The eldest brother, Travis Hill, gazed at the tied-up woman and said to his two brothers mysteriously, "She's in our hands, but we can't touch her."Tobias Hill, the second brother, replied, "Yeah, yeah. We are to let her go once we get the money and we can't break the gang's rules."The youngest, Troy, said, "Fuck the gang's rules. Did you forget who we work for now?"Tobias answered, "Oh yeah, how could I forget?""Stop it. We can't let her hear anything she shouldn't. It'll bring trouble." Travis interrupted them and lowered his voice. "Pack up. We’ll be leaving soon."Tobias refuted, "Are you stupid? There are three hours left before the meet-up. Why are we leaving without taking the money?" Troy, on the other hand, had seen through everything. He glared at Tobias. "You're the stupid one, Tobias. We're working for that big shot now, so we can't engage in illegal activity like before."They had kidnapped Zoelle not for 14 million dollars, but to stall for time. Everything sh
Chloe and Joseph got back to Docwood at ten o'clock at night. Vince had already saved Zoelle and brought her to the Whitman family home. Zoelle looked safe and sound but Vince's eyes were rimmed-red.Observing them, Chloe felt that the atmosphere between them was not right. "Sir, I’d like to ask for a few days off to handle Bee's funeral,” Vince requested.Hearing this, Chloe realized what was amiss. Vince went through so much to save Zoelle, and in return, she told him that his first love was dead. It was a cruel exchange.Joseph calmly answered, "Okay.""I'll be off now, sir." Vince had already reported on the kidnap situation when he first got here, so he did not have to stay any longer.After a pause, Joseph said, "Find a good place for her."Vince lost control of his tears at Joseph's words. He limped out of the house as fast as he could. As she expressionlessly watched Vince's back, Zoelle decided not to stay either. She thanked Joseph by saying, "Call me if you ever
Kenneth was caught off guard, and his gaze became shifty. "What are you talking about?”"You kidnapped Zoelle, didn't you? The kidnappers were your men," Chloe stated firmly while looking at Kenneth with a mocking gaze.Kenneth naively thought that his scheme had been flawless. Besides, the kidnapping had been more than a month ago. He had not expected Chloe to still be on about it.He glanced at their surroundings through the corners of his eyes. Seeing there were many upper echelons around them, he hastily whispered, "Let's talk in the car."Chloe rejected, "No, thank you.” After taking a deep breath, Kenneth said in a controlled tone, "There are too many people here."Joseph's eyes were cold. He said softly, but loud enough for the surrounding people to hear, "Oh, wow. The prince is so shameless." At that statement, the other guests of the charity gala stopped conversing and looked toward the trio as they started whispering among themselves."Hey, is there something going
Callum glanced at Joseph, then closed his eyes to suppress his anger. "Don't tell me this is related to Xavia."It was already a crime that Kenneth had helped Xavia escape at the airport, and Callum would have punished Kenneth if it were not for Carolina's pleading. If Kenneth had made another mistake so soon…Kenneth did not think things through and stammered, "Father, I… I…"Enraged, Callum demanded, "You what?!""Well…" Joseph chimed in light-heartedly and chuckled. "Kenneth gave you a grandson." Callum’s breath hitched and felt like slapping his rebellious son. "You met with Xavia?"Kenneth had promised to cut contact with Xavia, but he seemed to have forgotten his promise after just a few months. Kenneth quickly denied, "No, I didn't. I just gave her a fake ID and helped her leave Docwood to settle down in a small town and get ready for the delivery.""Get out of my sight!" Callum fumed with anger. "Go to the solitary confinement room now!"Being locked up in solitary c
The woman realized that Chloe was looking at her, so she lifted her head and smiled at her. "All done here, sir. I'll be leaving now," she said respectfully before stepping out of the office.As soon as the woman closed the door, Chloe asked, "I’ve never seen her here.”Joseph replied, "She’s a recent hire. The former finance personnel were imprisoned for embezzlement.""Were you the one who interviewed and hired her?""No, HR did that," Joseph answered, "Why do you ask?"Chloe said a little skeptically, "You seem to treat her differently from other employees."Frowning in confusion, Joseph asked, "How do I treat her any differently?""You don't like people getting too close to you, right? But her hair just brushed against your neck.""That’s all?"Chloe was stunned, but she suppressed her anger and smiled at him. "That’s all? Are you implying that I'm making a fuss out of nothing? Ask yourself, why would a person who doesn't like others getting close to them be okay with this
"What beans? I just wanted to treat you and Joseph to a meal," Zoelle said as she looked around the restaurant. "I didn’t think you'd choose such a small place. You’re saving me a lot of money."Chloe raised an eyebrow. "Really now?"Zoelle tilted her head. "Really."Joseph placed a pair of utensils in front of Chloe and asked, "Are you looking for Vince?"Zoelle was stunned for a moment, then quickly composed herself. "Why would I be looking for him? He and I aren’t that close."Joseph chuckled in response. "Oh yeah, not that close. You two just had sex once.”Having heard about the “affair” between Zoelle and Vince, Chloe smiled mischievously and added, "Not close at all.""You two are overthinking it," Zoelle said, "I already bought an evening flight out of the country and will be leaving today. Treating you two to lunch is to express my gratitude for saving my life."In the next second, she raised her voice and continued, "But you and I both know I was kidnapped for no reas
Chloe’s eyes widened in surprise. "Are you sure she had plastic surgery?""Positive. From an ordinary person’s perspective, she looks pretty natural, but as someone in the medical field, I notice certain details.”Just as Chloe was about to say something, Joseph coldly remarked, "Don't gossip about others."Chloe frowned and Zoelle was stunned.Staring at him, Chloe asked, "Why can't we gossip about her?""Because she's my employee."He felt obligated to protect the woman's reputation.Chloe's face sank. The way he said "my employee" sounded similar to how he said “my woman."She questioned, "What's the matter? Did we say something wrong? If she dares to get plastic surgery, she should be prepared for people to talk about it."While gossiping behind someone's back was not right, who could guarantee they would never gossip? One could just ignore the gossip or broach it with an open mind.Joseph sighed helplessly. Not realizing the gravity of the situation, he said, "What's wro
Suddenly, the colleagues felt a chill down their spine. They turned around and were shocked to see Chloe. They stammered, "M-Ms. Chloe!"Chloe ignored them and went straight upstairs, leaving the group dumbfounded."Oh my gosh, did we just mess up big time?""We didn’t just mess up. I think we jumped into the fucking fire.""But I didn't mean it. Even though Iris is pretty, she's not as pretty as Ms. Chloe."Iris' face carried a mature charm. She was attractive in her own way, but she seemed older than her actual age. Chloe, on the other hand, was stunning and could pull off various styles. "Even though we didn't mean it, we were done for the moment Ms. Chloe overheard us. I think we should prepare to resign."In the office, Joseph was pleasantly surprised to see Chloe. He quickly let go of his mouse and stood up to approach her. However, she simply walked past him, picked up her tablet from the desk, and turned to leave.Joseph grabbed her wrist and asked in confusion, "Why a