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Shattered Hearts

Author: Sharon Michael
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-23 12:48:21

Chapter 23

Josh's POV

"Zara, wait!" I shouted, chasing after her down the hallway. My heart was pounding as I watched her running away from me, her hand pressed to her mouth like she was about to be sick.

I caught up with her just as she reached her car in the parking garage, my breath coming in sharp gasps.

"Zara, please, let me explain," I said, reaching for her arm. "It's not what it looked like."

She spun around to face me, and the look in her eyes nearly brought me to my knees. Pure betrayal, devastation, and something worse—disappointment.

"Don't," she said, her voice shaking. "Don't you dare try to explain this away with more lies."

"I'm not lying. Zara, I swear to you—"

"This is what you've been hiding from me, isn't it?" Tears were streaming down her face. "All those mysterious meetings, the phone calls you couldn't tell me about, the way you've been pulling away from me. You've been cheating on me with her."

"No! Zara, that's not—"

"With Katy, of all people! The woman who de
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