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It was Allen!
Chloe stared at the people standing a distance away. Behind Allen stood other military officers, Jenna and Walter’s old field comrades, as well as two rows of soldiers in uniform.
The soldiers moved in unison, stern expressions on their faces.
The waiting hall quietened down in an instant as everyone stared at the uniformed soldiers in
bewilderment.
Tears welled in Chloe’s eyes.
She hadn’t felt like crying earlier when Sonya was causing her trouble, nor when she was being struck by
the stun batons.
Yet now, she felt an overwhelming urge to cry.
Chloe knew that Allen and all the soldiers present were there to see Jenna and Walter off.
The security guards set their stun batons down, not daring to do anything further.
As Chloe gazed at the row of soldiers, she recalled how she’d made a vow back when she was in the
military to never do anything unlawful.
She swallowed the hatred boiling in her chest and lifted her foot from Sonya. Snapping a couple of
Sonya’s ribs and injuring her would certainly help Chloe vent her anger. But Sonya wasn’t worth Chloe
committing a crime for.
Sonya scrambled to her feet and hissed out, “I’m going to sue you, Chloe Quall!”
“I’ll sue you first!” Lena ran over from the side. “Chloe wouldn’t have been attacked by the airport security
or gotten electroshocked if it weren’t for you!”
“Electroshocked ?” Allen’s expression darkened as he looked at the stun batons in the security guards‘
hands. “How… How dare you attack Chloe with those? Chloe is a retired military veteran who fought for us! Her parents are war heroes who died in service to the country! How could you do such a thing to her?”
Allen’s voice rang out through the hall, shocking everyone present.
This woman’s parents were war heroes? Did that mean that the urn she was carrying contained said heroes‘ ashes? Was she really a military veteran who’d served the country?
The security guards exchanged uneasy glances, uncertain what to do.
Meanwhile, Sonya was in disbelief.
Were Chloe’s parents really war heroes? But Curtis had never mentioned it to Sonya!
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“Curtis…” Sonya turned to look at Curtis, who stood by her side. To her surprise, he was staring ahead in
shock.
He was staring right at Chloe.
It was as if Curtis had eyes for no one else but Chloe. He hadn’t even heard Sonya when she’d called his
name.
Bitter jealousy flared in Sonya’s eyes.
As for Curtis, he was more shocked than anyone else present right now. Only now did he see that Chloe
had been telling the truth.
Chloe’s parents really had been war heroes who’d sacrificed themselves for their country!
Curtis couldn’t imagine what state of mind Chloe had been in when she’d asked him to retrieve her
parents‘ ashes with her. Yet he’d…
Curtis felt all the more guilty for what he’d done now. He still remembered how harsh Helen had been to
Chloe when the latter had returned to the villa with her parents‘ urn.
Even though Jenna and Walter had died as war heroes, they still hadn’t been able to rest in peace in their daughter’s own home.
Curtis wanted to hit himself in the face so hard right now!
Just then, several officers from AeroQuest Airlines‘ top management hurried over. “There you are, Mr.
Jackman. Oh, Ms. Quall, who are…”
The officers were taken aback upon seeing how angry Allen was as well as the situation Chloe was in
right now.
“I would like to know why Chloe was attacked by several of your airport’s security guards for just having
that urn on her!” Allen snapped.
The officers shared a look. In the end, it was the PR department director who spoke up, saying, “Someone please tell me what is going on here!”
The bystanders shared looks with one another before they all turned to Sonya. Sonya had no choice but to grit out, “I requested to inspect the urn Chloe was holding on suspicion of illegal substances.
But Chloe refused to cooperate, so I ordered the security guards to come and help.”
“What a bloody good idea!” Allen exclaimed angrily. The soldiers standing behind him looked angry as well.
“I was only concerned for the flight crew and passengers‘ safety. What if the urn hadn’t contained ashes but some contraband or a bomb instead? The entire plane would’ve been in jeopardy!” Sonya lied.
“But I’ve already made my declaration to the airline. You could’ve easily verified the declaration, yet you refused. Instead, you insisted on confiscating this urn for inspection. What kind of logic is that?” Chloe
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said, glaring coldly at Sonya.
“I… I just wanted to be extra careful and do the inspection,” Sonya continued, lying through her teeth.
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“So what you’re telling me is that as long as a captain wants to, they can perform an arbitrary inspection irrespective of the fact that said item is an urn containing the ashes of fallen soldiers? Or even seize it by force?” Allen said coldly.
“I had no idea the urn contained the ashes of war heroes!” Sonya exclaimed.
Lena shoved the guards holding her back away and cried out, “I clearly yelled out that there were war heroes‘ ashes in the urn! But what did you do in response? You ordered the guards to hurry up and seize it!
”
Sonya grew pale in the face. Meanwhile, the soldiers behind Allen shot angrier glares at Sonya.
The officers from the airline’s top management grew incredibly upset upon hearing this. How could Sonya, who prided herself on being poised and capable, do something so reckless?
The deputy CEO even said promptly, “If you ask me, I’d say Ms. Miller isn’t suitable to be piloting any aircraft for the time being. Have someone replace her right away!”
“Yes, sir!” someone answered from beside the deputy CEO and swiftly made a call to another candidate.
Sonya’s face grew paler than before as she swayed on her feet. She would’ve fallen onto the floor if Curtis
hadn’t caught her in time.
No!
If Sonya were removed from her post right now, it would affect any future chance she had of getting further promotions.
“What do I do now? I can’t be demoted. Please help me, Curtis!” Sonya grabbed onto Curtis as if he were a
life raft while she drowned in fear.
Curtis gazed at Sonya, feeling indignant as he saw Sonya’s usually proud and composed face now frightfully pale.
Curtis pitied Sonya and couldn’t help but speak up for her. “Chloe, why don’t you forgive Sonya just this once? Stripping her of her post is too harsh on her! You’ve already vented out your anger on Sonya by kicking her earlier-”
Allen looked at Curtis in disdain. “Didn’t you and Chloe get divorced? What right do you have to say those things right now?”
“–”
Chloe cut Curtis off before he could continue.
“You didn’t so much as utter a word earlier when I was being attacked, Curtis. Yet the moment Sonya is affected in the slightest, you stand up for her. I told you before–you no longer have the right to talk to me
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about these things!”
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“Chloe, please just forgive Sonya this once on account of our three years‘ of marriage!” Curtis pleaded.
Even though he knew Sonya was in the wrong here, he had no choice but to help her. Sonya was the one
who’d saved his life, after all.
Chloe suddenly burst into laughter, though there were tears in her eyes. Any regret at all she’d felt for their loveless marriage was now gone.
“You wouldn’t be alive here and saying these things to me today if I hadn’t rescued you from that river
after you suffered those eight stab wounds! You’re a fucking bastard, Curtis Green!”
