Chapter 113: Zachary’s new girlfriend
Zara stopped next to Nathaniel, startled by the sudden tension that had overtaken him. She followed his gaze and spotted Zachary standing a few feet away, his arm draped around a woman. From where they stood, Zachary’s broad frame blocked the woman’s face entirely, and only the hem of her skirt was visible.
She glanced up at Nathaniel and noticed the way his eyes had narrowed, his jaw tensing.
"What’s wrong?" she asked quietly, slipping her fingers into his.
Nathaniel didn’t take his eyes off Zachary and that mysterious woman. "I thought I heard Riya’s voice," he muttered, doubt crossing his face.
"Riya? Here?" Zara’s eyes returned to the woman Zachary was holding. Something caught her attention.
The skirt the woman was wearing was the same one Riya had on earlier. Could that woman be Riya?
The thought felt absurd to Zara. She didn’t even want to entertain the possibility of something inappropriate between Zachary and Riya.
’No, that’s impossible,’ she told herself firmly, quickly brushing the idea aside.
"No," she said after a beat. "If it were Riya, she would have come to you first. You probably misheard."
But Nathaniel wasn’t convinced. The suspicion refused to die in his heart. That voice was too familiar to ignore. Deep down, he was convinced it was Riya. The memory of her leaving the hotel with Zachary flashed in his mind again, reinforcing the unsettling thought that the woman with Zachary could very well be her.