Chapter 526
Angered by Zachary’s words, Steven slapped Zachary on the cheek. Immediately, Zachary’s cheek flushed red from the slap. As Zachary covered his cheek, he stared at Steven in disbelief. Steven was also in disbelief. He asked, “Since when did you become so cold-hearted? You’re abandoning your own mother?”
Zachary glared at Steven and replied mockingly, “I don’t think you should be the one to call me that. I’m just young and unaware of the dangers in society, and I was tricked into doing bad things. But I am willing to bear the consequences of my choices. “But what about you? You chose to abandon your wife and your son, yet you regret your decisions now.”
Zachary laughed mockingly and continued, “I think that as compared to having you show up in front of Mom, telling her that you love her and how much you regret it, she would prefer if you stay away from her.”
Zachary spat like his words were a toxic knife, “You’re so selfish, Steven Pelham. Before the divorce, you never gave Mom the love she wanted, and you mistreated her. After the divorce, you refused to give her the peace she wanted, and you disturbed her every day. “You never asked what she wanted, and you only cared about your own happiness. The biggest mistake Mom has ever made was being with you.”
Then, Zachary got into the car. He didn’t care how sad Steven seemed.
Harry felt sorry for Zachary and asked, “What’s the deal with Mr. Pelham? He said he’s cutting ties with you, so why did he slap you? Who does he think he is?”
Harry heard of what happened to Steven. He couldn’t say much about Annalise’s decision to abandon her son and ex-husband; after all, she didn’t have a choice. But what about Steven?
Steven made all the choices for himself, so he didn’t have the right to blame other people!
Zachary sneered and said, “That’s because he’s a piece of trash! No matter what he does, he will never think about the consequences. But when the outcome is different from what he had expected, he starts to regret it.
“But he deserves all of this. We don’t have to pity him. Things are only going to get worse for him,” Zachary said, looking out the window.
Meanwhile, Steven was stunned.
When he saw Zachary’s cold gaze, Steven went blank. He felt his head spin. Steven couldn’t understand what he had done to make his wife abandon him and for his son to hate him.
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When it was time to get off work, Eric appeared outside Sasha’s office and waved at her. When Sasha saw Eric, she couldn’t contain her excitement and rushed toward Eric. Eric asked, “Should we go to a coffee shop or…?”
Without skipping a beat, Sasha said, “Let’s go to a coffee shop. There’s one downstairs. We can enjoy some coffee while we talk.”
Eric had the same thought, too.
The two got a seat in the coffee
shop. Eric ordered black coffee while
Sasha ordered juice. When Sasha took a whiff of the coffee scent, she could almost taste the bitterness on her tongue.
Sasha couldn’t help but frown, and she hurriedly took a sip of her juice to wash away the bitterness.
After making sure that there was no one else around, Eric whispered, “What gossip did you want to talk about today?”