Ch. 676..680: Divorced My Scum Husband, Married His Evil brother Chapter 676-680
Chapter 676
"Are you done with everything?" Diamond asked one of the henchmen who had spent a long time in the morgue. She leaned on the wall, writing a memo on her phone while waiting for the report.
"Everything has been taken care of, Miss. We've stuffed that old woman's body into a body bag, and also cleaned those six men she brought."
"What kind of clean up?"
"Mr. Phoenix Gray told me not to kill them as it was unnecessary and it'd be a pain to handle their bodies, so he told me to keep them locked in an abandoned house and intimidate them."
"Yes, intimidate and threaten them, break them enough so they won't dare to talk about their experience in this morgue," Diamond said coldly. "You can go now, I will handle the cremation. The payment for all of you will be sent in a week."
"Thank you so much, Miss."
The man excused himself and left Diamond alone. Diamond stared at the snowfall that would turn into a snowstorm soon, it was a very cold day, and nobody was around the hospital corridor. So it was a perfect time to execute something like kidnapping… or murder.
Diamond entered the morgue and saw two bodies on the body trays. One was zipped until Diamond couldn't see her face, but she had already guessed the identity.
While the other one was Maria's corpse. She looked pale, and the strangulation caused by Chloe created an obvious wound on her neck. Diamond unzipped her body bag to check her chest and noticed a big wound right under her chest. It seemed the man executed her by punching her liver until it burst inside.
"Look at you, old bitch. Died because of your own stupid mistake. Bet you didn't expect that Chloe could fight back," Diamond scoffed. "Well, that's understandable. You literally abandoned your family, your husband, son, daughter to devote yourself to Vaughn. You don't know the concept of motherly love, because no mother would abandon her children like that."
"But it's okay, everyone has something they're lacking, and for you, Maria, you lacked something called conscience," Diamond said coldly. "Have fun in hell, I hope you rot inside that place forever. Though, before you can enter hell, you will enter the sewer first, hahahahah!"
After having a good laugh, Diamond zipped the body bag until it covered Maria's face completely and then left the morgue.
She strutted towards the hospital front desk. The woman on the desk was so pale that she was no different from the bodies inside the morgue.
She flinched when she saw Diamond standing in front of her. Of course, she knew the identity of this beautiful woman. She was Mr. Phoenix Gray's secretary and equally dangerous, "M—May I help you with something, Miss?"
"First of all, I want to know how there could be someone waiting to ambush Mrs. Phoenix Gray in the Morgue," Diamond said. Her eyes peered at the front desk. "Did you receive a payment from her?"
"N—Not me, Miss! I don't know who's the one who gave them permission to enter the morgue. There are so many people in this hospital, they might as well have come disguised as a patient visitor and sneaked to the morgue."
Though Diamond wasn't satisfied, she knew she wouldn't find the culprit like this. There were so many possibilities as to how Maria could enter this hospital, so Diamond decided to drop the question instead.
"Fine, it's indeed difficult to track everyone here," Diamond said. "Anyway, I'm here to sign the documents to cremate the body of Judith Carlson and that old woman, her name is Maria."
"Mr. Phoenix Gray already told me about the cremation of both of them before," the front desk said. She leaned forward to whisper because she didn't want to get caught, even though they were literally in the hospital with nobody around since there was a snowstorm outside.
"But Miss, what about that old woman? Would there be anyone who might search for her?"
"No," Diamond replied without hesitation. "That old woman has no family. She is a crazy old lady who wants to hurt Mrs. Phoenix Gray. Don't worry about it, you can always call me if there's someone searching for her, though it's very unlikely."
After getting Diamond's number, the woman was assured, "Alright, Miss. I will handle the cremation documents and process them. The process takes about ten hours for two bodies, so we can send the urn in about ten days. The process of sending the urn takes that long because we'll have a few breaks during Christmas and New Year."
Diamond nodded, "Don't forget to send both of them, and name them properly. Give them different kinds of urn."
"Different kind of urn?"
"Yes, give a proper urn for Judith Carlson's ashes," Diamond said. "And for the other one… put it in a dollar store bottle or something, I don't really care as long as the ashes are contained inside."
"Y—Yes, Miss, I understand."
Diamond signed a few documents before finishing the process and rushed to her car because the snowstorm was getting heavier.
"Phew, this is an exhausting morning. I want to just go back to my apartment and rewatch Legally Blonde with a bag of popcorn and cot cocoa," Diamond complained. "But still, I'm very happy for my homegirl. She has the strength to fight back when her daughter is threatened. She is truly a mother who will do everything for her daughter."
"And now that old bitch is dead, we're getting close to ending it all," Diamond muttered with a big smile. "I can't wait to attend their wedding and wear my purple dress as Chloe's bridesmaid. I hope they're doing a private wedding though, I don't want to waste my time meeting with unknown people."
Diamond texted her boss right after she started the engine to heat her car first.
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To: Mr. Phoenix Gray.
Sir, I've handled everything. It'll take ten days for you to get those urns and don't worry about the Paparazzi and news outlets. They will gather around the NYC police department tomorrow morning.
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Chapter 677
Diamond got a text back from her boss not long after;
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From: Mr. Phoenix Gray
Good, I'm going to have a conversation with Vincent's ex-slut. Don't worry. I got it all covered from now.
You can go back to your home and rest, Diamond.
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"Vincent's ex-slut?" Diamond's eyes peered suspiciously. She tried to remember all of Vincent's ex-slut, since she had gathered that information before.
None of them had an important background. Most of them were just a bunch of beautiful, young, white girls around Diamond's age that came to New York with a big dream of becoming something.
But they ended up broke and desperate after a while.
Of course, the idea of becoming Vincent Gray's woman was a dream come true. Who wouldn't want a rich and handsome sugar daddy, after all?
"Hmm, none of them are important enough, but Priscilla is the longest to stay with him. She's been with Vincent for seven years. He picked her up since she was a freshman in university and basically banged her for seven years, giving all the promises that everything would be alright and he would divorce Chloe and marry Priscilla," Diamond recalled. "Well, who would've expected that you cannot take a man's word for granted, and she got ditched instead?"
"But, I don't think Mr. Phoenix Gray will meet her, no way, right?" Diamond asked herself. "What's the point of meeting Priscilla? Vincent ditched her already, and Vincent will never take something that he already ditched."
Diamond didn't know what was going on in her Boss' mind, but all she could do was trust that he made the best judgment, "Oh well, I'll just pray that he doesn't screw things up. We're so close to getting Chloe's freedom, I will do my best for her."
**
Meanwhile, Vernon parked his car in the parking lot of a Walmart. He already promised to meet that woman in person and private while on her lunch break.
Vernon was surprised when she told him about her new workplace. It was quite funny because she actually believed that she would become the next Mrs. Gray, while in actuality, she was just one of Vincent's used condoms. She might stay the longest, but she could stay that long as his main condom because Vincent was too happy screwing over Chloe's life, so he didn't care which woman was on his side as long as Chloe was locked inside the house forever.
Vernon leaned his head on the car window, staring at the snowstorm in front of him and wondering, "She—and many other young women, don't realize there is a big reason why Vincent hasn't divorced Chloe yet despite his constant bullying and cold behavior towards her."
"Vincent is very similar to our late Dad. He likes seeing women he love becoming hysterical and acting mad, so he would always be the one in control," Vernon said. Naturally, he also knew what Vaughn did to Dorothea when he was just a kid.
Vaughn beat Dorothea many times and laughed at her each time she turned hysterical. Vaughn would taunt Dorothea until she became half crazy, just to make sure that Dorothea was in check.
So Dorothea fought all of her husband's torment by drinking excessively and taking drugs when she was young.
How did Vernon know all of this?
Well, because he witnessed everything right in front of his eyes. Though Vaughn was decent enough not to exhibit his sex scene with other women in front of Dorothea, he didn't even hesitate to beat Dorothea in front of Vernon before.
Of course, Vernon did nothing back then. He didn't even try defending Dorothea back then because he hated his mother.
Dorothea unleashed her fury and frustration at him, beating him with whatever bottle of alcohol she had in her hand. So Vernon thought this was a little revenge for what she did to him. It was a punishment for his bad mother because now she was beaten by the devil, aka his Dad.
That was why he had a hard time accepting Dorothea despite the old woman's efforts.
Because in Vernon's childhood memory, Dorothea was an even bigger monster than Vaughn. Vaughn tormented him as well, but he never hit him, unlike Dorothea, who unleashed everything on him.
As he grew older, he knew that Dorothea was in too much depression because of Vaughn.
He also knew that he was the product of a rape.
Vaughn raped Dorothea despite her refusal and cry for help, and Dorothea ended up hating him once he was born.
It was all coming together like pieces of a puzzle.
But it was still too hard to erase his resentment towards his mother.
"It was hell," Vernon murmured. "I was living in hell for so long. I can't believe I turned all right after that. Thanks to Chloe, of course."
Vernon knew that he kept reminiscing about the past. But that past was what shaped him now.
Before meeting with Chloe, he thought he was destined to live in hell. His heart was so cold and dead. No matter how many smiles he threw at every party the Gray family held, the Young Master of the Gray family never saw them as family. He saw everyone in those parties as pigs he could slaughter once he got older because everyone in his family deserved to rot in hell for all the bad things they did.
Until he met Chloe.
Everything about her was beautiful. Not only her face but her heart was truly a beauty that you would never find anywhere else.
Thus, Vernon wanted her. He wanted her so badly that he didn't care if he had overstepped his boundary because Chloe was already Vincent's fiancé. All he cared about was that he had to obtain Chloe's love, so they would be together.
He knew he'd go insane without Chloe by his side.
'Which I did,' Vernon admitted. 'I did go insane for ten years of her absence. So I will do absolutely everything for her to stay with me.
Chapter 678
Knock. Knock.
Vernon snapped out of his daze once he heard a knock on his car window.
Knock. Knock.
"Hello? Can I come in now? It's literally freezing here!"
Vernon unlocked the door, and the woman he was supposed to meet sat on the passenger seat, complaining as she tried to wipe the snow off her coat, "Geez, what took you so long to unlock the door? This winter coat is so expensive, I can't afford to replace it if it's ruined!"
Vernon stared at the woman sitting next to him for a while. A lot changed after she got ditched by Vincent.
First, she looked unkempt now.
She still had the beauty Vincent would love but looked haggard and old. She was probably under too much stress, and working in Walmart to make ends meet wasn't the most comfortable job either.
'Hm... I'll have to send her money for a treatment. She needs to be absolutely stunning in front of Vincent,' Vernon thought.
Second, she was wearing shabby apparel from head to toe. She called an old Versace coat 'expensive,' which was ridiculous for Vernon because he knew how much money Vincent spent on her.
She would never be this broke if she was smart with her money. She could invest that money and live off of the dividend.
But Vernon knew she was so hellbent on becoming the next Mrs. Gray, replacing Chloe, because she thought that Vincent was ready to ditch Chloe for this woman.
Third, she was desperate enough to accept contact from her former lover's brother just to get in touch with Vincent again, even though Vincent already hated her guts.
So this proves one thing.
'This woman wants Vincent more than the status. She might want the status at first to cement their relationship, but it was obvious that she was obsessed with Vincent.
'I don't know what she sees in him. But that's all I need to know, so I can exploit her for my plan to weaken my big bro even more,' Vernon thought.
"Long time no see, Priscilla," Vernon initiated the conversation between them.
Priscilla smiled at Vernon with a perverted gaze. She was ogling his strong body and handsome face and couldn't help but get awed, "Good afternoon, handsome. It's been a long time since the last time I saw you, and you've become even more handsome than before, Mr. Phoenix Gray."
"Do you know why I contacted you before?" Vernon asked.
"No clue, but if I may guess, could it be that you're interested in me?" Priscilla asked back with a seductive smile that didn't even work at Vernon. She leaned closer and ran her finger on his strong chest. "I mean, I love your Big brother more, but since he doesn't want me anymore, then you could. You have a bit of similarity to him and you have a stronger body too, that's a plus!"
Vernon wasn't all that offended by her words. It just proved his theory that Priscilla was actually obsessed with Vincent.
"I'm here to give you a very tempting offer, Priscilla," Vernon said.
"A tempting offer? Like a job?" Priscilla asked.
"Yes."
"Oh, yes! Please give me a job!" Priscilla said happily. She glanced at the Walmart building across the parking lot and rolled her eyes, "Working with those sad people is not good for my skin. It makes me look ugly, just like them."
"Hahah, you will be quite happy with the job that I'm about to give you," Vernon said. "And this involves Vincent."
"Vincent?!" Priscilla's eyes widened. There was excitement and sadness mixed together in her heart. "D—Did Vincent tell you that he will take me back? Oh My God! I can finally have him back!"
"Well, my Big brother hasn't said a thing about you after you left. But I can help you get a job as his secretary, just like your time when you were his personal secretary for seven years straight," Vernon said. "Not only that, I will give you that job as his personal assistant permanently."
"Permanently? Does that mean he won't be able to kick me out just like before?"
"Yes, even better than that, you can finally be Mrs. Gray," Vernon said. "But you need to do what I told you to do. We have the same method that will help to achieve our different goal."
Priscilla was completely engrossed with the idea of becoming Mrs. Priscilla Gray.
After the viral video of that ugly lady calling herself Vincent's future wife and the video of Chloe's new glamorous look, Priscilla was determined to get what she wanted.
No more waiting.
She had to do something, or else Vincent would never be hers.
"Tell me what should I do then, as long as I can get Vincent in the end, then I will do anything!" Priscilla said without hesitation.
'And just like that, the rat king enters my trap,' Vernon said in his heart, trying his best not to laugh joyfully.
"Come here, let me whisper the idea to you," Vernon instructed.
Priscilla leaned forward and tilted her ear towards him, waiting for the instruction that would change her life forever.
She listened attentively. Her expression changed from curiosity to shock, understanding, and eagerness. She nodded repeatedly as Vernon kept on whispering the plan he had in mind.
After he told her everything, he said, "That's my plan. Isn't that beneficial for both of us? You get what you want, and I get what I want."
"Yes, it's a perfect plan!" Priscilla said. "But you have to help fund me first! I don't want to go back to the Gray company looking so shabby like this. I don't think Vincent will like me if I'm not beautiful enough."
"Oh, don't worry about that. I will give you all the funding you need so you will look stunning," Vernon said. "Just remember that my Big bro is in a bad shape right now. He might not like you at first, but if you keep being around him, then he will eventually get used to your presence. Remember, don't be swayed by that, that's just the first step of our plan."
"Yes, Boss. I understand!"
Chapter 679
"Good, you need to look perfect in front of him, I will give you the money to help yourself for now," Vernon said. He took a big and thick envelope from his dashboard and handed it to Priscilla. "This envelope has fifty thousand dollars. This should be enough to give you a proper treatment so you'd look amazing, and should be enough for you to last a month. I want you to quit your job in Walmart, make yourself glamorous, and I'll pick you up again in mid January and you should be ready by then."
"Sure thing, Mr. Phoenix Gray," Priscilla nodded. She snatched that envelope from Vernon's hand and checked the inside, ensuring that Vernon didn't lie when he said fifty thousand dollars were inside.
Priscilla's eyes brightened when she saw the money. It had been a while since she had so much. She couldn't wait to waste it all to buy some good Christian Louboutin or at least a new Prada and Gucci bag. She also wanted to use it to get proper facial and body treatments.
"Oh my god, thank you so much, Mr. Phoenix Gray! I will make sure to look fantastic by mid January!" Priscilla exclaimed as she couldn't wait to rub her face with all of these dollar bills!
Seeing Priscilla's eyes glimmering with excitement, Vernon couldn't help to sneer, 'What a gold digger. She's the true definition of a gold digger, and her obsession with Vincent plus his money is a great way to exploit her.'
"You can leave now, don't forget not to get swayed by fifty thousand dollars. By the time the mission ends, I can give you millions of dollars," Vernon warned.
"Sure thing, Sir! I will try my best!"
Priscilla finally left the car. She stuffed the envelope full of money inside her winter coat and went home immediately.
Vernon let out a relieved sigh and stared at the snowstorm again. He felt at ease knowing he was about to destroy his Big Brother and make Chloe officially his.
"I will marry her by the time she gets her official divorce paper, I will make sure that Vincent won't be able to destroy my happy ending," Vernon murmured.
He couldn't help to show a malicious grin as he thought of how that wretched family will burn down to ashes.
"Whatever, Gray family and all of the branch families should be burned in hell. Everyone in that family is degenerate, and I refused to be one of those bastards."
**
Vincent grunted as he slowly opened his eyes the next day. He woke up feeling groggy, and his mind was still in chaos, even after trying his best to ignore the anxiety in his heart.
He had a sleepless night because he kept calling Maria from the evening until late at night. He didn't remember how many missed calls he had made last night as he began to get desperate, wanting to ask Maria if there was any progress regarding Chloe or Vernon. He couldn't wait to crush them both for their betrayal.
"Where is that old witch anyway?" Vincent asked as he sat on his bed.
As usual, he was greeted by the wedding photo of Chloe and himself. Chloe was still smiling in that photo. She looked so gorgeous, which infuriated Vincent even more.
"Why are you smiling like that? Are you happy that I'm suffering because of you right now?" Vincent asked Chloe in the picture. "You should be ashamed that you've made me like this. Why are you running away when we're already a husband and wife? Do you not realize that you are my property the moment we exchanged our vows? You fucking bitch, you only run away because you think I'm not good enough, right?"
…
Of course, there was no answer, but Vincent was at least a little satisfied having to curse at his whore wife every morning. Cursing, beating, and humiliating Chloe was his favorite thing to do back then. He didn't know what happened to him that made him weak to the point that he couldn't even catch one stupid woman who could only cry and beg for her life.
"I need to focus," Vincent said. "I can't wait any longer. I have to contact Maria and find Chloe as soon as possible, alongside teaching my little brother to be obedient. Everything has gotten out of control."
Vernon checked his phone to see if he got any text back from Maria. That old woman was usually very responsive, so it was weird not to get any news from her for 24 hours.
"Damn, still no news from her," Vincent cursed. He called Maria, and again, there was no answer. It seemed that her phone was inactive for some reason.
"Where is she right now? In my last conversation with her, she told me that she would handle Chloe, so she should've returned with that bitch tied up or at least with a clue about the identity of Chloe's benefactor.
But nope.
Zero.
There was nothing in his phone except many pesky shareholders demanding an explanation of the stock going downhill and crisis everywhere within the company and its remaining partners.
He didn't care about those, at least not now. Because he knew that everything would be solved, and he'd return to his normal self the moment he got his Chloe back.
"Maybe I should find her in her apartment," Vincent wondered. "But I doubt she'll be in the same apartment. She always switches around to avoid detection from her enemy in and outside of Gray company."
"Argh, this is frustrating. I'll just have my breakfast first before thinking about this," Vincent grumbled. He used his home telephone to call one maid to bring him his breakfast.
The maid entered his bedroom with a tray full of breakfast and served it on the bed.
Vincent nodded and told the maid to leave, but the maid stood still for a moment, hesitating as if she was holding back not telling something.
"Say it," Vincent ordered as he sipped his morning coffee.
"Um, Master Gray, the head maid told me that you should check the TV, any channel with morning news in it."
Chapter 680
"Um, Master Gray, the head maid told me that you should check the TV, any channel with morning news in it," the maid said. "She said that you are the main topic of today's news, and people on the internet are talking about you again."
"Is it about the news from the internet again? The video of my wife and her ugly sister fighting? Or is it about the lipstick advertisement that becomes the butt of a joke in social media?" Vincent guessed. "I know both of them already, stop bothering me with useless stuff. Now scream!"
"N—No, Master. There is other news from you, and this is bad news," the maid said. "As in, a terrible one that might destroy your company's reputation completely."
Vincent frowned. He told the maid to leave and grabbed the tv remote.
He turned on a random channel with the morning news, and the first thing he heard from the news anchor was.
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"Do you think there is a correlation between this crazy lady and Vincent Gray?She is a cruel lady who has murdered her old, frail mother and threatened to kill her four sons, and she said it was because Vincent promised her a hand-in marriage in exchange for murdering her entire family."
The other news anchor beside her nodded, "There is not enough proof about that. This lady has been diagnosed as mentally unstable, she might be having a delusion that Vincent Gray is going to marry her, maybe she never met him in real life, right?"
"I found that to be quite impossible, Harold," the lady replied. "There is an investigation going on, and it is reported that the woman is actually related to Vincent Gray. She happens to be Vincent Gray's sister-in-law. So there is a possibility that Chelsea Davis might be in love or obsessed with Vincent Gray for so long, and Vincent used her obsession to kill Chelsea's family."
"But why would he do that? There is no reason for a kind man like Vincent Gray to kill an entire family consisting of an old woman and four little boys, right?"
"Oh, there is a reason," the lady said. "The police report said that Chelsea Davis' kids are now safe with Vincent Gray's wife, Chloe. She took the kids with her based on the request from the oldest boy, it seems that she is the only one whom the boys trust."
"Oh, does that mean those poor boys are with Vincent Gray and his wife now?"
"No, apparently, Miss Chloe told the police officer that she is already separating from Vincent. But they're not divorced yet, so there is a possibility that Vincent must've been so angry at his wife who left him, that's why he targeted his wife's family as revenge."
"How could that be? Vincent Gray is a kind man that—"
"ARGGHH!! SHUT UP!!!" Vincent threw the remote to the screen as hard as he could until the screen cracked in the middle. He was astonished for a while by the talk on the TV just now, and his shock turned into fury after knowing that someone had already spilled the news to the news reporters.
Of course, those hungry hyenas wouldn't miss a chance to get the story of the month. The murder that Chelsea Davis committed became an instant hot topic everywhere because it involved a crazy woman who killed her mother and almost killed her four children and her connection with the powerful billionaire Vincent Gray and his wife.
He also didn't expect that Chloe was the one who took the boys. He really thought that she would be in hiding for a long time because she was too scared to get caught by Vincent or Maria.
"THAT BITCH MUST'VE TOLD EVERYTHING TO THE POLICE!" Vincent yelled. He darted his red eyes at the wedding picture of Chloe on the wall. "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO YOUR OWN HUSBAND? YOU TRAITOR! YOU CHEATING WHORE!"
Vincent grabbed the wedding picture hanging on top of the TV and threw it to the wall until the frame was broken and the glass shattered. His chest rose up and down as he tried to calm himself to no avail.
He was so angry at Chloe for stepping up and tried to send Vincent to jail. It was obvious that Chloe wanted revenge against Vincent.
"After everything I did for you, this is how you repay me?! YOU UNGRATEFUL LOWLIFE!" Vincent screamed at the top of his lungs. His mind went blank, and he thrashed everything in his bedroom to vent his anger at Chloe.
After he raged for a while, his phone suddenly rang again. He rushed to grab his phone and check the caller, hoping that it might be Maria who had a good plan to handle this bad press. But after seeing the caller was actually one of his most important shareholders, Vincent decided to smash his phone as hard as he could to the ground, and the phone's screen was destroyed in the process.
Thus, Vincent wasted the whole morning exhausting his energy by destroying everything he could see, and after he was too tired to rage out, he decided to sit on the toilet for a long time, thinking of a way out.
But his mind was too chaotic right now. He kept thinking of Chloe and how that sweet woman he knew when he was young turned out to be a snake that would hurt him like this.
"Why are you betraying me like this, Chloe?" Vincent asked. His voice was trembling as he tried to control his sadness and disappointment. "Why are you hurting me? You should be by my side with no questions. You're supposed to accept me for who I am, why are you running away and ruining my name in public? Do you not know how important my reputation is?"
Vincent lowered his head defeatedly.
Since there was no way out of this problem, he could only calm those shareholders first so they wouldn't leave the company because their investment was very valuable.