LOGINLena's raised hand froze in midair. "... Eric Jones?"Her lips trembled, and her legs began to shake.As a fake heiress who had spent months swaggering around the company and deceiving everyone, how could she not know what that name meant?Eric Jones was the real man in control of Jones Group. Rumor had it that he was ruthless, decisive, and absolutely not someone anyone in the business world dared to cross.Adrian was even worse. He collapsed onto the couch, his face completely white."M-Mr. Jones!"Eric did not spare those clowns another glance. He strode over and carefully lifted me into his arms."Chloe..." His normally steady voice trembled slightly.I rested against his warm chest, and the last thread holding me together finally snapped. "Eric..."I opened my mouth, but my throat was so raw that I could barely make a sound. Tears rolled down my cheeks. "They... wouldn't let me complain… They forced me to drink... They were going to break my legs..."Eric looked at the
I struggled with everything I had. The liquor went down the wrong pipe, and I broke into a violent coughing fit. A scorching pain spread from my stomach through my entire body, like thousands of needles stabbing me from the inside."Hold her down! Don't let her spit it out!" Adrian shouted excitedly from the side.Lena held up her phone, recording me as she laughed so hard her shoulders shook. "Chloe, look at you now! Aren't you usually so proud? Don't you look down on me? Look at you now, just like a slave!"Half the bottle of liquor was forced down my throat.The bodyguards finally let go. I collapsed onto the carpet, clutching my stomach as waves of pain tore through it.Adrian gave an icy laugh and pulled out the forged confession and a box of red ink paste. He tossed both onto the floor in front of me."Enough. Look at you. You're barely alive, and even Mr. White has lost interest. Sign it, stamp your fingerprint on it, and we'll call it a day."Lena walked over and planted
By 5:00 pm that day, the entire company was in chaos.The head of the partner company stormed into the office with a team of lawyers, threatening to take us straight to court if the company did not pay the ten-million-dollar penalty by the end of the day.Bennett tore into Adrian and Lena in his office."I don't care what you have to do. Just make sure Mr. White calms down! If anything happens to this company, both of you are fired!"The moment Adrian stepped out of Bennett's office, he was sweating bullets. "Lena, what are we going to do? Mr. White is notorious for being impossible to deal with. How are we supposed to calm him down?"Lena's eyes shifted, and a vicious smile slowly appeared on her face. "Isn't Mr. White a womanizer? And don't we happen to have a perfect scapegoat right here?"Adrian froze for a second. Then, his eyes lit up. "You mean... Chloe?""This whole mess was caused by her anyway. Have her spend dinner with Mr. White tonight and apologize to him in person
I was locked in the underground warehouse for an entire night. There was no water, and no one brought me any food.At 8:00 am the next day, the steel door finally opened. Adrian stood outside, covering his nose as he looked at me with obvious disgust."Chloe, have you come to your senses yet? Are you signing or not?"I braced myself against the wall and slowly pushed myself to my feet. My vision went black for a moment, and my legs were so weak I could barely stand.Still, I gritted my teeth and glared at him."No. I didn't do it, and I wouldn't sign it if I were dying.""Pretty stubborn." Adrian gave a humorless laugh and tossed a filthy cleaning uniform at my feet."If you refuse to sign, then don't blame me for giving you some real work. The cleaner called in sick today, so all twelve bathrooms on the first through third floors are your responsibility. You don't get off until they're all clean."I said nothing. I picked up the uniform and pulled it on.Fine. Let them enjo
"If you refuse to admit it, my brother is the president of this company. Once he gets back, I'll make sure you can't find work anywhere in this industry!"I slowly rose to my feet, a hollow smile curling at the corner of my mouth. "Sure."I looked straight at Lena and spoke each word carefully. "Since your brother is the president, why don't we call him right now and ask him exactly how he plans to make sure I can't work in this industry?"Lena's face stiffened as her eyes darted away."Who do you think you are? My brother is incredibly busy. He's overseas negotiating a multibillion-dollar deal. Do you seriously think you're important enough to hear his voice?"I tugged at the corner of my mouth and took a step toward her. "A multibillion-dollar deal? Funny. I also heard the president is overseas negotiating an acquisition."I stared directly into her eyes, lowering my voice. "But the president's last name is Jones, and yours is Rogers. So, tell me, which father did you get this
Inside the bathroom, I leaned against the cold tile wall, my head pounding like it was about to split open and my whole body burning with fever. I was furious and humiliated, barely able to believe that I had actually been pushed this far.In my 22 years of life, when had I ever been treated this badly?They did not want me to complain?To hell with keeping a low profile!I was going to make sure everyone in this company knew exactly what had happened to me today.I pulled out my phone and created a family group chat, adding Mom, Dad, my brother, and a whole bunch of relatives.I was just about to hit the voice-message button and unload every single thing that had happened today when I suddenly heard two female coworkers gossiping in hushed voices outside by the sinks."Hey, did you hear? Lena totally embarrassed herself in the conference room today!""Serves her right! She always acts like she owns the place. She walks around with her chin practically touching the ceiling. But







