Chloe looked at Moriah in shock, wondering where this was coming from. “This is a joke right?”“So you see any clown here?” Moriah replied, her face as cold as steel. It was hard to equate this woman with the same person who was all smiles at the engagement party. Granted, it was only a week ago but the sudden change gave Chloe whiplash.“How can you tell me that?” Chloe sat up, struggling to make sense of this scenario. Even though she might have returned Sean's ring, that didn't mean she wanted to wipe him off her memory forever. “I love Sean.”“Yet you're sitting here without his ring on your finger.” Moriah cooly stated a pointed look at my bare ring finger.Aware of Moriah's scrutiny, she pulled it out of view. “Whatever issues Sean and I are having are ours to face, not yours.”“I'm not trying to meddle but you see…” she stood up from her perched seat, circling Chloe's chair the way a predator would. “The last time I caught Sean in a similar position, I stepped back and allowed
Hastening her steps, Chloe practically ran down the stairs until she got to the third floor. Even then, her heart skipped a beat when she saw a man who had his back to her, looking scarily familiar.With her heart in her mouth, Chloe managed to suck out of sight before he turned.She wasn't sure she could deal with seeing Sean today, not after everything that had happened.The folder Yvonne gave to her was burning a hole in her bag, and as soon as Chloe got into her she whipped it out.Licking her suddenly dry lips, Chloe had a sense of deja vu when she stared at the file.Instinctively, she knew that it had the power to change the trajectory of her life but at the same time, she couldn't help but pry it open.It was similar to a mouse who saw food in a trap but went there nevertheless.Opening the file, her eyes ran over the details not sure whether to be disgusted or stunned at what she was looking at.The first page turned out to be phone records.It showed a call being made from L
Armed with the truth, Sean ran over his lines thinking about how he wanted to plate the truth towards Chloe.When Magnus told him what the security guard said, he only dug deeper.Just like he thought, the entire thing was one big lie. Not only was Amelia's unborn child, not his, but it belonged to a gardener…the man Magnus saw Amelia with was the father of the child.It wasn't surprising but Sean loathed Amelia for the destruction she brought with her false accusations, which was why he was out to set things straight. Hopefully, he could talk Chloe over to his side and they would live happily ever after.“I thought you promised me she would be here!” Sean ground out to the man next to him, tapping his feet on the floor of the car. “We've been out here for over an hour and not once have I seen her!”Mr Pontus, Sean's head of security shifted around nervously as Sean grew more agitated. “Sir, I promise you she's in there.”“So hasn't she come out?” Sean barked, fisting his fingers. He
Chloe turned around slowly, not sure she heard right. “What did you say?”Sean dared to hope. “The baby isn't mine. Amelia has been lying all these while, hoping to drive us apart.”She shook her head. It was a wonder that a man this bright could be so dumb. “You don't get it, do you? Do you honestly think I'm upset about the baby?”Sean's mouth dropped open. His first instinct was to say ‘yes’ but judging by the look on her face, that would be a wrong response. “It isn't?”“Of course not!” Chloe stomped her foot on the ground. “I am mad at you because you hurt me and lied to me. Everything about this relationship has been a lie.” She smiled sadly, her shoulders slumped. “That's what you do. Lie and use people until they're useless to you.”Sean's mouth flapped like a fish. He didn't know what to say. Chloe was spinning this around in another direction entirely. “What? Look, Chloe, I don't know what you're talking about but I would never hurt you and you know it.”Chloe spun around so
Before the confrontation with Sean….Chloe hiked her bag up her chest, peeling off the wet strands of hair that were glued to her cheeks.She resumed her workout sessions as a way to escape her current reality, and for a short amount of time, it worked.But then as soon as she's done, the world comes crashing down around her.It kinda sucks.“Hey, good one today Chloe!” Her trainer, Jackson boomed from the other end of the room, raising his water bottle to her in salute.Chloe returned one of her own before she focused on removing the straps from her knuckles.Hissing as she peeled it off, Chloe took a minute to examine her slightly bruised knuckles. There was a pinkish color, with faint purple marks around the center.The punching bag in front of her didn't dare any better.Punching off her anger wasn't healthy but for now, it was all she got.Bunching her hair up in a ponytail, Chloe reached for her water jug on the bench next to her but before she could take it, someone else swiped
Chloe rolled her left shoulder to get friction and blood flowing. That fucking bastard, Jackson gripped her arm too tight, stopping the blood circulation.Once she was sure that everything was well and good, she drew it back and slammed it into Clement's face.“Ow!” Chloe jumped up, clutching her hand which nearly dislocated from its sockets upon connecting with Clement's jaw.Clement's head snapped to the side, and he heard rather than felt something snap into two. He gingerly touched his jaw, flexing it a bit to be sure nothing was broken before he looked at Chloe.There was murder in her eyes...“Itching to get that one off your system huh?” He smirked, checking for blood. Luckily, there was none.“You're lucky I didn't do more than smack that annoying smirk off your face.” She growled, plopping her ass on the bench. “Don't you want to know why I'm here?” Clement thrust his hands into his pocket.“What I want is for you to get as far away from me as possible, so if that can happen
A slow knock sounded on his door, the sound grating on his nerves. Sean grunted at the door, turning his chair around to stare at the sunsetting.Trying to ignore the world around him for a week, Sean kept getting sucked back into the ever-revolving horror that was his life.Amber took great pride in reminding him just how much he had wrecked his relationship with his girlfriend and then she left.A hollow feeling had settled in his chest since that day.On his desk back home, were several unfinished letters which he addressed to Chloe, hoping that writing his thoughts out loud would be better.Maybe not.Because in the end, Sean couldn't come up with anything that seemed fitting enough.After all, what could he say?Hey, I'm sorry I drove out drunk and accidentally hit your mom's car.Abandoning the letters, Sean tried to reach out to her on her new line but he chickened out before she could pick up the phone.Every day, as Sean urged himself to come to work he was hit with bitternes
Magnus turned around slowly, almost like he was scared of what he would encounter. “Yes?” “Why did you bring this to me?” Sean grabbed the file that was now in disarray. “You could have kept it to yourself, why bother?”“Because you deserve to know the truth.” He shrugged. “Listen, even as an outsider, I'm not going to lie and say that your family dynamic doesn't look a little bit strange because it does, and if the least I could do is provide some answers, then it's fine by me.”Sean stared at the man before him, judging his sincerity. “Okay, fine. You can go.”Before the words were out of his mouth, Magnus had already fled through the door, closing it gently after him.Sean faced his desk once again, his eyes fixed on the papers in front of him.Why?That was the only thing going around in his brain. He tried to make sense of it, but nothing seemed to connect.Sean remembered how supportive Moriah had been from the start.When he worked on Magnolia he solved the court case against