Storming into her office, Zoe slammed the door behind her in Nick's face; knowing full well that he was there. He was the last person that she wanted to see right now. She had seen his face during the argument, when Connie had revealed that they had slept together, it was plastered with guilt. She knew him too well to understand perfectly well that there must have been some truth in what Connie had said.
"Zoe, talk to me" Nick nervously spoke as he slid into the office behind her.
She turned around, tears now streaming down her face as she looked at him "Please tell me it's not true" She shook her head, her hands trembling as she wiped away her falling tears. Terrified that her worst nightmare was infact coming true.
"No, of course it's not" Nick stuttered, his voice shaking as he spoke. He didn't want any of this to happen, it was a stupid mistake and now he had to face the consequences of potentially loosing the woman he loved and their marriage.
"Don't lie to me Nick" She raised her voice, as she continued to cry. She knew exactly when he was lying; his face said all she needed to know, "you're just making it worse by not being honest with me"
"It was a mistake" He admitted, his eyes remaining fixed on Zoe's as he watched her break down in front of him. All he wanted to do right now was comfort her. Moving forward he edged to put his palm on Zoe's back, but she was having none of it, as she pushed him lightly out of the way.
"How could you do this?" She cried, running her hands through her hair in frustration as she paced around the room "and Connie of all people" She shouted. He knew how much she hated Connie and how much she had destroyed her life over the past weeks. The fact that he had slept with her, was just truly heartbreaking.
"I'm sorry" Was all Nick managed to mumble, completely unsure of what to say to her now. He walked over and took a seat on the ledge of her desk; watching as she continued to pace around the room; sighing "I didn't mean for this to happen Zo" He apologised.
"Oh so you just happened to sleep with her accidentally did you?" Zoe continued to shout, throwing her arms around in anger "You know full well that she has made my life hell" She cried, pausing in front of where he sat "Do I really mean that little to you?" She asked, trying to wipe away her continuous tears that had no intention on stopping.
"No of course not" He replied, looking up to meet her teary eyes; mirroring her emotions as he felt his own tears forming, I lump tugging in his throat as he spoke, "You know how much I love you" He whispered.
"Do I?" Zoe snapped "I thought I did, until you cheated on me" She continued to cry, once again a tired hand running through her shiny perfectly styled bob, "you were the only person I trusted Nick" She sobbed; looking for some sort of explanation from him. She really didn't know what to do. Whenever she was upset she would always have Nicks shoulder to cry on, his strong protective arms to hold her tightly and his reassuring voice to tell her that everything was just going to be fine. But now, she felt alone. Betrayed by the only person in her life that really mattered.
"And you can still trust me" He tried to assure her "It meant nothing to me at all Zoe, you're the one I love, not Connie, I couldn't despise her anymore if I tried" He attempted to talk her round and explain himself. Reaching his hand out to grab her, he tried to pull her towards him; wanting to hold her at her vulnerable moment.
"get off me" She tugged away from him. As much as she just wanted to cry in his arms right now, she hated the thought of being near him "I'm sure you really despised her last night when you jumped on her" She raised her voice as she became more aggitated at the thought of it "am I really that bad Nick?" She questionned, pausing to look at him.
"of course not" Nick sighed. He knew she was going to start beating herself up for this now "it was nothing like that at all" He began to explain "you know I love you more than anything, it was a stupid mistake" He told her "She threw herself on me, it was over in minutes and meant nothing at all"
Zoe inhaled deeply as she tried to calm herself down "im never going to want touch you again, you know that right" She looked at him, trying to hold herself together "I am going to fucking kill her" She fumed, raging around the room as she stormed out of the office to track down Connie. Nobody was going to sleep with her husband and get away with it. Connie had just made things personal on a whole new level and nobody was going to get in Zoe's way this time.
"Zoe, wait" Nick called after her, as he ran down the corridor to try and keep up with her "don't do anything you'll regret" He shouted, trying to stop her from what was potentially about to happen in the middle of a busy department.
"Stay away Nick" Zoe shouted back as she began opening side doors to see whether or not they were occupied by Connie "i will kill her" She screamed; determination in her voice "shes going to need her perfect little surgical skills by the time I'm done with her" She continued to shout in anger as she raced around the ED, Nick trailing behind as he tried to stop her. She was a woman on a mission with only one outcome on her mind and that was to finally show Connie what she really thought of her.
