It was as if all the air had been sucked out of the room. No one dared to move. No one dared to make a sound.
Jett Westgate yanked the laptop across the desk. The screen bent backward under his grip as he lowered his head, his gaze falling on the date. The marriage was registered three days ago.
He remained frozen, as if a bucket of ice water had been dumped over him, the chill seeping from his scalp to the soles of his feet.
He had imagined a thousand possible reactions from her, but he had never, ever imagined she would actually go and get a marriage certificate with Zane Patterson.
'She actually married someone else.' The thought spun over and over in his mind, the only thing he could process.
For the first time in his life, he felt like a complete joke. And she, of all people, was the one making a fool of him. The slap was swift and brutal, hitting its mark perfectly. He hadn't even had time to dodge.
