I Refuse to Divorce!
Chapter 112

Mason looked at his phone and smiled.

Nothing could escape from him.

If he wanted Zoe, then she would be his!

Zoe hung up the phone and exited the kitchen. Mia read her expressionand asked, “Are you and Mason fighting again?”

She shook her head and told her stepmother the truth. “We had arough patch a few days ago, but he came home last night and actedcompletely different. I can’t read him, Mia.”

Upon hearing that, Mia went back to her bedroom and came out with aticket. Touching Zoe affectionately, she flashed her a faint smile.

“This is an exhibition that displays your late mother’s artworks. Give it avisit to clear your head, Zoe. Come back for dinner. I'll save some pizzafor you.”

An exhibition of her late mother’s artworks?

Zoe took the ticket and fiddled with it. Her mother was a Kirk. Hertalents shook Jovopolis when she was young. However, just as she hither prime, she passed away. Hundreds of her artworks were distributedon the market, each of them valued between four million to eight milliondollars.

Mia could tell she wanted to go. So, she gave her a push.

“Go on, go. It'll help clear up your mind.”

“Okay,” Zoe responded. Mia was right. She was feeling confused andshe missed her mom.

The exhibition was held in Brookesville’s most famous art gallery. If anyof the customers liked one of the artworks, they just had to talk to thecurator to purchase it.

Zoe took in each of her late mother’s artworks. One of them,“Crabapple in the Rain,” was her favorite. There was no way she couldafford it.

She might have gotten some money from selling the family villa, butshe was saving it for her dad and Mia. Mason gave her an allowance,but she'd rather leave it alone. It'd have to wait until she got thedividend at the end of the year.

She loved the painting so much she stood there for a long time. Then,she heard a familiar voice from behind her.

“Do you like it? I'll buy it and give it to you!”

Startled, she turned her head around slowly.

It was Gregory!

It had been such a long time since she last saw him. She thought hehad given up on her. It was clear now that he hadn't.

Gregory noticed her silence and sneered, “Are you too good to take myoffer now? That sounds about right! Now that you've scurried back toMason, you don't have to worry about making a living anymore. Youown two percent of the company shares.

“Of course, a few million dollars would be pocket change to you now!Still, how does it feel to share your husband with the other women? Orare you going to tell me you no longer care about it?"

She wanted nothing more to do with him. “Like I said, it's none of yourbusiness!”

She turned and was about to leave when he grabbed her slender wrist.It just so happened that the spot he grabbed was where she hadinjured herself.

Zoe pulled back her hand and the scar caught his attention. Loweringhis head, he looked at the marks for a long time before asking hersoftly, “How am I not better than him, Zoe?"

She had no answer for that.

In any case, it didn’t seem like he cared for an answer because hegritted his teeth and kept going, “I can give up everything for you! Canhe do the same? Spoiler alert, he can't. He can't even let go of Lilith.On top of that...”

He stopped abruptly.

They had grown up in the same circle. There were some things aboutMason that Zoe didn’t know, but both he and Leslie were aware ofthem.

She shook him off gently, looked at him, and spoke softly, “Don’t fall inlove with me, Gregory! Don't give everything up for me, either. Waitingfor someone who'll never love you is the most painful thing in theworld.”

She continued, “I appreciate that you love me, but I have to turn youdown.”

With that, she turned around and left.

Gregory stood where he was. Her slender back remained upright andeventually got lost in the crowd as she left.

He couldn't even tell if Zoe still had feelings for Mason.