Chapter 230


    Chapter 230 Embrace Your Role and I’ll Grant You Wealth


    The flurry of damning questions left Chloe speechless on the spot. The only person besides Joseph


    who had given her a bank card was Icarus. She quickly reached a conclusion-the surveince footage


    from the neighborhood had been leaked online.


    The room seemed to grow colder, the atmosphere thick with Joseph’s unspoken anger that hung heavy


    in the air. Chloe could sense a raging mé manifesting without even lifting her head.


    “Jojo, wait, please let me exin…


    ”


    Joseph remained expressionless as he demanded, “Hand over your purse.”


    Instinctively, Chloe protected her bag behind her and spoke in a soft tone. “I can exin everything, or


    we can call Icarus and ask him about what happened…”


    Joseph observed her defensive actions, his eyebrows furrowing and his eyes narrowing. Without


    uttering a word, he forcefully snatched her bag and began rummaging through it until his hand seized


    hold of an unfamiliar bank card. His sharp eyes lowered, masking his emotions. His voice, now tinged


    with hoarseness, emanated an icy coldness as he asked, “How much money did Icarus give you?”


    “I didn’t ask for it. He forced it on me. By the time I wanted to return it, he had already disappeared.


    “Chloe’s voice trembled as she spoke.


    “How much money is on this card?” Joseph repeated the question, his anger bubbling to the


    surface.


    “28 million…”


    “Hmm…” Joseph sneered, abruptly gripping her chin tightly. “So 28 million is enough for you to follow


    him?”


    “No, he never said anything like that,” Chloe’s voice quivered as Joseph’s grip on her chin caused. her


    pain. Yet, she dared not resist.


    Joseph’s bottomless ck eyes seemed to prate her very soul. His icy voice, devoid of any


    emotion, pierced through the air. “So, 28 million is enough to make you leave me?”


    Chloe’s back stiffened, her lips trembling. “Icarus had no malicious intentions, and I never betrayed


    you…”


    Joseph’s anger consumed him, his blood boiling. “Do you think I’m a fool, Chloe Johnson?!”


    It was just a bank card. She could have easily returned it if she did not want it. In the worst-case


    scenario, she could have simply discarded it. There were numerous ways to handle the situation and


    he could have reimbursed her. However, she deliberately chose to keep it in her bag.


    Chloe had no idea how to exin herself anymore, feeling utterly drained. They had just established


    their rtionship recently, yet it seemed gued by constant arguments. This was not the kind of


    rtionship she had envisioned or desired.


    Seeing her silence, Joseph’s fury intensified. He roughly picked her up and threw her into the car.


    Chloe cried out in pain as the impact rattled her, feeling as if her internal organs were about to be jolted


    loose.


    Joseph mmed his foot on the elerator, speeding back to the vi at an rming pace.


    Chloe desperately wanted to get out of the car on her own, but he gripped onto her wrist tightly, forcing


    her to stumble along in his hurried strides.


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    “Please slow down,” she pleaded.


    Joseph remained silent, showing no signs of slowing down as he brought Chloe directly into the


    bedroom and firmly shut the door. From outside the closed door, his voice took on a sinister tone.”


    From now on, you’ll be confined to this vi for eternity!”


    Fear and panic gripped Chloe as she frantically twisted the doorknob but to no avail. “Joseph, please


    let me out!” she pleaded, her voice filled with desperation.


    Joseph sneered, his voiceced with contempt. “Let you out so that you can continue your seduction


    games with other men?”


    Chloe’s voice trembled with desperation. “I haven’t done anything wrong. Please don’t do this… Let


    me out…”


    “Every time you have the opportunity to interact with other men, you prove your inability to remain


    faithful. That’s why I’m imprisoning you here. You can forget about leaving for the rest of your life.”


    Joseph’s tone grew colder and more usatory. “Money is all you want, right? Embrace your role as a


    caged canary and I’ll grant you wealth and splendor.”


    Chloe’s pleas turned bitter as she desperately implored Joseph to release her. But in response, all she


    heard was the fading sound of his retreating footsteps.


    Joseph spent the entire night in the study, barely getting any sleep.


    Morning arrived, and the ashtray was overflowing with cigarette butts.


    When Lucas arrived that morning, he noticed that neither Joseph nor Chloe stirred. He made his way


    upstairs and found Joseph alone without Chloe by his side.


    “Sir, we should leave,” Lucas said.


    Standing by the window, his back turned to Lucas, Joseph said in a hoarse voice, “Get me the property


    manager of the vi.”