A Life Debt Repaid novel Chapter 656

"Can I not tell you?"

"It was so painful for me to see you two get together at my expense, and yet you two did not stay together? Shouldn't you feel bad about it?"

"I'm sorry."

"Since you are sorry about it, at least let me know the reason so that I know the reason why I lost you back then." Bob pursued the matter.

"It's just…sigh, how do I put it? If I told you that I asked Jay to put up an act with me because I felt inferior and not worthy of you, would you believe me?" Zoe started babbling.

"Do you take me as a three year old?"

"No, but that's the truth."

"Zoe York, you've never been someone with an inferiority complex."

"That's all in the past. The moment I left the Levine family, I felt more and more inferior about myself. Each time I was with you, I felt so much pressure. I thought it was better to cut short the pain instead of prolonging the agony, so I asked Jay for help."

"Just because of some so-called pressure?"

"And also because I realized that I truly didn't like you that much."

Bob once again felt daggers piercing through his heart.

Even though three years had passed, the wound in his heart still felt tender and raw.

"I was facing so much pressure and I didn't even like you that much…so I decided to just break up with you."

"All right, that's enough." Bob did not want to harp on the subject any longer.

It had been three years since then.

"I'll be hanging up, then."

"Don't just disappear into thin air next time. No one will look down on your past."

"I won't do that in the future. After all, I want to depend on myself and carve out a path for myself! One day, I'll be on an equal footing with all of you."

Bob chuckled.

Although Zoe had disappeared for three years, she did not change one bit.

She was still as bubbly and lively as before.

"I'm hanging up. I've reached home," Zoe said hurriedly. "I'm going to get out of the car."

Rehearsing a scene required a partner, especially for live programs, which differed from studio filming. The director could call for a cut in studio filming, but not in this case.

But of course, Zoe could not rush them over.

That meant that she was left with too much time on her hands.

She was the only one without work and without a partner to spar with.

She sat quietly in the rehearsal room, pondering about her character and practicing her lines.

In the afternoon, one of her partners, Candice Lowe, arrived.

As they were going through their lines, Candice said, "I heard that Wynn will only have time to join us three days later. Wouldn't that be too rushed for us?!"

"He said that he would practice his part of the performance when he has time and he'll practice with us after he's back."

"Let's hope that really happens." Candice was clearly not optimistic.

This caused Candice to slack off as well, and she even told Zoe that she would join her after Wynn's return.

As such, Zoe ended up being the only one practicing to herself in front of the mirror in the rehearsal room.