Honey, You're a Billionaire? novel Chapter 377

The ashes covered the ground. At that sight, everyone's faces began to look enraged.

Chloe was stunned. Regaining her composure, she instinctively looked at Miles and saw a cold glint in his eyes. He had always been gentle and well-mannered, but at that moment, his eyes conveyed extreme anger.

Chloe knew she had made a terrible mistake. After some thought, she decided to shift the blame onto someone else.

"It was…" Rose!

Chloe confidently made eye contact with Miles. To her, the only person she had to handle was Miles. As for Rose, it was a piece of cake to deal with her.

But before she could use Rose as her scapegoat, a tight slap landed on her cheek. All she could hear was a buzz as her mind went blank. Once she regained her bearings, she saw the person who slapped her.

Rose? How audacious of her! Enraged, Chloe glared strikingly at her.

"You…"

Once again, another slap from Rose landed on the other side of her cheek before Chloe could finish her sentence.

It was evident that Rose used all her might because her handprints were visible on Chloe's face. Furthermore, Chloe also lost her balance and retreated a few steps after being hit.

When Chloe recovered her senses, she glared at Rose again. "How dare you hit me!"

Rose's expression darkened. Despite Chloe being Oliver's adopted daughter—an elder to her—Rose had not expressed her resentment once when Chloe made several huge fusses regarding the Young family's inheritance after Oliver's passing.

Yet, Chloe had crossed the line when she knocked over Oliver's ashes. There was no way Rose would tolerate that!

"What will you do about it?" Although Rose looked pale, the rage in her eyes sent a chill down Chloe's spine.

When Chloe met Rose's eyes, it suddenly felt like the person standing before her was Henrietta.

Henrietta…

Shaking her head, Chloe looked at Rose again and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming it was Rose. For some reason, she was reminded of Henrietta when she looked at Rose.

"Why is that?" Chloe wondered. "Their eyes look identical."

It didn't make sense because Anastasia's eyes resembled Henrietta's as well. In fact, all of Oliver's adopted granddaughters had Henrietta's eyes. But none of them reminded her of Henrietta… except for Rose.

While Chloe was lost in her thoughts, Rose was already cleaning up the scattered ashes off the ground. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't retrieve the ashes that had integrated with the grass. The feeling of self-reproach weighed upon her.

Sensing that something was amiss, Miles quickly crouched down and held Rose's hand. He gently comforted her. "Let me help, Rose."

However, she didn't let him get involved. Instead, her mind slowly relaxed after hearing his voice.

She removed his hand from hers, slowly picking up the ashes as if she didn't want to leave a single speck behind or any dirt around it. That sight was heart-wrenching.

As Chloe looked at Rose, the agitation within her grew stronger. When Rose finally returned all the ashes back to the urn and stood up, Chloe thought she had seen Henrietta again.

Then, she heard a stern order from Rose.

"Lie face down and apologize!" she enunciated, leaving no room for intervention.

Chloe found her ridiculous. "Hmm? Hm… Hm…"

Apologize to Rose in the form of prostration? Who did she think she was? She was nothing more than a granddaughter who'd been adopted on a whim!

Rose could sense her reluctance among her muffled whines. She repeated, "Apologize to Grandpa! On the ground!"

When those words rang, Chloe froze momentarily. Even if she had committed a horrible mistake like breaking the urn, which enraged everyone, she was still the remaining elder in the family—something that even Miles had to consider when punishing her.

Although the majority were displeased with her, no one dared to voice it out. Now that Rose had suppressed her and forced her to apologize, everyone present felt a sense of satisfaction.

According to them, Chloe should display submissiveness and apologize to Oliver!

"What's wrong? Are you reluctant to do so?" Rose's voice echoed coldly when she saw her defying gaze.

No matter what it took, Rose would make Chloe lie face down and apologize today. Without waiting for her response, Rose delivered another hard smack onto her face. It took Chloe by surprise.

Before she could react, she could feel her hairpin being removed. Soon, her hair fell into place, and a sharp weapon anchored near her eye…