Gabriel thought he would feel better when he left the house, but the reverse was the case. Jackson had been the one who knocked on the door and informed Zoe of their departure because he couldn't face her - and it wasn't because he was feeling guilty. Not at all.
He simply refused to trust her and did not want to see her sad expression. What if she was crying? Gabriel read a study that reveals ninety percent of most women's tears were emotional manipulation.
Zoe Clark would not manipulate him. It wasn't enough that she somehow managed to claw her way into his mind and now she was all that he could think about. What kind of sorcery was this? Good thing, he was on his way to the club and that was the first step to ejecting her from his system.
