He Married My Best Friend, Then Lost Me Forever Chapter 08

He Married My Best Friend, Then Lost Me Forever Chapter 08

“It’s the same reason I’m marrying her now. Her 

father was badly injured during an exercise and 

urgently needed money for surgery, but Sophia is 

too proud to accept help outright. That’s why I 

thought of folding the money into the wedding. 

fund.” 

“Lily, Sophia isn’t just my friend. She served beside 

you, and she’s your best friend. Was I wrong to 

help her?” 

He did not understand what he had done wrong. 

He did not understand why I was angry. 

Listening to the resentment in his words, I could 

not hold back a laugh. 

“So according to you, if I want to help someone, I 

can go be his girlfriend, marry him, and become 

his wife?” 

Zachary’s expression froze, and he scolded me 

under his breath. “What nonsense are you talking 

about? Marriage is sacred. It isn’t something your 

joke about.” 

“What about you?” 

“Were you sincere, or were you treating it like a 

joke?” 

I stared straight at him, my eyes full of mockery. 

“Zachary, before you lecture me, ask yourself 

whether you have any right to say those words.” 

With that, I pushed past him and walked out of the 

private lounge. 

Caleb had not left yet. 

He stood obediently beside my mother, following her instructions as he said goodbye to each guest 

who left. 

“What took you so long just to get your bag? I thought you got lost.” 

My mother shot me an annoyed look. 

Caleb took my bag from me as if it were the most natural thing in the world. 

“It’s normal for women to touch up their makeup after dinner. A little delay is nothing.” 

My mother nodded in satisfaction and deliberately teased him. “Look at you. I barely said one thing to her, and you’re already defending her.” 

Then her face turned serious again as she looked 

at me. 

“Lillian, I don’t care why you two fought. You had no right to say he was killed in the line of duty. These past two days, I really thought something had happened to him, and I was afraid you might hurt yourself.” 

Caleb smiled at me and said nothing. 

Thinking about everything that had happened over the past few days, my throat tightened. After a long while, I finally said, “I know.” 

Normally, after a wedding, the couple would leave for their honeymoon. 

Sophia had made plans for it. 

The day before the wedding, she had posted. photos of Cape Cod on her Instagram Story, saying that was where she wanted to go. 

But Zachary no longer followed her plans. 

On his wedding night, he did not go back to the home he was supposed to share with Sophia. 

Instead, he knocked on my family’s door. 

My mother looked at him in confusion when she 

saw him standing there. “Zachary? Tonight is your 

wedding night. Why are you here?” 

“Mrs. Miller, I need to talk to Lily. Could you call her 

for me?” 

On his way over, he had called me countless 

times. 

Each call went straight to an automated message. 

That was when he realized I had blocked his 

number. 

He tried texting me too. 

But his texts never showed as Delivered. 

At that moment, for the first time, he understood 

what it meant to feel helpless and uneasy. 

“What do you need Lily for?” 

Before my mother could say anything else, Caleb 

strolled unhurriedly into the entryway and looked 

at Zachary with a half–smile. 

“Why are you here?” 

Zachary’s eyes flickered violently, and the unease inside him deepened. 

Caleb smiled faintly. 

“I was going to get a hotel, but Mom said there 

was an empty room here. Since I’d already come home, there was no need to go back out.” 

“What the hell did you just say?” 

Zachary’s eyes went red with rage. He lunged 

forward, grabbed Caleb by the collar, and said, 

“Caleb, say that again if you have the guts.” 

Facing Zachary’s fury, Caleb showed no fear at all. 

He smiled and said, “I said, Mom told me…” 

Before he could finish, a heavy punch landed on 

his face.