When Love Breaks (Josephine)

"Zayn Forbes and Nadine Sommers Caught Kissing Backstage at Movie Launch!" "Zayn Forbes Cheating with Actress Nadine Sommers! Kissing Photos Leaked!" "Zayn Forbes' Affair Exposed! Netizens Claim They've Lost Faith in Love!" Headlines flooded her screen. Josephine stared at her phone for two full minutes. For a moment, she wondered if her comprehension had deteriorated. Otherwise, why was she staring at the near-identical headlines for so long?

Ethan quickly reminded her. "Click in and read it. Perhaps the reporters are just making things up."

That made sense.

No matter how reckless Zayn was, he would never be careless enough to let something like this go public. He knew how damaging it would be for Forbes Group.

She thought it must've been fake, so she just clicked on one of the links and watched the video that was attached.

The video was only about four seconds long, but it clearly showed Nadine wrapping her arms around Zayn's neck while they were locked in a passionate kiss.noveldrama

She was dumbfounded.

Even though she had seen them kissing before, seeing it with her own eyes and having it announced to the world was entirely different.

When she saw it with her own eyes, all she felt was sadness.

Now that the world had witnessed her husband's affair, she was hurt and humiliated. She even felt her body go cold.

Earlier today, he showed his vulnerable side through the phone, begging her to come see him. A few hours later, he was hugging and kissing Nadine, making headlines.

He was fake. He was cruel. And worst of all, he was a complete idiot!

But why did he do this to her?

She had never wronged him, not even once. Even after his betrayal, she didn't demand anything from him but a peaceful divorce.

Why did he make her suffer?

Her tears dripped against the phone. Before she knew it, she was sniveling.

She tried to control her emotions, to

calm herself down, but the show

video kept replaying, breaking down whatever was left of her pride.

Just like that, the walls that she had put up to protect herself came crashing down.

Bang!

She slammed the phone against the ground.

"How could he do this to me? I haven't done anything to deserve this. Why would he do this?"

Ethan bent down and picked up the phone for her.

Fortunately, she had put on a hard-cover case on her phone. Even though she threw it hard against the ground, the phone was fine.

He didn't have a clean handkerchief with him so he used his wipe

ashe tears off her face, as el bet

as the snot above her lips,

Josephine quickly pushed his hand away and covered her mouth. Her eyes widened in disbelief. "What are you doing?"

"I'm helping you wipe away your tears," he answered simply.

"It's fine that you're wiping away my tears, but why are you wiping away my snot? Don't you find it disgusting?"

Letting a man who was barely her friend wipe away her snot with his own hand was more shocking than the scandalous video.

Ethan looked unfazed. He calmly cleaned his hand using his handkerchief.

He said gently, "I don't. Aren't we friends?"

"Even friends wouldn't do that. Would you do that to Arthur?"

She was certain she wouldn't do that to Mason.

When he heard her example, he realized how absurd his actions

were. However, in order to valid

his actions, he doubled down would."

Josephine was shocked.

"I

The image of Ethan wiping the snot off Arthur's face with his hand made her feel disgusted.