I Refuse to Divorce

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?” Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

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!

Gregory smiled lightly. “Sure. You have my word. The score between us will be settled if you can drink all three glasses of wine. I won’t pester you after you and Mason are divorced.”

Zoe knew his character to a certain extent. She knew he would not go back on his words. She lowered her head and looked at the glass of wine in her hand.

She was a lightweight drinker. It took all but one glass of wine for her to get drunk. However, she had to do it. The Sanders family was already on the brink, they could not afford to make another enemy.

Raising her head, Zoe downed the entire glass of wine in one gulp. Her face instantly flushed with a reddish hue.

There was a touch of feminine charm in her eyes that was not there before, giving her a look of one caught between a girl and a woman. It was very a charming sight.

Something stirred in Gregory’s heart and he was not exactly sure what it was.

As Zoe downed the second glass of wine, Leslie interjected. “That’s quite enough, Gregory!” However, Gregory had no intention of letting her off.

In fact, Zoe could not take it anymore, but she raised the third glass of wine nonetheless. Her fingers were trembling slightly. She was about to drink it when Mason said, “That’s enough!”

Everyone was shocked. He rose from his couch, grabbed Zoe’s slender arm with one hand, and took the glass of wine away from her with the other. Training his gaze on Gregory, he said with displeasure, “Allow me to drink the last glass of wine on my wife’s behalf!”

With that, he raised his head, drank the glass of wine, and left with Zoe in tow. Silence descended upon the room. Everyone there was smart enough to see that Gregory had offended Mason!

Leslie patted Gregory after a brief pause. “You bet on the wrong horse! Even I wasn’t expecting Mason to stand up for her, much less against you!

“Come to think about it. He would’ve divorced her the moment the Sanders family was met with misfortune if he hadn’t loved her one bit. Their marriage has lasted for more than a year since then!”

Gregory leaned on his chair and covered his eyes. He felt sick all of a sudden…