Chapter 9

The next day, Zayden got out of the bathroom at exactly 6:30 in the morning. It was too early for his typical morning routine as he usually woke up at 6:30 in the morning and got out of the bathroom at exactly seven, or sometimes, 7:05.

As he was choosing the clothes he would wear for work, he could not help but look at himself in the mirror and feel pity.

But instead of letting that feeling take over him, he just forgot it and moved forward with his life. He decided that he would do everything to make himself a better man. A better man in all aspects— a man that’s wealthier and smarter than Kean. He would do that to prove to Ashley what kind of man she wasted. He would start his plan today as he felt like he should start by doing better in his work— and with that, everything would follow. Step by step.

But as he was putting on the clothes that he chose to wear for work (beige-colored polo and black slacks), he remembered what Kean instructed, or should he say, com