I Refuse to Divorce novel (Zoe and Mason) novel Chapter 123

Zoe went downstairs and got into the car. The chauffeur noticed she was in a foul mood. So, he spoke ever so softly, “Shall we head home now, Ms. Zoe?”

She sat there quietly and looked out the car window. Neon lights were flickering in the city.

All of a sudden, she said softly, “I’m going to take a stroll. Go on back home, Luke!”

Luke, the old chauffeur, frowned and said, “That’s not happening, Ms. Zoe. I can’t leave you alone in the dead of night. Mr. Mason’s going to be worried sick if he finds out!”

Smiling faintly in response, she asked, “Do you really think he’d care?”

Luke immediately stopped talking. Lately, his master hadn’t been spending the nights in his own manor and the servants were gossiping behind his back. It’d be a bald-faced lie if he claimed he hadn’t heard any of it.

With that said, he was worried about Zoe. So, the car crept along the road, following Zoe as she took a stroll on the streets.

She had no idea how long she had been walking. It was about two o’clock in the morning when she came upon a wall full of graffiti. All sorts of naive confessions strewn across its surface.

Crouching, she brushed her fingers longingly across a spot at the bottom left corner.

“Zoe loves Mason forever.”

Staring at the scrawl, she could feel tears welling up in her eyes. The love she had for Mason when she was young was such a precious thing. However, years came and went and no one cherished it. Her love had no place to go.

There was an eerie silence in the dead of night. Luke was concerned that she might catch a cold. So, he tried to convince her to go back home. She nodded and got into the car. It was warm in there, but it did nothing to chase away the chill she felt in her heart.

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Checking her phone after she reached home, she found that she had received a text from Mason. The content was something along the lines of how sorry he was for not being able to keep her company because of his work.

The next morning, a top jeweler came by the manor, bearing a set of ruby jewelry. Judging by its quality and size, it was worth at least fifty million dollars.