to the singer as it was probably his first time meeting such a pretty yetforward woman. He beamed at her, his eyes forming a crescent shape as he replied, “Sure.”
The two of them had only taken a few steps out of the bar when Zack appeared. He seemed to haveran toward the bar, as his footsteps seemed a little urgent. However, he came to a half when he saw anunknown man standing beside Sophia. She kept a neutral and calm expression on her face as shemade the first move to greet Zack. “I thought you weren’t coming.”
“I was afraid it’d be dangerous for you to be alone,” he explained in a rather agitated tone.
The singer didn’t seem to find things awkward as he simply asked Sophia, “Is he your friend?”
She nodded toward him before she turned toward Zack and offered, “Why don’t we all go for a walktogether?”
Zack pursed his lips and thought for a while before he said, “No, thanks. You guys go ahead.” He thensized up the singer in front of him. “Do make sure to send my sister back later,” he spoke with a ratherfriendly tone.
The singer responded in a warm and gentle voice, “Okay.”
Zack watched as the two of them left the hotel, and he even followed behind them for a while longer.Once he saw that they had headed toward the beach, he hurriedly turned around and went to John’sroom. John was surprised to see Zack when he opened the door, and he didn’t seem to be invitingZack in. “Is there anything else?” They were done with their work earlier, and it was late; John wasabout to head to bed.
Zack spoke through gritted teeth, “Your ex-wife… Your ex-wife is going on a date with another man.They’ve headed to the beach; I saw it with my own eyes.”
John nodded. “And then?”
This surprised Zack. “And then? Aren’t you going to go take a look?” novelbin
John simply scoffed and shut the door without saying anything.
With the door shut in his face, Zack called out and rapped the door a few times as he said, “Aren’t youworried at all? She’s all alone; what if she gets bullied by him?” The man inside didn’t seem to hear hiswords. Refusing to give up, Zack continued, “Do you really not care? Won’t you feel sad if she hassomeone else with her?” No sound came from inside the room.
Zack opened his mouth, as if he was about to continue talking. He had a lot to say, but aftercontemplating for a bit, he kept quiet. It’s their relationship after all; I might make things worse if I say orget involved too much in it. He therefore waited for a while longer before he said, “That girl, Sophia, canbe a little rash. I’m just afraid that she might make a wrong move just for the sake of feeling less lonelyafter her divorce.” The man inside the room continued to remain silent. “Alright; it’s late. Rest well,”Zack said quietly.
John stood right behind the door with his face devoid of any emotion. Once he was sure that Zack hadleft, he turned around and went into his bathroom. After stripping off his clothes, he stood under theshower and closed his eyes. He only opened them after a short period of silence, and he then turnedaround to turn off the tap. With a swift gesture, he pulled his towel over and dried the water on himbefore he headed out to change his clothes. He then got his phone and stepped out of the room.Everything took only about ten minutes. He walked out while making a call to Sophia. The phone rangfor a long while, but no one answered his call. He rarely cursed, but he then muttered, “F*ck.”