Chapter 250
When Khloe finished the meeting and went to look for Charlotte, she was startled to find that Charlotte’s workstation had been completely cleared out.
She immediately asked the other four members of the team, but they were just as bewildered. Charlotte had come in that morning and treated everyone to breakfast and milk tea. Later, they all went to a project meeting together. Charlotte had said she was going to the restroom, and after that, she never returned.
By the time the meeting ended and they came back, Charlotte had already packed up everything at her desk, as if she were resigning.
Khloe’s heart sank. She was just about to call Charlotte when a resignation request popped up on her phone.
It was submitted by Charlotte.
How could this be? Khloe knew better than anyone how much Charlotte needed this job.
She tried calling Charlotte again, but the phone was already unreachable.
Back in her office, Khloe found Charlotte’s resignation letter placed neatly on her desk. She opened it and saw that Charlotte had written at length about her gratitude, explaining that she wished to resign for personal reasons. She said she couldn’t bear to say goodbye in person to Khloe and her colleagues, so she had chosen to leave a letter instead.
A dull heaviness pressed against Khloe’s chest. Charlotte was not someone who would leave without a word. She had seemed a little off that day at the Keller family dinner, but Khloe had assumed she was simply unwell and hadn’t thought much of it.
Now it was clear-she had neglected Charlotte.
Khloe didn’t approve the resignation process. Instead, she sent Charlotte a message, telling her that no matter what had happened, she hoped Charlotte would trust her and come talk to her face-to-face.
“What… what did you say? Khloe already knows about you and Angela?”
In the Fox family living room, everyone wore grim expressions.
Trey had been beaten badly the night before. He’d gone straight to the hospital for treatment and IV fluids. Angela stayed with him the entire night, and only that morning did they return home together.
However, Trey hadn’t told anyone that it was a man by Khloe’s side who had beaten him. To preserve his dignity, he claimed he’d had a dispute with Khloe and gotten into a fight with the neighborhood security guards.
Even Angela didn’t know what he had really gone through.
It wasn’t until now that Trey revealed that Khloe knew the truth, shocking Angela as well.
If Khloe already knew about them, didn’t that mean she now had leverage over the Fox family?
“Yes.” Trey’s face was ashen. He took a deep breath and continued, “She threatened us-three days. If we don’t give her half of the company’s shares, she’ll make everything public… about me and Angela.”
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“She’s insane!” Stella shrieked. “Does she really think our family is that easy to threaten? What kind of nobody thinks they can covet what belongs to us?”
As she spoke, she shot a pointed glare at Angela.
Angela’s face instantly went pale. Her lips parted as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, no words
came out.
“No wonder,” Lauren murmured, lowering her head with a heavy sigh. Her brow was knotted with worry and helplessness. “With her strong personality, it’s not surprising she’d retaliate like this.”
She had thought that Khloe had merely grown arrogant from being indulged. She never imagined Khloe knew everything all along.
If Khloe had still been kept in the dark, there might have been room to maneuver. But now that she knew the truth, there was no turning back.
“Retaliate against us? A nobody like her?” Stella scoffed, still unconvinced. A vicious glint flashed in her eyes. “I say we might as well-once and for all…”
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