Ch. 511..515: Divorced My Scum Husband, Married His Evil brother Chapter 511-515

Chapter 511

Thus, Chloe decided to just stay silent and let her daughter form an opinion of her own about her Daddy. She didn't want to be the instigator that started Mackie's hatred of her father, but she also didn't want to be a stupid martyr that had to cover up for Vincent's shitty behavior any more.

"Did Uncle and Mommy make up already?" Mackie asked. "Don't get angry for too long, Mommy. I usually say sorry after an hour!"

'If only it's that easy,' Chloe thought. She smiled at her daughter and patted her head, "I know. Don't worry, we already say sorry to each other. We make up quite fast...."

"Really?" Mackie dropped her dolls and shifted all her attention to her Mommy instead. "Mommy, how did you make up with Uncle so fast? I want to do that too! Maybe I can do that to make up with Jaden and Mia!"

"Ah-- um... t--that's a secret, dear...." Chloe said nervously.

Of course, she wouldn't tell her daughter that she stopped the argument with Vernon by kissing him on the lips. She gave him a kiss that was passionate enough to finally shut him up and gave him reassurance about her loyalty.

"Eehh, why? I want to know too...."

"Y--You will know about it once you get older," Chloe said.

"That's too long...." Mackie pouted.

...

'Ah, damn it,' Chloe cursed in her heart. Now she had to handle this adult stuff by making it sound kid-friendly.

"Well, Mommy just gave your Uncle a tiiiight hug until your Uncle feels better," Chloe said.

"Oh! Maybe I should hug Jaden and Mia! But if they don't want to be hugged, then I will hug my new friends later!" Mackie said. "I will hug my new friends one by one in my new school!"

"Ahaha... you can do that, dear...."

'Crap, what about Mackie's transfer when Vernon and I still have a fight like this? Should we postpone Mackie's school transfer?'

Unfortunately, she had no answer unless she confronted Vernon about it.

'Maybe I should just leave a memo to Diamond, and use her as a third-party communicator between Vernon and I,' Chloe wondered.

Nevertheless, the most important thing right now was to keep her daughter in a good mood. Good thing that Mackie seemed to be genuinely happy with Chloe making up with Vernon. Though that was yet to happen.

It would take at least a month until they could have a civil conversation because they were still trying to prove each other's point about Dorothea.

"So, have you had your lunch yet, dear?" Chloe asked, trying to find a topic that didn't involve Vernon.

Mackie shook her head, "Not yet, Mommy. I want to eat pizza!"

"Pizza? But you already ate a pizza last night, remember?"

"I still want to eat more! Um... if I can't, then I want to eat pasta!"

"Hm, I guess we can go with pasta then. Hold on, let me order it for us," Chloe said. She reached into her pocket and paused for a moment, 'Oh shit, I forgot that Vernon had confiscated my phone. How am I supposed to order anything?'

The realization smacked Chloe in the face.

She forgot that she needed her phone for the most basic thing since she could not cook or drive with only one hand.

'Damn it, I shouldn't have said yes so easily. I was so confident, and now I have to go up there and ask Vernon for my phone so I can order food? Where should I put my face?!'

"Mommy? What's wrong?" Mackie tilted her head as she noticed that her mother suddenly got nervous.

"A--Ah, it's nothing, dear. Hold on, let me go upstairs and grab my phone," Chloe said.

She stood up and walked to the stairs. But she stopped halfway when she saw Vernon went downstair and stood right before he hit the last step of the staircase.

"Vernon--"

"Uncle!

...

There was a short pause from Vernon. He observed Mackie, who was surrounded by a lot of dolls and seemingly in a fine mood. He was relieved that Mackie didn't seem affected by his fight with Chloe.

Thus, he directed his attention at Chloe. He pointed at the cable telephone near the TV and instructed;

"You can use that phone to contact the receptionist. Just tell her whatever you want for food, and she will order it for you. She'll also deliver it here, so you don't need to worry."

"You can also use that telephone to call Diamond or me," Vernon said. He gave Chloe all the options to help her on a daily basis but still refused to give Chloe her phone. "If you need something, you can just call the receptionist while I'm gone and use my black card to buy something if you're bored, and that includes you, Little Wolf," Vernon darted his eyes at Mackie. "You can go to the mall with your Mommy and buy something that you like. Call the receptionist and tell them to prepare for a driver and bodyguards if you two want to go to the mall."

Mackie listened to her Uncle and wondered what was in her Uncle's head. Why did he suddenly want her to go to the mall?

Nevertheless, Mackie was still happy because she could buy that Disney princess collection she had wanted for a while! One of her friends already had the complete collection, and they were so beautiful!

"Thank you, Uncle!"

"Mm," Vernon smiled at Mackie before directing his attention back to Chloe, "Don't forget to wait for me late tonight. I'll be busy until ten today, but we should continue discussing Mackie's school transfer as soon as possible."

Chloe was stunned silly at Vernon, who suddenly acted so kind and generous to her. She thought Vernon and her would have very limited contact for at least one month.

But not an hour had passed since she left the room, and he already acted like everything was normal?

'Did he actually yield because of one kiss? No, right? He's so stubborn. There's no way he'd fall just because of a kiss from me....'

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'Did he actually yield because of one kiss? No, right? He's so stubborn, there's no way he'd fall just because of a kiss from me...' Chloe was still in denial over the fact that she held such power against Vernon.

How could he yield just because of a kiss? Was he that simple?

Vernon felt his cheeks getting hotter as he kept staring at Chloe's sweet lips. He had to admit that he got defeated by those lips. She gave him a deep kiss that evaporated all of the solid rages in his heart into thin air.

"I--I will have to go back to the office. There are a lot of things to do," Vernon said.

He was about to turn around, but Mackie suddenly yelled while pointing at his hands;

"Uncle! You have blood in your hands!"

"Ah--" Vernon quickly put his hands into his trousers pockets. "It's nothing. I was being careless and accidentally hit the wall," Vernon replied. "I'll get it treated later."

"But, that must have hurt!" Mackie insisted. She looked at her Mommy and remembered how her Mommy always treated her when she fell from the bike or accidentally cut her fingers with thorns in the garden.

Mommy would blow her wounds before treating them with medicine and then use band-aids so they won't hurt anymore.

"Mommy, please help Uncle! Can you blow Uncle's pain away?"

'Blow--" Vernon knew that Mackie was just an innocent kid who wanted Chloe to treat his wound. But his dirty mind traveled somewhere else instead.

Thus, Vernon shook his head vehemently and refused, "No need. I'll get it treated myself. I--I have to go now. Bye!"

Vernon awkwardly turned around and rushed upstairs to the penthouse.

Mackie tilted her head, "What's wrong with Uncle?"

"I--It's nothing, dear. Your Uncle is just busy with his job," Chloe said. Her cheeks also reddened as she had the same dirty mind that Vernon had.

"Mommy, are you okay too? Why is your face so red?"

**

Vernon washed his hands at the kitchen sink to clean all the dried blood. There was a sharp pain in his palm and knuckles, so he used the iodine in the first aid kit to clean the wound and used plenty of band-aids.

Though it didn't bother him that much, he'd be more than happy to receive treatment from his beloved woman.

"Maybe I overreacted...." Vernon wondered as he stared at his wounds. "Maybe I shouldn't have gone on a rampage before I could witness her cheating with my own eyes."

"But I just can't control myself...." Vernon murmured. "Just the thought of her leaving me with another man is enough to drive me insane. I cannot lose her for the second time. I refuse to."

Vernon knew that his obsession with Chloe might be unhealthy at some point because he truly could not imagine himself living without her by his side.

"But my heart only beats for her," Vernon sighed. "I only want her, and I don't care about the risk."

Vernon got a glass of water before going to the basement and driving his car to the office. Now that the chaos in his mind and heart had subsided, he could work like a normal man in that shipwrecked office.

**

Diamond was still sitting on the sofa.

She was dazed even after so long. She really thought that her friendship with her best friend was over because there was no way she would support a cheater.

'Ah, this is worse than just getting dumped on by my ex back then,' Diamond thought. 'At least I can find a new man easily to replace him. But I can't just find a new best friend. It's hard to find someone you can truly connect with.'

'Chloe, why did you do this to yourself? If Vernon doesn't satisfy you, you should just tell him, cut the relationship with him first before finding a new man, and I will still support you. Maybe I'll resign so that Vernon won't use me as a hostage to lure you back.'

'But you're cheating on him. You're no better than Vincent....'

As Diamond was lost in her thoughts, the elevator suddenly lit up. A Ding from the elevator snapped Diamond out of her daze.

Diamond turned her neck and watched as the elevator door slid open. She saw her boss coming out of the elevator calmly. He had fixed up his disheveled suit, tie, and combed his hair neatly.

Vernon looked at Diamond who slumped on the sofa defeatedly. He frowned, "Why are you slacking off now? Don't you remember how much work we have to do today?"

...

Diamond blinked a few times. She wondered if she was hallucinating right now.

How could her boss act so calmly after going on a huge rampage in this office? Did he just kill the man, dump his body somewhere, and return here to work again? What about Chloe?

Diamond stood in front of Vernon and asked, "Sir, about Chloe and that man named Jonathan...."

"It was a misunderstanding," Vernon said lightly. "It's my bastard mother who used her Driver's ID to register herself and she stayed inside my apartment. Dorothea manipulated Chloe by using her fake tears, saying that she wants to connect with me and wants to be part of my small family."

Vernon scoffed, "Well, I know that's just bullshit. I'm not like Chloe who can be easily influenced by fake tears. So I kicked that old hag out."

"T--Then, should we do something about her?" Diamond asked.

"No need, Vincent won't believe that dying old hag as well. She is just too crazy to be believable," Vernon said. "Besides, I have a bet with Chloe about that old woman."

Vernon's eyes darkened when he mentioned the bet, but he refused to explain further, so Diamond decided that she could just ask her best friend later.

Diamond was so relieved that her best friend did not cheat on Vernon. She just couldn't imagine having to cut ties with Chloe so abruptly.

Though, she also wondered why her boss could return to the office looking just fine.

In fact, he seemed to be in a good mood.

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'Although the cheating accusation is proven to be false, I'm pretty sure that Vernon will still be angry at Chloe for getting herself involved with Dorothea,' Diamond thought. 'In fact, he SHOULD be angry. Chloe put everyone's lives in jeopardy just because an old woman is shedding a fake tear or two. I'd scold her for being so gullible too.'

Diamond also knew how bad her boss' temper was. It was impossible to see him returning to the office, acting as if nothing was wrong after rampaging around the office before.

Unless…

'Homegirl must've done something to calm him down,' Diamond theorized. Diamond observed her boss from head to toe. He looked so relaxed that Diamond thought she was the one hallucinating before.

But the shipwrecked CEO's office was proof that she wasn't dreaming.

Unable to contain her curiosity any longer, she asked:

"Boss, you seem to be awfully calm after destroying everything in your office just now," Diamond commented. "Did Chloe do something to calm you down?"

Diamond's question was straight to the point, and she could see her boss' jolt lightly in response.

"Well— uh… yeah, she did something to calm me down," Vernon replied. He tried to dodge Diamond's peering eyes because he didn't want to lose prestige as the intimidating boss in front of Diamond.

'Nobody would take me seriously if I told them that I fell because of one kiss. That's damn embarrassing,' Vernon thought.

"Really? Then may I know what she did?"

"No," Vernon rejected instantly. "It's a secret between us, and you shouldn't pry about your boss' private matters, Diamond."

…

'Doesn't matter, I can always text Chloe later,' Diamond thought.

"Oh, also, don't you dare prying about this stuff from Chloe, she's uncontactable," Vernon warned.

Diamond's eyes widened, "W—What did you do to her? Did you— Oh god!" Diamond imagined that Vernon locked Chloe somewhere, probably tying her up in a little black room like some crazy psychopath!

"Hey, hey! Stop with your wild imagination!" Vernon yelled. He clicked his tongue and fished Chloe's phone out of his pocket. "I confiscated her phone. That's why she's uncontactable."

"That does not make it any better, Sir," Diamond said. "You— did you lock her up somewhere?"

"What— NO!" Vernon denied it vehemently. "She gave her phone to me as a requirement for our bet. So she won't be able to contact Dorothea for a month. I'll naturally give it back to her after a month."

"And what kind of bet is that?"

"We're betting on Dorothea's promise to disturb Vincent's charity work. That old hag has complete access to all of Vincent's charity, and she told Chloe that she would stop all scholarship awardees to get their monthly allowance for three months."

"It will stir up some drama and speculation in social media, and people will start questioning the credibility of the Gray foundation. Thus, Vincent will be busy dealing with that, giving me an opening to do stuff to the company," Vernon explained.

Diamond got speechless and shook her head slowly, "Sir, that's—"

Vernon scoffed, "Yeah, I know right? Chloe will lose the bet. There is no way Dorothea will do something utterly stupid that will ruin her life. Besides, Vincent is her beloved son, there's no way she would do something that ruins her son's reputation."

…

Diamond went silent in an instant.

What her boss said was true. Logically speaking, there was no point in Dorothea doing something so dangerous that it would ruin her life and her relationship with Vincent.

"And what did she bet on, Sir?"

"Her freedom," Vernon said. His mood turned somber when he mentioned it. "She will give her freedom to me if she loses the bet. But if she wins, she will force me to forgive Dorothea."

…

Again, Diamond was left speechless by how absurd this whole thing was. She didn't understand why Chloe would bet on her own freedom for that old woman. It wasn't worth it!

'But if Chloe has that much belief for Dorothea, that means she must've known something that Vernon and I don't know,' Diamond thought. She glanced at Vernon, whose mood turned bitter whenever Dorothea was mentioned, a sign that his hatred for that old hag was permanently engraved in his heart.

"Will you actually take her freedom, Sir?" she asked.

"I just want to prove a point that I am right, and she is wrong," Vernon said. "She needs to know that you need to put aside your heart when facing a monster like Vincent and Dorothea."

'But it doesn't seem that you're putting your heart aside, Sir,' Diamond said in her heart. 'Your hatred for both of them is obviously influencing all of your judgment.'

Vernon clicked his tongue, "Let's just not talk about this. We have a lot of work to do."

Vernon sidestepped Diamond and walked to his office. He opened the door, and his jaw dropped immediately.

"Goddamn…"

Vernon was shocked upon seeing how bad his rampage really was.

Diamond followed behind and commented, "Yep, you destroyed everything, Sir. It will take me a while to order stuff since Christmas is near."

"I wasn't thinking clearly when I punched and kicked everything in my office," Vernon said. "I didn't know it could be so bad…."

"Well, now you know," Diamond shrugged. "You can just use the spare office on the tenth floor, Sir. I can tell the janitors to clean it and prepare it for you."

"Alright, you should do that, thank you, Diamond."

Diamond smiled and grabbed her phone. She got busy calling people to clean and prepare the spare office.

Vernon walked into his office and closed the door behind him.

He looked around the destroyed office and walked around the flipped furniture until he reached his flipped desk. He didn't care how expensive he had to pay to fix everything here. He had enough pocket money for that.

What he cared about the most was the crushed tumbler, with the smoothies spilling everywhere on the floor.

'It must be hard for her to prepare this banana-apple smoothie with only one hand. But she did it just for me…' Vernon thought. He crouched and used his finger to wipe and collect the spilled smoothie in his hand.

He sucked his finger and closed his eyes immediately, "It's tasty, as always." He murmured. "I'm sorry, my love. I shouldn't have been so rough on you."

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Vernon stayed inside the spare office until late at night. He was so engrossed with his work that he didn't realize Diamond had been standing in front of a desk for a while.

Diamond cleared her throat to get his attention and said, "Sir, I will be leaving."

Vernon gave Diamond a quick glance and nodded before returning to his laptop, "You can go now."

...

"Sir, I want to ask you something, and it's about Dorothea."

Vernon's brow creased. He lifted his head and stared at Diamond, "And what is it?"

"I thought you'd notice this sooner than I do. But I have been wondering about this for the whole day," Diamond took a deep breath and continued, "I wonder how Dorothea found out about your relationship with Chloe. Surely there must be someone who told her about this, right?"

...

Vernon's expression changed from calm to distraught instantly.

It was that 'Oh shit' moment before he cursed himself for being so stupid and oblivious.

Diamond was right. How the hell did Dorothea know about his relationship with Chloe?

"Could it be that Chloe is the one who told her about this?" Vernon started giving options. "She might guilt trip Chloe to give the information."

"I don't think so, Sir," Diamond rejected the idea. "Chloe might use her heart more, but she is not stupid. She won't tell Dorothea about your relationship with her because it'll hurt all of you."

"I think Dorothea found out about this from someone else, and came to your apartment and stayed as a guest. Then, she told Chloe that she was already inside your apartment and might have threatened her to come and meet her or else she'd expose this to the whole world."

"She forced Chloe to meet her, and Chloe had no other choice...." Vernon murmured, completing Diamond's theory with his own. "But if Dorothea forced Chloe to meet, how come Chloe got so heated to defend that old hag?"

"We don't know what happened between those two. But I think Dorothea used her fake tears to trick Chloe into believing that she's actually suffering," Diamond theorized, and Vernon nodded in agreement.

It made perfect sense.

Chloe might be careful at first, but after one or two fake tears, that old hag might have influenced Chloe to do her bidding.

But all of this still hadn't answered the main question.

Who informed Dorothea about Vernon's relationship with Chloe?

Diamond and Vernon stared at each other in silence before Diamond started theorizing again, "Maybe someone in the office or in the apartment? They saw Chloe and Mackie quite often."

"That's not possible," Vernon denied. "Vincent never showed Chloe and Mackie's face in public. He kept his married life very private, so nobody knows about the connection between Vincent and Chloe."

"In fact, I think those around us know her more as my lover or wife instead of Vincent's wife," Vernon claimed, and Diamond nodded in agreement this time.

Vincent's refusal to show his family in public indirectly helped Vernon conceal Chloe's identity easier. So that also eliminated the chance of staff knowing about Chloe's identity and told Dorothea about it.

"There must be someone else outside," Diamond said. "Could it be someone you know, Sir? Did you ever tell anyone about Chloe's identity?"

"There is no way, I would--" Vernon paused immediately once he remembered two people who knew about Chloe's identity and her connection with Vincent. "--Wait, you're right. There are two people that know about Chloe's identity; Carlos, my best friend who's the owner of that usual restaurant. And Shailene, that useless-as-fuck psychologist who does nothing other than putting bad ideas in my head. She's also a bitch of an ex."

...

...

"I think we know the culprit already," Diamond said. "I mean, it's still an accusation at this point, but I can guess with at least 80% accuracy that Shailene is the one who told Dorothea about it."

Vernon leaned on his chair. Aside from Carlos and Shailene, he hadn't told anyone about Chloe's identity as Vincent's wife.

Carlos was Vernon's best friend, and they still maintained that relationship. He even told Vernon to be careful because he was fighting against the big wig.

With Carlos off the table, only one person could do this...

"Do you think there is a way for Shailene to get in contact with Dorothea?" Vernon asked.

"I don't know, Sir. Do you want me to find out about it?" Diamond offered.

"Yes, try to find any information about Shailene and all of her clients in New York. I suspect that Dorothea is also one of her clients," Vernon said.

"And what will you do if it's confirmed that Shailene is the one who told Dorothea about this?"

"Oh, I will make sure she will leave New York for good," Vernon said without thinking twice. "Though, I'm yet to think of a good method to do so."

"It's fine, Sir. I will do it for you," Diamond offered. Her eyes darkened as she seemed determined to do so, much to Vernon's surprise.

"Really? You know that it's not a clean job, right? I can give you my resources, but I will not cover for you if you fucked up."

"Don't worry, I want to be the one who kicks her out," Diamond said coldly. "You see, I was thinking that she did a good job to help you, so I thought it'd be wise if I brought Chloe there to get treated for her trauma as well. But if she's proven to be the one who spilled the information to Dorothea, then I have no pity and respect for her. Because she puts everyone's lives in jeopardy for a reason, and I believe that reason must be really petty, judging from your past relationship with her."

"Let me be the one who investigates and punishes her for this, Sir," Diamond said. "I will do a good job, and I will make sure she'll never find us in trouble anymore."

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Vernon was surprised by Diamond's daredevil attitude. He didn't expect her to take the initiative to solve this problem, and he believed there must be a reason for it.

"You're usually not as eager as this," Vernon commented.

"Yes, I have my own reason, Sir," Diamond said. "It's a private matter. But let's just say that she did something I hate the most in this world."

"I see. Well, as long as you did the job, then I have nothing more to ask," Vernon said.

"Consider it done, Sir. I will make sure a nasty woman like her won't be around for long," Diamond said. "Now, please excuse me."

Diamond turned around and walked to the door.

Vernon watched Diamond's back as she was leaving. He was still surprised by Diamond's reaction to this problem. She reacted as if she had a personal beef with Shailene, and what Shailene did actually offended her so much.

'There must be something that I don't know about her,' Vernon thought. 'Well, as long as she gets the job done, then I have nothing to worry about. She is competent.'

Vernon continued working nonstop until his phone suddenly rang. He frowned, and with his eyes still on the laptop, he picked up the call without checking the caller;

-

"Hello?"

"Ah, um… Vernon, it's me…."

Vernon paused for a moment when he heard the sweet voice of his beloved woman. She must've called him using the cable telephone.

​ He abandoned his work immediately and cleared his voice to sound gentler;

"Yes, what is it… Chloe?" Vernon said. He was about to call her 'love,' but he wondered if it would sound too awkward right now.

"What are you doing right now?" Chloe asked.

Vernon thought Chloe was just worried about him, and her concern instantly melted his heart. He was fighting his urge to come home as soon as possible and continued did something fun together.

"I'm just working as always. Why do you ask? Do you miss me already?" Vernon chuckled. "Do you want me to come home earlier?"

"Um, yeah, I want you to come home earlier. You told me that I have to wait until you're home, then we can discuss Mackie's transfer…."

"Oh—" Chloe's answer wiped the grin off Vernon's face. He really thought that Chloe was missing his presence and couldn't wait to meet him.

Turned out it was just Vernon's wishful thinking.

As his expectation was crushed, Vernon's mood also got ruined.

"Alright, I'll go home now. Do you want something for dinner?" Vernon asked nonchalantly.

"Mackie and I already had our dinner, I'll just wait for you," Chloe said before she hung up the call.

Beep.

—

Vernon clicked his tongue. He shouldn't have that kind of expectation that Chloe would act so sweet and spoiled in front of him, though he would be thrilled to see her acting spoiled at least once.

He checked the time and sighed, "I overworked myself again today."

Thus, he stuffed a few important documents and his laptop into his briefcase and walked out of his office.

**

Vernon used his fingerprint to unlock the penthouse door. He looked around to check on Chloe but saw no sign of her around the penthouse.

"Huh, where is she?" Vernon wondered. "Maybe she falls asleep after waiting for too long?"

Vernon tossed his briefcase on the sofa. He went to the kitchen for a glass of water and continued looking around in case Chloe might be sleeping somewhere.

He continued searching until there was only one place where he hadn't checked.

"Wait, don't tell me that she is…."

Vernon started breathing heavily as his fantasy told him that Chloe was in his bedroom, sleeping on his bed, preferably naked.

"Oh fuck!" Vernon felt his cock twitch and quickly swole until his trousers got tight. He rushed to his bedroom, thinking Chloe was waiting for him with only lingerie— or even naked. Both were good choices for him!

Vernon opened the bedroom door and turned on the light, "Chloe—Oh…."

Vernon was disappointed to see his empty bed. He wished a body was hiding under his blanket, like a gift ready to be unwrapped. He would pull the blanket and enjoy his gift after a tiring day at work.

"Heh, what am I thinking anyway? Of course she won't be here after we had such a terrible fight," Vernon said. He sat at the edge of the bed. He took off his suit and threw it on the floor.

He loosened his tie and lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling while contemplating all the shit that went down today.

"Ah, I fucked up badly. I got crazy and shouted at her so many times…." Vernon confessed. "Things would've been handled much better had Chloe told me about Dorothea sooner, though…."

Vernon closed his eyes. He was about to fall asleep due to exhaustion.

As his consciousness slowly drifted away, he heard a click from the door. He opened his eyes instantly, and his eyes met with Chloe, who also had the same startled expression as his.

"Ah— V—Vernon, you came home earlier than I thought," Chloe said. She was wearing pajamas as usual, but that didn't stop Vernon from looking at her. She was the most beautiful woman on earth.

He got up and sat on the bed, staring at Chloe silently as she entered the bedroom and closed the door behind her.

She leaned on the door and asked, "Should we start the discussion now?"

…

Honestly, Vernon didn't like how formally Chloe acted.

She acted as if they were just friends, even though they could call themselves lovers at this point.

Heck, they could call themselves husband and wife, and Vernon would be the first one to celebrate!

"Where have you been?" Vernon asked. "I thought you said that you'll wait for my arrival."

"I'm downstairs. Didn't I tell you today that I won't be going upstairs unless there is something important, it's an agreement we had after our fight, remember?"