I Refuse to Divorce novel (Zoe and Mason) novel Chapter 23

Gregory meant to take a dig at Zoe. He smiled and said, “Zoe’s here too, Mason!”

Mason was fiddling with a lighter and did not respond. Gregory took that as a sign that Mason no longer cared about her. Thus, he turned to greet her.

“Hey, Zoe!”

Zoe took a look at him and decided that Gregory had ill intentions. However, Leslie was right there. She had to be considerate to her employer, so she went over to greet him.

Gregory poured three glasses of wine for her and said politely, “Fancy bumping into you here, Zoe! Gabriela threw a fit and caused you some trouble when you got married to Mason back then. I’ll drink these glasses of wine as a gesture of apology!”

Gregory was used to having drinks with business associates. He was a heavy drinker! The three glasses of wine were no different than plain water to him.

He looked straight at Zoe when he was done drinking, “You’re not going to embarrass me by not drinking them. Are you, Zoe?”

Leslie just sat there, propping up his chin with a finger. He was supposed to stand up for her because she worked for him, but he realized that Mason had not said a single word. So, it was not his place to interfere. Furthermore, he was dying to see how Mason would react.

He turned and looked at the man in question. Mason was leaning on the couch and fiddling with the lighter, his face calm and still. He looked like he could not care less about the situation.

So, it was true. They were getting a divorce.

Leslie was about to say something when Zoe raised a glass of wine, looked at Gregory quietly, and asked softly, “Are you going to stop pestering me for any and all reasons if I drink all of this?”

Gregory squinted his eyes. She was right. He had the mind to make her life miserable after Mason and she had divorced. It had never occurred to him that she would guess his intention.

Still, making her drink three glasses of wine was torture enough!