Chapter 22

Ava knocked on the door of the director’s office and went in after she got the a-okay. Mason was on a phone call with his mother. Their conversation was about something that Ava had just found out and wanted to report to Mason.

“Are you just going to leave her alone, Mason?”

“Who’s Leslie?”

“That Ella has such a bad reputation. We can’t allow Zoe to mingle with her! You should keep your wife in check, Mason.”

…

Mason said nonchalantly, “Zoe is divorcing me, Mom! How am I supposed to keep an eye on her?”

Lisa cared for nothing more than her family’s reputation. She was mad that she had spent a long time talking to Mason without a positive outcome. With that, she hung up on him.

He put down the phone and looked at Ava. “Is Zoe working for Leslie?” She was about to say something when she suddenly saw a velvet box next to him.

She recognized it. It was the box that held Zoe’s wedding ring. If it was there, then he must have looked at it from time to time.

Mason always had his