Luke Marshall’s face paled immediately in fright. Before he could say anything to defend himself, the parents around took it up and began whispering to themselves in disbelief. “What did she say? Such a thing happened?” “If a waitress in the hotel really says so, then I bet it’s true.” “What are you two talking about?” “Luke Marshall tried to force himself on a waitress in Pearl Hotel and got blacklisted from the hotel because of it.” “I bet he pleaded guilty in a closed court and agreed to settle, so the hotel wouldn’t leak the news to the public.” “That might actually be true. I heard of this back then. But I didn’t think it was true since the chairman of Pearl Hotel said nothing about it. So it’s really true?” “Obviously. To think I held him in such high esteem before this.” “My daughter is close with his children and I sometimes let her go over to his place to play with them. Someone who does such a thing is likely to do so to children too, right?” “Now that I think of it
“What did you do? How did you do it?” Luke Marshall sputtered when he finally found his tongue. “You didn’t answer my question, Mr. Marshall. Are you a woman beater? Do you beat your wife at home? Is that why she hasn’t said anything about you cheating on her?” Chloe ignored his question and asked instead. The man pointed a finger at her in agitation and said through clenched teeth, “What nonsense are you spouting? I’ve told you not to say anything you’re not sure of. Every word you say could put my reputation in jeopardy!” Chloe narrowed her eyes in confusion “What are you talking about? When did a question become putting your reputation in jeopardy?” Luke parted his lips to say something, but clamped it shut when he realized she was right. After some seconds of being speechless, he whipped out his phone in irritation. “I’m done speaking with a lowly person like you. I will call Levi Cruz and have him fire you.” “Just give me your name. No, keep it. I’ll describe what you look
There was a pin-drop silence in the auditorium as Chloe’s voice echoed through. Luke and the other parents stared at her in confusion. With his eyes pinned on her in disbelief, he took the phone to his mouth and stuttered into it, “A-are you Levi Cruz’s assistant?” Chloe didn’t say anything for several seconds before she said, “Yes.”This time, there was no doubt about it. “You’re Mr. Cruz’s assistant?” A parent stepped forward to ask. “If she’s Levi Cruz’s assistant, doesn’t that mean she wasn’t lying about Luke Marshall forcing himself on that waitress.” “Before we rush into condemning him again, shouldn’t the assistant of Mr. Cruz have a list of blacklisted customers?” “Yes, show it to us so we may believe you are really her and my husband doesn’t have a wrong number.” Chloe didn’t want the situation to drag on longer than it already has, so she just nodded and began tapping away on the screen of her phone. After a whole minute, she beckoned onto the person operating the s
At this point, Luke couldn’t deny it anymore. So as soon as the recording ended, he slowly began retreating backward. However, someone pulled him back by his collar. “What are you doing? Let go of me this instant!” He turned his head to see it was Charles and lashed out at him immediately. “Principal Hutchinson, have you called the police?” Charles ignored him and asked Jordy Hutchinson. Jordy Hutchinson, who was on the call already, nodded and dropped his phone. Almost immediately, the school’s security rushed into the auditorium. As he was dragged away by then, he yelled at Chloe with all his might, “No! I’ll be suing! Pearl Hotel made a deal with me not to leak this to the media, you just breached that agreement so get ready for a lawsuit because I won’t stop until I milk your hotel dry!” Chloe smiled faintly, “No, Mr. Marshall. The person you made a deal with was Mr. Cruz’s former assistant. Mr. Cruz never would’ve taken the deal.” “If you want the agreement you signed back
Pearl Hotel Matilda kept her eyes on the two strangers and Charles who surprisingly joined them to eat thirty minutes ago. Chloe was occupied with feeding Honey, she didn’t remember to introduce Chris and Penelope to her. Ethan remembered, but didn’t want to. Claire was simply too preoccupied with Charles eating at the same table as her family to see the curiousity in her mother’s eyes. At the same time, she couldn’t help, but wonder if Matilda was really right. Charles had no reason to eat with them except he wanted to build a relationship with her family before they got married. Matilda couldn’t hold in her curiosity any longer. She dropped her cutlery noisily, catching everyone’s attention before she asked Charles pointedly, “Mr. Wilkins, have you finally come to ask for Claire’s hand officially?” Charles, who was gulping down a glass of wine, choked on it immediately. Penelope and Chris lowered their face to hide the smile tugging the corners of their lips. “M-mother, stop
Matilda refused to be shamed by him. She threw her face to the side and sneered, “At least it’s better than buying her some cheap looking necklace.” Honey reached to touch the dog tag around her neck gently and raised her eyes to look at Ethan. “I love it, daddy!” Ethan smiled back at her before he raised a brow, “Do you want to know something about this necklace?” She nodded and Ethan leaned closer to her ear. Whatever he told her made her happier because she turned to face him fully and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck. When they disengaged, Chloe reached into her bag for a big rectangular box wrapped in wrapping paper. Honey was about to tear of the wrapping paper when Chloe shook her head. “I want you to open it tomorrow.” Honey was hesitant, but still nodded and dropped it on the table. Claire was still in a mood after finding out the betrothal she thought she had was actually misunderstanding, but she still flashed Honey a warm smile. “Your gift was too big
Chloe finally gave in to him after several seconds of probing his mouth with her tongue. His tongue delved into her mouth, twirling and turning. She tasted like a sweetness that made his head spin. She wrapped her hands around his neck as she kissed him back with so much fervor, eyes closed. After what seemed to be an eternity of biting into marshmallow treats, he moved his lips to her jaw, trailing kisses down her chin before pausing on her neck where he nibbled a little harder until he was sure he left a hickey. He tightened his grip around her waist and ran one up her back and in one swift move, unclasped the hook of her bra. Her eyes snapped open immediately, but she threw her head backward the very next second, a soft moan escaping her lips when he pulled down the hand of her silk night gown and lowered his lips to her breasts. The warmth of his tongue enveloped the pink breast bud, licking and teasing it. He kept at it while his free hand strayed to her other teat, squeezi
Chloe’s eyes fluttered open 8 hours later to see a familiar figure standing rigidly by the side of the bed. It took her a moment before she realized the person was Ethan. The man was holding a white tray which contained a glass of water and milk. When he saw she was awake, he lifted the glass of water and stretched it towards her. However, her eyes went behind him and settled on the clock on the wall. “9:37am! Wh-why? You should’ve woken me! Why didn’t you wake me, Ethan?!” She half-shouted, trying to leave the bed, but quickly stopped when she realized she had no clothes on under the duvet she was under. Ethan stared at her seriously before saying, “Because I didn’t think you’d be fit to work today.” Chloe’s cheeks flushed in embarrassment as the events of last night flooded back to her. She closed her eyes and pressed two fingers against her forehead as if trying to push the memory to the back of her mind. If she wasn’t in a hurry to get to work, she wouldn’t have the heart t