Chapter 501
Zoe felt a little awkward as she chatted with Aiden. Tried as she might, but she just couldn’t ignore Mason. He was sitting right next to her. It didn’t help that he was leaning very close to her too. She could even smell his aftershave.
Aiden, on the other hand, remained unaffected and continued to chat cheerfully with them.
He was treating Mason quite warmly as well. It seemed he had completely thought of him as her husband. It was only made more obvious when Mason asked the waiter, who had just served her a -glass of champagne, “Give her a glass of juice, please.”
It might not have seemed out of the ordinary, but it spoke of his protective and possessive mind.
Everyone on the spot saw it too. It was clear that Mason still cherished her, even if they were already divorced. Aside from that, some of them muttered about how he had done the impossible. They were baffled that he could stand on his own two feet again.
Some guests murmured,
“Now that Mason has hit full recovery, someone’s going get it!”
“Absolutely! He’s not exactly the forgiving type. If anyone did him dirty, then he’s going to pay him back.”
“Anyone who dared cross the most powerful man in Brookesville is going to have to lay low for the next couple of years.”
None of the gossip bothered him. After all, all he cared about was Zoe.
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Then, the ceremony started. The emcee took Aiden away to go through the script with him. Zoe felt a little bored, now that she didn’t have anyone to talk to. So, she sent Ella a text.
“Are you coming?”
After a brief moment, she received a reply.
“I’m stuck in traffic! It’s going to take me a while!”
She felt better after that.
Shifting her attention to the stage, she saw how happy David was with his wife. Then, tears filled her eyes. She was genuinely very happy for h
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was just insufferable!
Refusing to entertain him, she withdrew her hand and pretended to be cool and indifferent, “You’re overthinking this!”
He stared at her in response. Aside from affection, there was also a trace of surprise in his eyes.
Zoe did put some thoughts into her outfit tonight. Wearing a purple wool cape skirt, she paired it with stockings and high heels. Her black long hair was tied behind her head, accentuating her feminine charm
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that was constantly tempting him to have his way with her.
At the very least, he couldn’t wait until he laid his hands on her.
The fact was that he had laid claim to her at every stage of her life. He had enjoyed her from when she was a young lady all the way to the mature lady she was now. He was mesmerized by each of them too. That included how her sensual body just called out to him.
Lust filled his eyes.
It was a good thing he commanded an extraordinary fear and respect in the business industry. The ceremony started and a lot of people
came to his table to have a drink with them, but he barely had to stand up to greet them or drink with them at all. Mostly, it was the
people at his table who drank with them.
All of them who came over to his table addressed Zoe as his wife in
order to make him happy. Given the circumstances they were in, she
didn’t exactly correct them.
From time to time, some clueless people would offer Zoe a drink. That was when he’d reject them on her behalf and said, “Please excuse my wife! She doesn’t drink much alcohol!”
However, he’d still drink it for her.
She said softly, “I don’t owe you anything. They’re here for you, anyway.”
With a few glasses of liquor in his belly, a thin layer of red covered his dashing features. His eyes also grew darker with lust. Instead of
saying anything, he resorted to holding her hands underneath the
table.
However, she had no intention of flirting with him.
Rising, she said, “I need to use the restroom.
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Releasing his grip, he said to her affectionately in front of everyone at the table, “We’ll leave in a short while.”
She walked away from him swiftly.
Then, she reached the restroom. Turning the gilded faucet, she kept washing her hands over and over again. However, she just couldn’t wash away the warmth he left in her palm.
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