Chapter 48


    Linda had been expecting Chloe to ask her this question since yesterday. She already had a n in


    mind.


    Linda didn''t deny it. "Yes... it was me, but it slipped out by ident. I didn''t mean to, Chloe. Please


    forgive me."


    Chloe wasn''t surprised. She just scoffed. "Linda, stop acting."


    Silent, Linda’s tears began to fall like a summer storm, a sight that could make anyone feel pity.


    She dropped to her knees. "Chloe, I don''t expect you to forgive me. Whether you believe me or not,


    I''ve been living with this guilt for years. If you me me, then hit me. Maybe it’ll ease my


    conscience a bit."


    Linda grabbed Chloe''s hand and tried to p herself with it.


    Chloe pulled her hand back, so Linda started pping herself. Once, twice, and soon, her face bore


    the mark of five fingers.


    Chloe watched her, feeling a wave of irritation.


    Chloe grabbed her wrist. "Linda, did you have someone vite me? Was that your doing?"


    Linda’s eyes filled with terror. "No, it wasn’t me. I did let it slip to Lucas by ident, but what


    happened had nothing to do with me. It really wasn’t me."


    "Then how did you know about it?"


    "You were talking in your sleep. You’ve been doing it a lottely."


    Chloe stared into Linda''s eyes, which seemed utterly sincere, without a hint of guilt.


    Chloe’s lips curled into a smirk. "Linda, I’ll get to the bottom of this. I won''t let you off if I find out you


    were involved."


    Chloe stood up and left the meeting room. As she opened the door, she saw a group of


    gossipmongers gathered outside.


    They saw Linda kneeling inside, her face clearly marked by five fingers.


    Vivian couldn''t stand Chloe’s smug demeanor. "Chloe, this is too much. You actually hit her."


    Linda hurried over. "No, Chloe didn’t hit me. I did it to myself."


    "How did you p yourself hard enough to leave a five-finger mark? Chloe, Linda outshone you for


    this interview, but you had to beat her like this?" Vivian egged Linda on. "Linda, you could sue her


    for assault."


    Chloe raised an eyebrow, speaking calmly. "I didn’t hit her. She was pping herself as an apology,


    and I couldn’t stop her."


    "Chloe, who would believe you? You’re just a vindictive woman. Who knows what you did to secure


    Mr. Connor’s interview? At least Linda yed it clean."


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    Chloe didn’t care to argue. She took out her phone and snapped a photo of Vivian, then quickly sent


    it to someone in her contacts.


    "Chloe, what are you doing?"


    Chloe shed Vivian a bright smile. "I’m letting Grace see if the girl with lip filler she’s been looking


    for is you."


    Vivian froze on the spot.


    After Chloe finished, she left briskly. She had let Vivian off once, but if Vivian kept acting up, thinking


    Chloe was easy to bully, there’d be hell to pay.


    Through a mix of coaxing and cajoling, Tony finally got Chloe to go to CNR Tower.


    Teddy was waiting at the door as usual. "Ms. Chloe, the boss wants to see you in his office first."


    Chloe followed Teddy through a private elevator to the CNR president’s office.


    As the elevator doors opened, she stepped out into what looked more like a bedroom.


    Chloe finally understood what was behind the two closed doors she had seen in the officest time.


    It turned out to be Connor’s resting area, indistinguishable from a bedroom.


    There was Connor, sitting on the sofa in his "bedroom."


    "Leaving right after sex? How can you be so irresponsible?"