Chapter 389: Thursday. Mlilo Animal Reserve, South Africa.

COCO PULLED HER phone out of her pocket as she walked up the lane toward the honeymoon villa at the new resort. Still no new texts or missed calls. Not a single notification.

Why was she disappointed she hadn't heard from Paxton after kicking him out the way she had? Could she blame him?

She slid her phone into her pocket then covered her face in her hands, muffling her groan. A half hour alone had helped her find her calm, but it also made room for the guilt.

Paxton had been kind, considerate, sweet, even gentle with her at times. And how had she repaid that? By snapping in his face and yelling at him to get out.

Had she yelled?

It had been so quiet and her voice was loud in the small space. It had felt like she'd yelled.