GoodReadChapter 239
Alice’s tone was dripping with sarcasm. Chloe gritted her teeth; once she controlled the Windham family, she'd
make Alice suffer. She swore it.
Blake slapped Chloe.“What are you looking at? Apologize!”
Chloe winced.“Alice, it was my fault. | spoke carelessly, making Four resent you for years.”
Alice almost laughed.
Blake turned to Alice, his tone stiff.“You heard her. | was deceived; | misunderstood, and | made things difficult
for you.”
“Oh,” Alice said flatly.“Finished? I'm leaving.”
As she turned, Blake called out, Alice, it was a misunderstanding. Can't we reconcile?” Reconcile? Alice turned
back. A few apologies, and we're supposed to reconcile? What about everything | suffered?” A little bit of self-
harm, and she’s supposed to forgive him? Impossible. Blake's face darkened.“Alice, I'll make Chloe suffer
everything you did. Is that enough?”
Alice glanced at Chloe, saying deliberately, “That's barely a start.”
Chloe's face went white. She was in agony; wasn’t that enough? Did Alice want her killed? Blake tried to speak
but was stopped by Alice. Mr. Windham, please stop.”
“You dare stop me?”
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“Mr. Windham, your manager begged us to handle the assault case. But we're working for M Alice now.”
Blake was furious. Did they think they could ignore him?
Alice entered the elevator, looking at the injured Chloe with disdain. She wanted to see how long Chloe could
endure. She hadn't seen Chloe meet that middle-aged man again.
Back in her room, Alice said, “Ms. Alice, the Windhams will try to make you drop the charges.” “I know,” Alice
replied, understanding the Windhams'’s intentions. She wouldn't relent, but she wouldn’t make it easy for Chloe
either.
After Alice left, Alice opened her laptop. Her fingers flew across the keyboard, hacking into Chloe's phone. Chloe
would likely contact her father.
Alice found a brief exchange. Chloe's father instructed her to feign vulnerability to gain Ethan’s sympathy and
drain the Windham family’s assets. That was Chloe's plan.
Alice remembered her past life; she'd exposed Chloe's lies and Ethan's evidence. No one had believed her; she'd
been kicked out and died in a mental institution. She didn’t know if Chloe had succeeded in draining the
Windham family’s assets.
Chloe couldn't have done it alone; someone was behind her, likely her father.
Alice found nothing else except sintimate photos of Chloe and Gavin in an encrypted album. She planted H
virus
Chloe's phone
her monitor
on
to
contacts.
Chloe's father was cautious. He'd be difficult to deal with. But wasn’t he a rural migrant worker? How did he
know so much about technology? Something was wrong.
She could only wait. She didn’t believe Chloe could endure this forever.
60:15
Alice went to the garden to watch the ants. A well-dressed woman, wearing a hat and mask, approached
cautiously. She called someone, Have you found out which room she’s in?” Mrs. Yates wanted to speak to Alice
herself; she wanted to see what made Jack so captivated.
She was trying to avoid being seen by Jack's people, preventing her from approaching Alice. But Mrs. Yates
tripped and fell.
“Careful,” Alice said, quickly catching her.
Mrs. Yates patted her chest.“Goodness! Thank you, dear.”
Alice released her but accidentally touched her injured arm, her face paling in pain.
Mrs. Yates helped her sit down.“Are you alright? Need a check-up? I'll take responsibility.” If Alice hadn't caught
her, she might have broken a bone.
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Alice shook her head. “Just a little pain.”
Mrs. Yates, feeling guilty, gave her a business card. “Contactif you need anything.” She needed to find Alice
and couldn't delay.
Leaving hurriedly, Mrs. Yates glanced back, finding Alice vaguely familiar.
Alice was watching ants when Ethan called. She answered calmly. “Anything important? Unless it’s about the
firewall, I don’t think we need to talk.”
“Alice, | didn’t want to call. Four brought Chloe to apologize. She’s badly injured. You're not showing any leniency.
Do you want her dead?”
Alice scoffed.“First, | didn’t beat her. Second, | found it satisfying. Third, it’s none of my business!”
“Alice, do you have any conscience? You grew up with Chloe. Are you so heartless?”
“Stop the moral grandstanding. Don’t you remember | almost died during the live stream?”
Ethan was speechless. “But you're fine, right?”
“Yes, | survived. So, it's not my turn to die.”
Ethan sighed. “Alice, Chloe's father died saving Mom and Dad. Please, let her go.”
“Are you sure Chloe's father is dead?”
This chapter maintains the suspense and introduces another key player: Jack's mother, adding another layer of
compAlicety to the unfolding while consistently maintaining the Americanized context and informal tone.
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