"AAAAAH!*


    Chloe''s shriek echoed through the hall,


    sound of pure,


    theatrical distress.


    Alice tossed the breast enhancer onto Chloe''s face."I''m not a man, so keep your fake boobs away from me. Otherwise, next time, I''ll just pop them."


    Alice knew Chloe well. In her past life, Chloe had gotten breast imnts to impress Garrett, transforming into a busty innocent. Men seemed to go for that type, and Garrett hadpletely smitten.


    beep


    Chloe, mortified and furious, spat,“Alice, “you''re the one with the fake boobs! You''re just jealous!"


    "Jealous of what? What do you have that I should be envious of?" Alice surveyed Chloe with biting sarcasm. “Besides stealing my identity as a Windham heiress, what else do you have? Without the Windham name, you''re


    you''re nothing but 7 chauffeur''s daughter." That hit Chloe where it hurt. She red at Alice, venom dripping from her words. "You only have your privileged background, and even that, I''ve taken from you. I''ll be ten, a hundred times better off than you. You and your broke doctor boyfriend can live in the gutter until you die." Chloe sneered. One day, she would make Alice pay for this. Once she and her father emptied the Windhams'' coffers, Alice would be nothing. Then, let''s see how she''d act like a spoiled heiress. "Who''s broke?”


    Ethan sauntered in. He''d heard someone was bullying his sister-inw, and he was here to see who had the guts.


    Chloe''s face shifted through a rainbow of emotions at Ethan''s arrival. In a sickeningly sweet voice, she said, “Ethan, I was just trying to reason with Alice, to stop her from fighting with the family, and she... she attacked me.” She dramatically clutched her chest, feigning innocence. Ethan scoffed. “You selling something? Why are you dressed like that?” Chloe''s face crumpled. “Ethan, that''s not what happened.” She hadn''t expected Ethan to be- immune to her charms. Damn it.


    Catching sight of Ethan returning, Chloe wailed, “Alice, I was only trying to help. You could have just refused, why did you have to humiliate me like that?"


    “Chloe, what''s wrong?"


    Ethan rushed to her side, draping his jacket over her. He red at Alice.“Alice, you''ve gone too far. What did Chloe do to deserve this?"


    Alice grabbed a ss of water and sshed it at them both. Chloe ducked behind Ethan, leaving him drenched.


    "Ethan, are you awake now?"


    Alice stared coldly at them. Ethan immediately moved the water cooler next to Alice."Need more? Here you go."


    Chloe, seeing Ethan''s unwavering support of Alice, bristled."Ethan, I know you''re trying to defend Alice, but..."


    "But what? Your family owe Alice big time. And you, Ms. White Lotus, acting all pitiful? You''re a Chapter 252


    chauffeur''s daughter living


    living the high life thanks to whom? Get Chloe was speechless, reduced to silent, simmering resentment. grip!


    Ethan red at Ethan.“Ethan, this is a Windham family matter. You''re overstepping.” “Oh yeah? You can use the Chens'' influence to bully Alice, but I can''t give you a taste of your own medicine? I know you''re engaged to that...disabled daughter of the Chens, and what you''re getting out of that deal."


    Ethan''s words left Ethan speechless. Alice remembered her brother having a fiancée in San Francisco. In both her lives, he rarely mentioned her.


    So the Chen daughter was disabled. No wonder he was SO secretive about it. Ethan seethed at Ethan. This is none of


    your business."


    just can''t stand your kind. So sue me. Go ahead, bite me."


    Ethan, furious but unable to do anything to Ethan, turned to Alice. I underestimated you.” Chloe, dripping with false sweetness, chimed in."Alice has so many friends, even Garrett seems pretty close to her.”


    Ethan''s face darkened. She was implying Alice was promiscuous.


    He pulled out his phone."Want to exchange WhatsApp?"


    Chloe looked ttered and immediately produced her phone. Did Ethan finally see through


    Alice?


    Ethan then put his phone away. "You actually thought I wanted your WhatsApp? You think you''re so special? Any guy can get you; your private life must be wild."


    Chloe froze, humiliated.


    Ethan intervened. "Ethan, that''s not a joke."


    "The White Lotus''s little speech was about Alice''s supposed wild life, right? I''m just returning the favor. Don''t think I didn''t hear it, honey. She assumes everyone''s as trashy as she is." Ethan''s words were scathing, precise, and venomous. Chloe burst into tears.


    Damn, the guys named Ethan are all so brutally honest.


    Alice felt a surge of satisfaction watching Ethan verbally eviscerate Chloe. He reminded her so much of Jackson.


    Alice smirked at Ethan.“So, you''re using your fiancée''s influence to orchestrate this, huh? Acting like it''s all you.


    Ethan''s face was a mixture of red and purple, mortified. He grabbed Chloe and stormed off. Alice watched his retreating back."I never expected his fiancée to be the Chen heiress." Ethan nodded. "Yeah, the Chen heiress was born with a disability, a leg length discrepancy. To cover it up, the Chens rarely let her be seen in public or socialize."


    disabled


    That exined Ethan''s silence about her. He probably felt ashamed about being engaged to at


    woman, worried about the gossip about.


    about him


    him being kept man. It wasughable, considering how arrogant Ethan had been just moments before. Ethan added, “We heard the Chens were looking for a son-inw, someone easily controlled, but


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    they kept it very quiet. We never knew who it was until now. I never thought it would be someone from your family, especially your brother.”


    “A son-inw? Are you sure?" Alice was astonished. Ethan, of all people, agreeing to be a kept


    man?