26 She Really Is an Interesting Woman
Chapter 26 She Really Is an Interesting Woman
In the banquet hall, the guests stared in disbelief at the scene playing out on the massive screen.
Curtis‘ eyes widened in shock, confusion, and awe. Although he knew Chloe had previously served in the military and knew a few combat techniques, he’d always assumed they were just flashy moves meant for
show.
Yet moments ago, she’d taken down those two burly men with ease right in front of everyone.
Unlike the others, Brian watched the massive screen with a knowing expression.
Indeed, this woman was very interesting.
The scene from the hotel room appearing on the electronic screen was probably all part of Chloe’s plan.
Her counterattack was clever, bold, and completely unexpected.
If she couldn’t handle something like this, she wouldn’t have deserved to be the former captain of the
Shadow Hawks Special Forces.
Brian’s lips curved into a small smile. William, standing beside him, understood immediately that Brian was in an excellent mood. It seemed his interest in Chloe had only deepened.
At that moment, the hotel staff finally found the room. “It’s Room 1205! They’re in Room 1205!”
Upon hearing this, Curtis dashed out of the banquet hall, with Lena right on his heels.
Sonya looked up at Chloe on the screen, her eyes flashing with resentment. Things had already reached this point, yet she hadn’t expected that Chloe would somehow manage to escape their trap.
Instead, it was the Greens and Sonya who’d ended up at a disadvantage, especially since Curtis‘ secret marriage to Chloe had been revealed.
Sonya now looked like the third party in everyone else’s eyes. The thought made her grit her teeth in bitter
resentment.
“You… you weren’t affected by the aphrodisiac?” Joanne’s panicked voice rang out from the hotel room.
Chloe looked at her coldly. “That’s not what you should be worrying about. What really matters is that everything that happened in this room was caught on camera and broadcast live in the banquet hall.”
“What did you say?” Helen and Joanne gasped.
“I said, everything you did has already been seen and heard by everyone attending the banquet today,” Chloe replied.
She’d deliberately delayed entering the room by half an hour to make final preparations. What she’d originally planned as a precaution ended up proving unexpectedly useful.
“By the way, Curtis is attending the banquet today as well,” Chloe added.
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Joanne’s face went pale instantly.
In other words, everything she’d said in the room, along with her and Helen’s plan, had been publicly
exposed to everyone.
If Chloe was telling the truth, she would never be able to face all those people again, especially since, as
far as she knew, the banquet Curtis attended today was filled with Corvessia’s high–society elites.
Chloe’s actions had made it impossible for Joanne to have any standing in high society from now on.
“You… you’re just trying to scare me. You’re lying!” Joanne cried in panic.
“Am I lying? When Curtis arrives, you can ask him yourself,” Chloe replied calmly. Based on the timing,
Curtis should have already gotten her room number from the hotel staff by now.
Joanne trembled as Helen lunged at Chloe in rage. “You bitch! I’ll tear you apart!”
Chloe smoothly sidestepped Helen’s attack. Helen missed and slammed into a nearby cabinet, screaming
in pain.
At that moment, the door to the room burst open, and Curtis stormed in with several hotel staff members.
Joanne jumped in shock. Her heart sank when Curtis appeared at the door. She wondered if Chloe had
been telling the truth.
Had everything that had happened in the room really been broadcast live to everyone in the banquet hall?
The moment Helen saw Curtis, she scrambled up in panic and rushed to him. “Curtis, you came just in time. That bitch Chlo was cheating on you, and Joanne and I caught her red–handed.
“I only scolded her, but she turned vicious and even laid her hands on me! She’s such a shameless woman! If you don’t divorce her now, then I’ll disown you as my son!”
“Mom!” Curtis cut her off sharply, his face dark with humiliation. “Stop talking. Everyone out there already
saw what happened in this room!”
“What?” Helen froze.
“How… how could anyone have seen it? No, it’s a trick! This is all Chloe’s plan! Curtis, you mustn’t believe
her!”
Curtis‘ chest tightened with bitterness. It wasn’t that he believed Chloe. He believed what he’d just seen
and heard with his own eyes and ears.
On that screen, Helen and Joanne had been nothing like the women he thought he knew. He’d never imagined they would resort to something so cruel and underhanded, scheming to drive Chloe out of his life with nothing.
He lifted his eyes toward Chloe, who stood just a few feet away.
In her deep blue gown, Chloe showed no sign of disarray from the fight. Instead, her sharp and unyielding
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demeanor gave her a commanding presence, making her seem untouchable, like someone far beyond his
reach.
They were married and shared the same bed every night. Yet, in this moment, the space between them felt impossibly wide, so much so that he didn’t even dare to take a single step toward her.
“Yes, Curtis, it was all Chloe’s plan! She deliberately lured me and Mom here to catch her cheating, just to
frame us!
“You can’t believe her–this is all her scheme!” Joanne finally snapped back to her senses and desperately
tried to throw all the blame onto Chloe.
Chloe’s lips curved into a mocking smile as she met Curtis‘ gaze. She wanted to see what he would do now that things had come to this point.
“Curtis, you’re not going to take her side over me and Mom, are you? We’re your family!” Joanne pressed, growing uneasy at his silence.
Helen added quickly, “I gave birth to you, Curtis! How could you doubt me and believe this outsider? Have someone seize Chloe right now. She attacked me just moments ago. I’ll call the police and sue her!”
Helen’s fury boiled over. Emboldened by Curtis‘ presence, she lunged forward, ready to strike Chloe, but
Curtis yanked her back.
“Enough, Mom! Joanne! How much more embarrassment are you going to cause me?” Curtis roared.
A sudden, crushing wave of shame struck Curtis as he met Chloe’s cold gaze. It was as if the ground had
vanished beneath him.
But he felt even more powerless when he saw that Helen and Joanne didn’t show even an ounce of remorse. Instead, they kept piling false accusations onto Chloe.
“Fine, you want to call the police? Don’t bother–I already did!” Lena’s voice rang out as she stormed into
the room.
She shot Helen a glare, then rushed to Chloe’s side. “Are you okay? Did they hurt you?”
“I’m fine,” Chloe reassured her softly.
But in truth, she wasn’t entirely unscathed. The two men had released that knockout smoke in the room
earlier.
Though she’d sensed it and tried to avoid it, she’d still inhaled a few breaths. Yet, her body had been conditioned by resistance training in the past, so those few breaths of knockout smoke weren’t enough to take her down. She could still hold her ground.
Hearing her words, Joanne’s face drained of color as she stared at Lena. “You… you called the police?”
Helen might not have grasped how serious that was, but Joanne understood all too well.
If the police actually got involved, it would prove that she and Helen had set Chloe up. A scandal would
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erupt, and they would be the ones facing the legal consequences.
“How could you call the police?” Joanne snapped, her voice shrill with panic.
“After what you’ve done to my friend, how could I not?” Lena shot back, her face tight with fury.
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“I think it would be better to tell the police that this was just a misunderstanding,” Sonya said smoothly as she arrived, stepping quickly to Curtis‘ side.
“After all, this is still the Green family’s private matter. It hasn’t gone so far that the police need to be involved. Don’t you agree, Curtis?”
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