I Refuse to Divorce! novel Chapter 120

Mason didn’t love Lilith, but he felt like he owed her. He knew he promised Zoe that he wouldn’t meet up with her again. In fact, he could soon have a loving wife and an adorable baby if he’d just man up and leave Lilith to Ava and the medical personnel. He didn’t have to risk Zoe finding out about this.

However, Zoe wasn’t all that important to him when all was said and done.

He wanted to conquer and own her, but he knew he didn’t love her. Should she find out about this someday, the worst thing that could happen would be her crying and feeling disheartened. Then, their relationship would revert to its former state.

He could live with that.

As he analyzed his feelings for her, he also weighed the pros and cons. At last, he snuffed out this cigar and made a call to Lilith’s doctor.

“I’ll be right over!”

He hung up the phone, but he wasn’t in a hurry to leave. He searched for a picture in his phone's photo album. It was a picture of Zoe while she was sleeping. He took his time, appreciating the picture in silence.

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The bedroom was dark when he returned. He surmised that Zoe was sleeping.

Mason sat by the bed and took in the view of her serene face. Reaching out, he touched her gently and found that her face was slightly warm. It was probably because she had been asleep for some time.

Much time had passed when he decided to leave quietly. Zoe woke up and said in a slightly husky voice, “Are you going out again, Mason?” His hands were still touching her face.

“Yeah,” he said tenderly, “There’s an emergency at work.”

Lying her face down on the white pillow, she stared at him quietly, dismayed. He leaned over and gave her a peck, “It’s going to be over soon! I’ll spend more time with you after that.”

She forced a smile.

Perhaps it was her supple skin, but he couldn’t resist kissing her again. Then, he spoke sweetly to her. Under normal circumstances, she would’ve been blushing and her heart would surely pound like crazy. However, all she felt now was how pathetic it all was right now.

Zoe didn’t want to do this, but she needed to give herself an answer.

It was a private party. That meant no reporters would be there. Zoe probably wouldn’t find out about it, he thought to himself.

Still, he took out a cigarette and lit it up, feeling irritated.

…

After Mason left, Zoe rose from the bed and wandered to the balcony, feeling the gentle breeze on her face.

How pathetic.

If she was being honest with herself, she took a gamble earlier. She gambled on him loving her for real and that he’d notice something was amiss with her. Alas, he didn’t…

He didn’t notice that she was out of sorts, not even a little. All he cared about was Lilith.

It was plain as day that she wasn’t the lady he loved.