Chapter 67


    Chapter 67 The Truth Is Revealed


    Deep down, Erin had guessed that Chandler would surely favor ire over herself. She just didn’t


    expect him to make her apologize without any other justification!


    “Why should I apologize? I didn’t do anything wrong! She faked her fall. Just because you have a crush


    on her doesn’t mean I have to apologize for something I didn’t even do!” Erin was filled with anger, and


    she spoke her mind directly without thinking any further.


    Chandler’s dark eyes narrowed, and he gritted his teeth. “Erin Lane! Do you even know what you’re


    talking about?”


    Erin swept her gaze coldly over them, gritting her teeth as she said, “Haven’t you heard what I said?


    You like ire. Are you so much of a coward that you don’t even have the guts to admit it? Do


    whatever you want. y your game. I don’t fucking care. It’s your fucking business, and I want no part


    in it!”


    Having said that, she turned and left without sparing them another nce.


    From a distance, the other employees watched the scene unfold with shock in their eyes. They could


    not believe Erin had dared to treat Chandler that way in public. Even though most of them had never


    encountered their president, Chandler, face to face before, it wasn’t exactly hard to deduce who he was


    from simply looking at Kyle standing obediently beside him and those perfect, godly features as he sat


    on the couch imperiously.


    Erin looked at Chandler coldly as she walked into the elevator, unpleasantness filling her heart.


    Why did he insist on forcibly chaining her to him as his secret lover if he liked ire? Was she nothing


    but a stupid, ridiculous recement to him?


    After Erin left, Chandler’s dark eyes remained unfocused for a long time. ire watched the man who


    had a crush on her lose himself over another woman. For the first time in her life, she felt herself


    getting jealous.


    Sheined, “Chandy, how dare she, a mere employee under your orders, openly contradict you


    like this! Who does she think she is? Shepletely disrespects your authority and never takes your


    words seriously. You should just fire her already!


    ”


    Chandler snapped out of his daze and looked at her with a hint of reproach in his eyes. “Why did you


    sneak out of the hospital, ire? Your injuries have not yet healed, and your parents will be worried


    sick. Come on, let me send you back to the hospital.”


    ire ced her hand on his arm, a sweet smile on her lips. “Chandy, what Miss Lane said just now–is


    it true?”


    “What is true?” he replied calmly.


    “She said that you like me. That you–you have a crush on me. Is that true?” ire looked at him


    seriously, pretending to be oblivious.


    Chandler looked into her beautiful eyes, Matthew’s words echoing in his mind. After a few seconds, he


    admitted, “Yes, it is true.”


    ire’s face was a picture of happiness. “You’re not lying to me?”


    Her joy made him slightly suspicious. Just a few days ago, ire had tried to take her own life because


    of Matthew. How could she have forgotten about him already in such a short period of time?


    Chandler smiled softly. “I’m not lying to you. Come, let’s go. I’ll send you back to the hospital.”


    “Chandy, I’m a little dizzy right now. Earlier, when Miss Lane pushed me…uh, no, wait, I mean. She


    didn’t exactly push me- never mind. Forget it. I don’t want to pursue this anymore. Can you carry me,


    though? I don’t think I’m strong enough to walk all the way…” ire feigned weakness as she spoke,


    swaying lightly on the spot.


    Chandler’s eyes were full of tenderness. “It’s fine. I’ll carry you.”


    Having said that, he scooped her up easily and strode toward his private elevator.


    Kyle followed closely behind, confusion between his brow. Even he could tell that ire was lying. Mr.


    Frost had to have seen it, too, right?


    One hourter, after dropping ire back to her room, Chandler and Kyle left the hospital together. On


    the way back, Kyle, who was driving, nced at the rearview mirror, though he remained silent and


    chose not to confront Chandler.


    About a minuteter, Chandler spoke up coldly. “Stop sighing. Whatever it is, spit it out.”


    Kyle tensed. Had he really been sighing all this while? He started seriously, “Mr. Frost, carlier, when


    Miss Kane was talking about having you apany her to Mr. Burgess‘ concert, she was obviously


    trying to use you to make him jealous.”


    Chandler replied nonchntly, “Is that how you interpreted it?”


    Kyle responded with some dissatisfaction. “This is not a matter of my interpretation. It’s Miss Kane’s


    way of speaking and acting in front of you. Maybe she’s too used to being a rich, spoileddy with


    everyone else at her beck and call. Regardless, I truly believe she’s trying to take advantage of you, sir,


    and I will not stand by that!”


    Chandlerughed softly. Kyle was both his friend and subordinate. He would never have spoken up


    had he not had enough of this ire business. He asked, “Do you believe ire was trying to frame


    Erin in the lobby just now?”


    Kyle thought about it for a while. “Actually, sir, we could easily know what happened by retracing the


    surveince footage.”


    “Alright, do what you have to do then.” Chandler closed his eyes.


    If ire really was trying to use him to make Matthew jealous, how could he not have seen it before?


    Three hourster, in the president’s office, Chandler finally opened the documents containing the


    requested information about ire. Only when he’d returned to thepany did he hear that Erin had


    left the office for the day. Initially, he wanted to call her, butter, he decided to peruse the documents


    Kyle left for him instead.


    Although he had already anticipated it, reading the documents firsthand proved that everything


    Matthew said before was the truth. His heart was heavy. He even thought he felt undercurrents of pain


    running through his chest. Chandler never imagined that the girl he had a crush on would be so


    different from what he had imagined.


    Apparently, even he could be mistaken about people.


    Perhaps it was because he had been envisioning ire as this perfect image all this while, so much so


    that when she chose Matthew over him, he decided to stop caring about anything about her. If it hadn’t


    been for the suspicion awoken by Matthew’s words, he wouldn’t have had Kyle look into her


    background.


    Chandler’s expression was mncholic when he stood, though there was a certain kind of freedom in


    his heart as if the knots in his chest had been untangled after far too long.


    He picked up the file about ire and ced it into a shredder. He had been putting this off for too


    long. It was time to bury her past, once and for all.


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    Meanwhile, one hour ago, Kyle had also retrieved the footage from the surveince cameras in the


    lobby.


    A month ago, Frost Corporation had installed the internationally acimed, cutting–edge surveince


    system. Its purpose was precisely to prevent crimes from beingmitted in the corporation and to


    acquire the necessary evidence in case one does happen. As such, ire and Erin’s conversation had


    been recorded in its entirety.


    Chandler’s suspicions were proven to be true. Erin was framed, after all. Recalling how she had looked


    at him when she left earlier, he understood it now. Erin must have been cursing him out in her heart.


    Sitting on the couch and observing Chandler, Kyle couldn’t help but say, “Mr. Frost, sir, I understand


    that you might not want to be disturbed right now, but I have something I need to report to you.”


    Chandler ced thest sheet of paper into the shredder and picked up the cigarette box on his table.


    Retrieving a cigarette, he said simply, “What?”


    Kyle stood, a phone in his hand. “Mr. Xavier from the Human Resources Department just informed me


    that Miss Lane had sent in her resignation letter before she went off work today.”


    “She dares to resign? Does she not know about ourpany’s resignation policy?”


    Chandler could hardly believe his ears. He didn’t expect Erin to have the audacity to resign without


    even letting him know.


    “Miss Lane knows about it, sir,” Kyle replied. “She’d informed Mr. Xavier that she would take full


    responsibility for any losses pertaining to her resignation. ording to Hans, she’d also taken the


    bullet train back to her hometown about half an hour


    ago.”


    Chandlerughed coldly. “How naive! To think that I would let her go so easily-”


    “Sir, do we need to send someone to pick her up from her hometown?”


    Chandler lit his cigarette and took a long swig. His eyes were dark as he gazed at the swiftly


    approaching nightfall in the city’s skyline. After a moment’s silence, he spoke abruptly, “There is no


    need. Let her enjoy her newfound freedom for two days.”