I stopped in my tracks, watching from a distance as he hesitated for a moment before the woman reached his side and naturally linked her arm through his.

Zachary, what are you doing?

A sharp pain twisted in my stomach, throbbing so intensely that I instinctively bent over, clutching my abdomen. My vision blurred—I couldn’t see clearly what he was doing anymore. Someone opened a car door, and he got in with the woman.

At that moment, I didn’t even ...