Chapter 270 As Alice produced her phone, silence fell. Chloe, chilled to the bone, turned to Ethan.âBig Brother, I need to rest. I canât stand seeing that disgusting butler.â
âWait. Not yet.â Caleb stopped her.âWerenât you so confident? Now youâre scared?â Sheâd been so eager to incriminate Alice;
now, faced with the video, she wanted to run? Chloeâs eyes flickered. âThe truth is obvious. Iâm the victim. Aliceâs fine, isnât she?â
Why were they hounding her?
Alice played the video. Though dimly lit, it clearly showed the butler on top of Chloe. Ethan averted his gaze.âTurn up the volume.
This the volume. This was embarrassing for him. The butlerâs slurred words filled the room.â...even if youâre the heiress, Iâll still sleep with messed with Miss Chloe, and she wonât let you get away with it...â
you. You Noah slapped Chloe. âWhat else do you have to say? Youâre so vicious!â He couldnât believe Chloe had orchestrated this! How dare an adopted daughter do this?
Caleb confronted Ethan.âBrother, the truth is out! Chloe orchestrated this! Thatâs who she is!ââ Ethan seemed stunned. He looked at Alice, his gaze filled with guilt, but he couldnât speak. The butler shouted, âI... I was drunk and rambling. I did it alone.
No one told me. Miss Windham was going to fire me, and I resentful.â He took full responsibility.
Chloe breathed a sigh of relief. This had nothing to do with her. She cried, âBig Brother, Alice doesnât like me, but I never meant her any harm. I would never do something so cruel. And Iâm the victim!â
Ethan, softened, helped her up.âI know youâre not like that.â
Caleb sneered.âChloe, youâve dug your own grave. Serves you right!â
âEnough! Canât you see Chloeâs suffering?â Ethan kicked the butler. âLock him in the basement. Send him to the police tomorrow.â
Aliceâs tone was sarcastic. âWhy not call the police now? Chloe said the milk was drugged. Letâs test her blood to see if she drank it.â
Chloe was afraid; she hadnât drunk the drugged milk. She begged Ethan, âBig Brother, letâs not call the police. Itâll damage the familyâs reputation. I donât want this publicized. The police might uncover more.
Ethan nodded. âChloe, youâre sensible. Go to your room, wash up, and rest. Weâll talk tomorrow.â
nodded.âChloe, âHold on. I didnât say she could leave. You donât decide whether to call the police.â Alice was astonished; Ethan was still protecting Chloe despite the overwhelming evidence.
Ethan approached, his tone commanding. âEnough. You could have stopped this, but Chloe get assaulted. Do you think youâre completely justified?â
you watched Alice looked up.âAn eye for an eye. She reaped what she sowed. She deserves it.â The truth was clear to everyone.
Ethan raised his hand to strike her but was blocked. Her tone was icy.âWhat? Am I wrong? Do you deny knowing what happened, yet you still protect Chloe?!â
Ethanâs expression changed; this couldnât be publicized.
2 Chapter 270 âBut Chloe suffered. Letâs drop it. Delete the video.â
âImpossible. My first day back, and this? Iâm pursuing this.â
âWhat do you want? Chloeâs innocent. The butler took the blame. Reporting this is pointless!â Ethanâs tone was threatening.
Aliceâs gaze was sarcastic, making Ethan uneasy. He left with Chloe.
Iâll room.
have it cleaned.â
Noah approached Alice.âAlice, sleep in the guest Caleb looked at Alice. âDid you know about Chloeâs plan?â Why was Chloe in Aliceâs room? Aliceâs eyes were cold.âHow could I? Karmaâs a bitch. She pointed to the empty milk bottle.âThereâs some left, as evidence.â She hadnât drunk much.
Noahâs gaze was complex. He suspected Alice had known and let Chloe destroy herself. Everyone suspected.
âAlice, rest in the guest room. Weâll talk tomorrow.â
Alice went to the guest room and locked the door. Thinking of Chloe and the butler, she chuckled. Chloe would be furious. What a show!
Unable to sleep, she checked her phone and saw Jacksonâs message, asking her to reply when she was free.
She replied,[Just finished watching a show. You should be asleep. Iâll tell you tomorrow.â] He immediately video called.âYouâre still awake?â
wait?â
His gaze was intense. Because you didnât reply.â She smiled. âIf I didnât reply all night, would you âIâd wait outside the Windham mansion.â She knew he meant it.âI didnât have time to reply.â
âWhat happened?â
âThe White Lotus tried to frame me, and sheâs the one who suffered. She recounted the events. milk.âIâll come get you.â His face darkened when she mentioned the drugged milk.âIâll âNo. Iâm not that stupid. Chloe only has the butler. Now heâs gone; her only hope is her father.â This was exactly what she wanted.
father, but found nothing.. Jacksonâs gaze was cold. Heâd investigated Chloeâs father, They talked for a while before Alice fell asleep. He watched her sleep, his gaze softening. Heâd thought the accident was an accident, but there was more to it. He needed to reinvestigate. What was the Garcia family hiding?
crowd.
The next morning, Alice yawned as she went downstairs and saw a âWhat happened?â
âThe butler committed suicide in the basement last night.â
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