180 Chapter 180

"What's with the call? Does he want to reschedule our meeting?" Vincent frowned. "No, I don't think my little brother is a person who likes to reschedule without a notice."

The phone rang again. Vincent finally picked up his phone to check the caller,

Then, his eyes widened instantly.

Because the caller was actually his runaway wife, Chloe Gray.

Vincent smirked as the urge to blast Chloe for running away appeared in his heart. Usually, Chloe blocked his number and only unblocked it to call him. So Vincent couldn't just terrorize her, and changing phone numbers was too much of a hassle for a woman who wasn't even worth his time.

He picked up the call and leaned on the chair leisurely, "Good morning, cheap whore, why did you call me? Did your benefactor finally got tired of you?"

Chloe bit her lower lip when Vincent greeted her with insult. It wasn't unfamiliar since he always did that when Chloe was still living in the mansion.

But it had been a while since she left, and Vernon never called her a bitch or a whore as they lived together, so it became a shock for her when she got called one.

Chloe tried to calm down, so she wouldn't just yell at him and turn the situation worse. Vincent was dangerous, and the more she retaliated, the worse it would get.

"Vincent, about the divorce paper—"

"I burned it," Vincent replied without hesitation.

"What?!"

"Yes, I burned it. Do you think I will sign a stupid divorce paper?" Vincent said heartlessly.

"But I—"

"But you want a divorce? So what? Do you think just because you want a divorce, then I will happily sign the paper?"

…

Chloe was completely speechless with her ex-husband. She knew he was a bastard, but she didn't expect him to be so coldhearted. He didn't even let her get her freedom.

"W—Why did you do that?" Chloe asked, her voice started getting shaky. She was trying hard not to let out emotion take over her.

"Becuase I don't want a divorce. I know you're an idiot, but that should be obvious enough, right?" Vincent replied. "Listen, Chloe Gray, we are not going to have a divorce, and that's my decision. You don't have a saying in this."

"It's Chloe Carlson for you…." Chloe argued, refusing to use the surname Gray because she wouldn't be one any longer. "Why did you do this to me, Vincent? If you are divorced from me, then you are able to sleep with any woman of your choice. You don't need to be careful around Mackie too, since she will be with me, isn't that what you want?"

…

Honestly, Vincent hadn't slept around with anyone for a while. He slept with Jada Smite and Maya Glasglow, the mothers of Mackie's classmates in school.

But that was out of necessity to put more pressure so Chloe would eventually crawl back to him.

Chloe didn't understand why Vincent would suddenly stop talking and go silent for a while, and she didn't want to ask. She was just so done with him. Even talking with him already drained the life out of her.

"Vincent, I'm calling you because I want you to process the divorce between us…." Chloe said. "I don't need your money, and I won't take a dime from you. Just… free me, so I can leave…."

"And that will never happen, dumb whore," Vincent scoffed. "Is it done? Are you done talking about divorce?"

…

Chloe actually wanted to tell Vincent that Mackie missed her Daddy so much. But the way he kept insulting her made Chloe change her mind. She didn't want to tell him about Mackie and doubted that Vincent cared about their daughter.

"Then I have nothing to say to you, goodbye, Vincent."

Beep.

Vincent still put the phone near his ear, listening to the long beep before he threw his phone on the table.

He was a little annoyed because the call ended so quickly. He had a lot of things to say to his wife. Though, most of them were just insults.

"That bitch— how could she sound so calm now? Did she gained confidence just because her grimy, old benefactor has given her enough money?" Vincent assumed. "I will show her. I will show her how I can turn the world upside down if I want! THAT FUCKING BITCH WILL PAY!!"

Vincent kicked the desk in front of him in a rage, and one drawer under the desk accidentally opened after the kick.

Vincent saw a few papers inside the drawer, identifying them pretty quickly. Because it was the thing that he claimed to have burned. It was the divorce paper that hadn't been touched since the first time Chloe shoved it to him.

He put it inside the office desk because he thought it was unimportant.

Vincent picked up the divorce paper. He had read everything before and took it as a joke since he knew that Chloe had nowhere else to go.

'

But it was different now.

Chloe and Mackie didn't return to him of their own will, and Vincent got impatient as days turned weeks and weeks turned months. At some point, his wife and daughter might have been out of his grasp for good.

Vincent reread the content of the divorce paper, and he chuckled, full of ridicule, "So funny, does she not realize that she is nothing without me?"

"I guess my late father is right. If you don't keep your wife in a tight leash, she will eventually wander off becuase she's not satisfied," Vincent murmured, remembering one of the teachings by his late father before he passed away.

Vincent turned on the electric fireplace in his home office. He walked towards the fireplace and stared at the fire that started to spread around the stones.

"Divorce. Hah, what a stupid idea. I am the Master of Gray family, there is no way I will ruin my reputation by getting a divorce."