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 expression and asked, “Are you and Mason fighting again?”
She shook her head and told her stepmother the truth. “We had a rough patch a few days ago, but he came homest night and actedpletely
different. I can''t read him. Mia
Upon hearing that, Mia went back to her bedroom and came out with a ticket. Touching Zoe affectionately, she shed her a faint smile.
“This is an exhibition that disys yourte mother’s artworks. Give it a visit to clear your head, Zoe. Come back for dinner. I''ll save some pizza for
you.”
An exhibition of herte mother’s artworks?
Zoe took the ticket and fiddled with it. Her mother was a Kirk. Her talents shook Jovopalis when she was young. However, just as she hit her prime.
she passed away. Hundreds of her artworks were distributed on the market, each of them valued between four million to eight million dors.
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 and she missed her mom.
The exhibition was held in Brookesville’s most famous art gallery. If any of the customers liked one of the artworks, they just had to talk to the curator
to purchase it.
Zoe took in each of herte mother’s artworks. One of them. “Crabapple in the Rain,” was her favorite. There was no way she could afford it.
She might have gotten some money from selling the family vi, but she 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 the dividend 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 shest saw him. She thought he had given up on her. It was clear now that he hadn''t.
Gregory noticed her silence and
sneered, “Areyou too good to take
my offer now? That sounds about ~
right! Now that you''ve scurried back
to Mason, you don’t have to warty
aboutina ing a living anymore. You
ows two percent of the coripany
stares. .fo
“Of course, a few million dors would be pocket change to you now! Still, how does it feel to share your husband with the other women’? Or are you
going to tell me you no longer care about it?”This text is ? N?velDrama/.Org.
She wanted nothing more to do with him. “Like I said, it''s none of your business!”
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 had injured
herself.
Zoe pulled back her hand and the scar caught his attention. Lowering his head, he looked at the marks for a long time before asking her softly, “How
am I not better than him, Zoe?”
She had no answer for that.
In any case, itdidn’t seem like he
cared for aanswer because i
gritted histeeth and kept going, “
can give‘up everything for you! C can
he do, the same? Spoiler alert, Ke
can He can''t even let go of:bilith.
Ortop of that...”
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He stopped abruptly.
They had grown up in the same circle. There were some things about Mason that Zoe didn''t know, but both he and Leslie were aware of them
She shook-him off gently, looked at
him, and Spoke softly, “Don''t fall in
love witlrme, Gregory! Don''t give
everything up for me, either. Waiting
for someone who''ll never lov@ you is
themost painful thing in the “world.”
She continued, "I appreciate that you love me, but I have to turn you down.”
With that, she turned around and left.
Gregory stood where he was. Her slender back remained upright and eventually got lost in the crowd as she left.
He couldn''t even tell if Zoe still had feelings for Mason.