Chapter 2The Bonus Betrayal

On the other end of the phone, Gwen screamed in excitement.

She offered to come help me move luggage, I refused.

If she bumped into Chloe then, I was afraid she would conflict with Chloe. Better to avoid trouble.

I still have a house in the West Side. Once the bonus for this month comes down, the mortgage for that house can be fully paid off.

Finally can have a home of my own.

Thinking of this, mood warmed up a lot.

Doorbell rang.

I thought the mover arrived. Opened the door, it was Chloe.

I was surprised for a moment, suspecting my own illusion.

Last year my appendicitis flared up, fainting from pain at home. Called her, wanting her to come back and send me to the hospital.

Her attitude was cold.

"I'm working, Justin. You are a normal adult, can't even dial a simple 911 call?"

But last week, Jayden accidentally spilled warm water on his hand in the company, shouted pain once, and she hugged him in public, drove him to the hospital personally.

She never leaves early, unless it's Jayden, who can break her principles.

Didn't expect today I could be lucky enough to make her break a rule once.

She glanced at my already packed luggage, voice revealing a trace of imperceptible panic.

"What are you doing?! Making a scene? Deliberately saying break up to force me to bow?"

"Didn't I send you a message explaining? That was left by Jayden accidentally in our house. That day he was caught in the rain, I let him come up to drink a cup of ginger tea. His shirt happened to be torn, so he changed a set of clothes in our house before leaving."

I narrowed my eyes, recalling following her words.

That was the week before last when I was on a business trip. I went abroad to discuss business, encountered a rainstorm upon returning, wanted Chloe to drive to pick me up.

She said she was working overtime at the company, no time, let me take a taxi back myself.

When I got home, seeing the unfinished ginger tea on the coffee table, I thought she specially prepared it for me. Turns out I picked up someone else's leftovers.

Maybe thinking of this matter, Chloe looked unnatural.

"Don't think too much."

I shook my head, face calm.

"I didn't think too much, it's not important anymore."

Chloe looked strange, staring at me for a long while.

Half a day later, her voice somewhat hoarse, asked tentatively.

"Why aren't you angry anymore?"

So she knew I was angry before.

But she didn't care either.

Instead reprimanded me every time, saying I was petty, dirty heart seeing everything dirty.

I just wanted to say, about me moving out.

Chloe's phone rang.

Jayden was noisy on the other end, saying he was bullied.

Chloe glared at me angrily, sneered.

"So waiting for me here, Justin, good tactics."

Before I understood what happened, Chloe pulled my wrist hard, dragged me into the car.

Inside the car, there was the smell of men's cologne.

Similar to the smell on Jayden.

Hanging in the car was a Jellycat doll, same as Jayden's WeChat avatar.

After working in Chloe's company, I never sat in her car again. She said she was afraid of gossip from people in the company, so our relationship was not made public.

The territory I couldn't step into anymore, turns out occupied by someone long ago.

No more that sour swelling pain in heart, only the thought of "as expected".

Just arrived at the company, Chloe pulled me off the car rudely.

My ankle twisted, I fell to the ground.

She seemed not to see, sneered.

"Pretending what?"

She winked at the bodyguard.

Bodyguard grabbed my back collar with one hand, dragging me into the company like dragging trash.