Zoe’s body went limp as she gave in to the temptations. A strong sense of vulnerability washed over her. So, she tried to get up, but he held her down gently. Leaning in her ear, he tilted his head, kissed her teary eyes, and spoke in a husky voice. “I think we have to do it now! I want to give you pleasure, Zoe. I want to make you happy. Tell me. What should I do? What do you want me to do to you now?” With that, he intertwined his fingers with hers.Mason was a good-looking man and he had a way of flirting. No lady could resist him when he was acting like this. What was worse, Zoe loved him for six years. It was no wonder that her body went as soft as jelly beneath him.He lowered himself and kissed her. She couldn’t help but lift her body to kiss him back. That was when he chuckled and moved his lips away. She wanted him. Her cheeks were red when she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer. He responded with a deep chuckle. Then, he lowered his head and kissed
Zoe went to pick up Ella from the hospital.The chauffeur had just pulled over when someone opened the car door. Zoe was surprised to see who it was.It was Leslie.Standing in the snow, he looked disheartened. Zoe didn’t know what to say when she saw Leslie again, so she sat quietly in the car.In the end, Leslie was the one who spoke first. “We need to talk, Zoe!”…Zoe sat in a coffee shop by the street and looked at the snow piling up outside through the glass, all the while stirring her coffee absentmindedly.Leslie asked, “Is she doing well?”Snapping out of her reverie, she looked at him. He was still dressed nicely and looked impeccable. There was a pack of cigars in his hand, but he didn’t smoke any because it was a non-smoking coffee shop. It was obvious he was kind of irritated.She stopped stirring and took a sip of the coffee. She didn’t raise her eyes. Instead, she kept her eyes on her coffee and said, “Every time I drank coffee with Ella, she’d say that she
David chuckled, “The audience really likes us. The tickets for the show at Hucksburgh were sold out last night.”Zoe was pleasantly surprised. She gave it some thought and said, “How about we hit the road tomorrow?”David couldn’t resist making some jokes at her expense.Ella was happy for her as well. “I’m fine! Go ahead and work on your career. Also, send my thanks to Mason!” She held Zoe tightly. “Live a happy life with him if he treats you well! Let the past stay in the past.”Zoe responded with a husky voice, “Gotcha!”They looked at each other and smiled with tears in their eyes, reminiscent of a simpler time that they shared when they were young.…Zoe left Ella’s place and got into the car. The chauffeur could tell she was in a cheerful mood. He leaned over and asked, “Are we going back to the manor, Ms. Zoe?”Leaning on the seat, she booked a flight ticket to Hucksburgh for herself and sent a text to Mason. It read, “Come home early tonight. I have something to tel
Zoe raised her eyes and stared directly at Mason. His eyes were inscrutable in the dim light. She simply couldn’t tell what was on his mind!After a brief pause, he asked softly, “Did you see it?”Pointing at the documents on the floor, she shook uncontrollably. “Did you hire a bunch of shrinks to study me and advise you on how to deal with me? Just what do you think I am, Mason? Am I just another plaything? You said you loved me. Is this what you call love? Hiring ten shrinks to analyze me like I’m some kind of weirdo?“You bought a dog to please me! Here I am, thinking that you did it because you knew what I liked. It turns out it was all a ploy devised by a team of shrinks! The puppy was nothing but a tool!“Everything you did for me was a calculated step in your game. You even planned out when you were going to have sex with me!“You robbed me of my privacy and my pride, Mason! You don’t love me. You merely wanted to own me in your perverted way! You don’t know how to love any
Her bathrobe was pulled wide open as she lay on the desk in the study, the fluorescent light illuminating her smooth and fair skin. Mason held tight to her slender waist and smacked her hips. He sneered, “Now, I’m going to show you how I treat a plaything!”Her face paled. She couldn’t get away from him. Under the fluorescent light, she was at his mercy as he thrust into her roughly. He was treating her in ways that not even the cheapest escorts deserved.The light was blinding. Her body was subjected to immense pain, but it was nothing compared to what she was feeling in her heart. Gripping the edges of the desk, she withstood his furious humping with every bit of energy in her.There was a small, hard thing in her hands and it was scraping her palm.She turned her head to the side and released her grip when she could no longer take his brutal thrusts. There was a pair of exquisite cufflinks in her sweaty palm, its radiant diamond was bloodied now.It was her own blood.…
It was close to noon by the time the servants found Zoe in the study.It was day, but the lights were still on. Zoe was lying flat on the wooden desk. A black bathrobe was all she was wearing. All the evidence of Mason's lust and her body's reaction to it had all but dried up on her body.Her eyes were closed and there were the salt trails of dried tears on her cheeks. Lying there motionless, her face was unusually flushed. The servant touched her and found that she was burning up. Frightened, she yelled, “Ms. Zoe has got a fever!” She was old and she had been married too. It didn’t take her too long to figure out what caused the fever. She called Mason immediately but nobody picked up. At that moment, Mason was having a meeting with the higher-ups of the Lockwood Corporation. There was a big project and he was ready to take it on, but the top management staff and shareholders had more conservative ideas. They thought he was moving too quickly and that it was too risky.About ha
The joke was on her!…Things weren’t looking good in the conference room back in Lockwood Corporation. Ava barged into the room and whispered in Mason’s ears. He raised his eyes and looked at her, speechless.She gritted her teeth and continued to say, “The fever’s nasty and she suffered some flesh wounds as well. Also, there was some conflict when they checked into the hospital. Ms. Zoe probably knows that Lilith is staying in the presidential suite!”He sat there quietly for a long time. After a long pause, he rose and announced, “Meeting adjourned!” Then, he raced out of the conference room. Ava was at his heels and said, “Your car is ready! Should we head for the hospital now, Mr. Mason?”He didn't respond.Sitting in the car, he leaned on the seat and closed his eyes. An image of Zoe lying on the table came to his mind. Then, he heard her voice in his head. “You don’t know how to love anyone, Mason!”He probably did what he did to her because she pushed his buttons!
She said in a weak but firm tone, “I won’t be your wife anymore! I want a divorce, Mason! You can try to manipulate or threaten me, but I won’t change my mind again! I want nothing from you. All I ask is Noah’s legal contract and the two percent share of Lockwood Corporation.”Mason stared at her, “Those are the most valuable things!”She smirked nonchalantly, “Feel free to drag it out if you don’t want to agree to my terms.”He was about to say something when her door was pushed open gently. It was Lilith, sitting in a wheelchair, her scrawny cheeks looking sickly. She looked at Zoe and said carefully, “I’m sorry, Zoe! I didn’t mean to stay in the suite. I swear I didn’t know that it was reserved for the Lockwood families. I’ll move out of it right now.”What a hypocrite, Zoe thought.She had never taken it out on Lilith for messing up their marriage because she thought it was Mason’s fault all this time. However, she was deeply disgusted by Lilith’s words!For that matter, he