Mason seemed to already know what she wanted to say; before she could finish, he cut her off.
"Don't even think about divorce. I don't agree!"
Aurelia, too, seemed to have expected this answer, and replied coolly, "Since we can't come to an agreement, I'll have to take legal action."
From the corner of her eye, seeing his face instantly darken, she spoke first: "Even if you threaten every lawyer in Q City, I can still find someone to represent me. There's no shortage of people who owe the Shaw Family favors—finding a lawyer to help me isn't as hard as you think."
Mason was choked by her words.
Indeed, with her status, finding someone in Q City willing to take her case wouldn't be impossible. Who knows how many powerful families in the shadows were watching her like hungry wolves, hoping she'd get divorced to climb their way into the Shaw Family's circle.
And that was exactly why he refused divorce—he wouldn't even bother to humor her with excuses.
