Free Web NovelChapter 337: Chapter 337: A Devastating Blow to the Official Career
Fiona Vaughn looked at Chloe Alden’s tear-streaked face with disdain, feeling disgusted by her bedraggled appearance.
She couldn’t muster any sympathy for the fool, but still wore a gentle and extremely concerned expression.
"Chloe, don’t be afraid. Katherine North is just a gold digger at heart. I sold the Vacheron Constantin watch you gave me for 300,000, and she agreed after hesitating for just ten minutes. You know, since I was in a rush to sell, I couldn’t get a high price..."
For someone like Fiona Vaughn with connections, the nearly brand-new limited edition watch actually sold for 1,100,000, but she couldn’t possibly tell Chloe Alden this and instead feigned consolation.
Naturally, Chloe Alden didn’t notice the strangeness in it all.
She cried even more intensely.
"Re... really? That’s great, I can finally get out of this damn cell."
Fiona Vaughn really couldn’t stand Chloe Alden crying and trying to touch her with dirty, tear-stained hands, so she quickly took a wet wipe from her makeup bag and handed it to Chloe Alden.
"Wipe yourself. You’re the eldest daughter of the Alden family; you should maintain your dignity."
The eldest daughter of the Alden family...
Chloe Alden instinctively took the tissue, but her beautiful eyes were dazed. Though she had always been arrogant and brash, the cold treatment in the detention center made her secretly realize something was wrong.
If it had been during her father’s prime, these petty guards would never dare serve her cold tea and leftovers.
They definitely wouldn’t have detained her in such a run-down place.
"Fiona, tell me honestly, has my family’s business suffered... a significant setback..."
Chloe Alden’s eyes welled with tears, and as she spoke, a barely controllable anger flashed in her beautiful eyes!
"It’s all because of Cecilia Vaughn! If it weren’t for her bewitching Mr. Law, how could President Law ever help her to go against our family?"
Fiona Vaughn glanced coolly at Chloe Alden.
"Not completely wiped out... but the severe blow is real..."
Fiona Vaughn considered herself an outsider now, but in the past, to please Chloe Alden, she had also bought some shares of Serene International.
Although it wasn’t much, after this sharp drop in stock, Fiona Vaughn was also heartbroken!
Hearing this, Chloe Alden felt completely overwhelmed. She shakily took out the phone that had just been returned to her and immediately saw a string of text messages and missed calls.
All were from her father, Victor Alden, and her mother, Mrs. Alden.
Just as Fiona Vaughn had said, in just twenty hours from yesterday until now, her family’s publicly listed company assets were visibly shrinking at an alarming rate!
And all of this originated from just one casual remark by Adrian Law!
Chloe Alden dug her nails into her palms, exuding an almost frantic aura.
"No... how did it come to this! I want to settle the score with that woman Cecilia Vaughn!"
Maybe it was that secret admiration in her heart, but she couldn’t bring herself to hate Adrian Law, only directing her deep-seated hatred towards Cecilia Vaughn, whom she deemed as the ’culprit’.
If Cecilia Vaughn didn’t exist in this world, how could she have gotten into such a disaster!
...
Settle the score?
How would that be done?
Fiona Vaughn looked at Chloe Alden in amazement, afraid this fool would stir up even more trouble, and was about to advise her to keep a low profile for now.
"Chloe, calm down, everything can still be deliberated over time. It’s a turbulent time now, and you surely don’t want the Alden family’s situation to become even more dire, right?"
"Fiona, you’re not me. Cecilia Vaughn is about to instruct The Eldest Young Master Law to destroy our Alden family! How do you expect me to remain calm and think things over?!"
But Chloe Alden clearly couldn’t listen.
Just then, her phone rang. Chloe Alden saw it was her father, Victor Alden, calling.
As soon as she answered, she was met with a torrent of curses from the other end!
"You rebellious girl! What have you done?! Didn’t I tell you not to provoke The Eldest Young Master’s wife? Do you not understand behaving with your tail between your legs?!"
"Do you realize our Alden family is on the brink now?! And what’s up with your classmate Katherine North?! Do you know how many of my rivals are eyeing the affairs of my succession?!"
"If you really left that girl in that condition, I command you, go apologize to her now! No matter what, this scandal must be resolved!"
With Adrian Law’s deliberate maneuvering, the vicious assault case at The Majestic Springs Grand Hotel had spread widely. Coupled with Chloe Alden’s vigilante antics and her phone call with the hotel manager, it led to widespread speculation, with people demanding explanations from Chloe Alden and even Victor Alden on social media!
Even if the matter had not yet been sealed, as long as Katherine North stood her ground, it was a complete career-ruining blow for Victor Alden!
...
To apologize to Cecilia Vaughn and Katherine North?!
What a joke?!
Even without mentioning Cecilia Vaughn, Katherine North was nothing more than her own dog, so beneath her that it was embarrassing to even consider her a minion!
Chloe Alden’s eyes glared with outrage, but before she could say anything, the other end abruptly hung up.
...
Seeing Chloe Alden this furious, Fiona Vaughn only found it amusing inside.
Feigning concern, she patted Chloe Alden’s shoulder gently and advised with a soft voice.
"Chloe, don’t be mad. One must know when to yield and bend. Your father is doing it for your own good."
"Here, this is the card with the 300,000; I haven’t had the chance to give it to Katherine North. Since your uncle insists, you take care of it."
Fiona Vaughn was reluctant to get involved in this mess; she still remembered the state Katherine North was in, covered in blood, looking like there wasn’t an inch of undamaged flesh.
Thinking of Katherine North’s red, revenge-filled eyes as she left, Fiona was slightly unnerved.
This kind of grudge-inciting task, better let Chloe Alden handle it. After all, she wasn’t new to stepping on others to get through in life.
...
Even now, as the Alden family was in such dire straits, Chloe Alden still carried herself with the air of a spoiled heiress. She reluctantly grabbed the bank card, her expression indignant.
"Fiona, Katherine North is merely my dog. Giving her a compensation of 300,000 is more than enough. Want me to apologize? No way!"
Before Fiona Vaughn could say anything, Chloe Alden returned angrily to the detention center, claimed all her belongings, and headed straight for Katherine North’s hospital.
She didn’t notice the increasingly chilling smirk on Fiona Vaughn’s lips.
...
Chloe Alden did everything with gusto.
Twenty minutes later, she arrived at the public hospital where Katherine North was staying.
Katherine North lay nearly lifeless in the middle of the hospital room, her face as pale as a ghost. The bleeding had stopped, and the wounds were scabbing, but the events that took place at the hot springs hotel left an unhealable scar!
As soon as the door to the hospital room opened, Katherine North looked up. Upon seeing Chloe Alden, she shivered instinctively, with a deep-seated resentment hidden in her eyes!
"What are you doing here?"
