Chapter 3

Chloe's eyes lit up. She rolled up her sleeves and stepped right in front of Samantha. "Ma'am, didn't you hear what my boss said? Please leave right now."

"Ma'am? You bitch! How dare you talk to me like that!" Samantha was furious and immediately raised her hand to slap Chloe.

But Chloe quickly blocked her.

She had worked all kinds of part-time jobs to pay her tuition, so she had a surprisingly strong grip.

Samantha was wearing high heels, and Chloe's shove made her lose her balance. She fell straight into Charles's arms.

Samantha froze in disbelief for a moment before suddenly screaming. "Ouch! My foot!"

Charles quickly caught her and then yelled at me. "Nathaniel! You're just going to let this thug bully Samantha? You're such a useless man!"

I picked up an apple from the table beside my bed and took a bite. "You call me useless, but what makes you so useful? You just called Chloe a thug. Then what does that make you two? You were the ones who drove my car and left me on the highway when I was having an asthma attack. You left me there to die. Are you murderers?"

Charles's face turned ugly as he argued, "Nathaniel, don't make things up. It was just a joke. We didn't know you really had asthma. And you're fine now, aren't you?"

I gave him a fake smile. "Yeah, I'm fine. Which means you're the ones in trouble now."

I picked up my phone and called my butler. "Stop all business deals with the Baileys. Then cancel Charles's internship at my company and make sure no one in the industry hires him."

Charles and Samantha's faces instantly went pale.

Samantha still refused to give in. "Nathaniel, stop pretending. Everyone knows you can't live without me."

She had always known I couldn't leave her, but she never knew it was because of the system.

Unfortunately for her, those days were over.

I pointed toward the door. "Chloe, show them out."

Chloe picked up a broom from the corner and slammed it against the floor.

A cloud of dust rose into the air.

"Are you two getting old and losing your hearing? My boss told you to get lost! If you don't leave now, I'll sweep you out myself!"

Samantha's lips turned pale with anger, and her eyebrows kept twitching. "Let's... Let's wait and see. You'll regret this in a few days!"

I ignored her and gave Chloe a small scoff. "Chloe, you don't look aggressive enough. I might have to rethink your pay!"

Chloe's expression changed instantly.

She pointed at Charles and Samantha and shouted, "Are you two old fools deaf? Do you not understand what I'm saying? Get out of here, now!"

As she spoke, Chloe chased them toward the door with the broom.

Charles and Samantha could only glare at me with hatred before covering their noses and mouths and fleeing in embarrassment.

I watched Charles and Samantha stumble away, feeling thrilled by how miserable they looked.

But the next second, a sharp pain twisted through my heart.

"Warning! The host's health is continuing to fall. Establish physical contact with the female lead, Chloe Rivera, immediately!"

The cold system voice rang inside my head, and the pain hit me even harder.

"What? You got so excited after getting rid of that bitch that you forgot you're about to die?"

"Who kept telling me to switch and chase the villainess, or else they’d kill me?" I clutched my chest and cursed the annoying system under my breath.

Chloe leaned closer and asked proudly, "Boss, I just completed my mission. Don't you think I deserve a reward?"

A reward?

I looked at her outstretched hand, and suddenly I had an idea.

I quickly stepped forward and grabbed her hand tightly under Chloe's shocked gaze.

"Physical contact established. Health recovering..."

I immediately felt a surge of warmth flow from my heart through my entire body.

The awful pain vanished at once. The relief felt so good that I almost cried out.

But Chloe froze completely.

Her face turned bright red. She stared at me in panic and stammered, "Nat... Nathaniel, what... What are you doing? I don't offer any other services!"

I almost laughed when I saw her expression. I gently tapped her on the head with one finger. "What are you thinking? I'm just giving you a high five to celebrate our first successful job together."

I let go of her hand, pulled out my phone, and looked at her dazed expression. "How about I give you a 10,000-dollar bonus?"

The payment alert sounded the moment I finished speaking. "PayPal payment received: $10,000."

Chloe's phone buzzed at the same time. She looked down and became extremely excited. "Wow! 10,000 dollars!"

Chloe cheered as she grabbed my arm.

She bounced up and down excitedly while staring at the amount on her phone.

I patted her trembling shoulder and said, "Stick with me, and you'll be living the good life! Get ready. Tomorrow, we're going all out at school!"