His Wicked Obsession (Archer and Virginia) novel Chapter 153

"Mr. Vanderbilt," she draped her blazer over her arm, her tone utterly detached. "I'll have my finance department transfer the payments for the medication to the Vanderbilt Group quarterly. I won't default."

She walked out without a moment's hesitation, never once looking back.

...

Five days later, in the afternoon.

Virginia was sitting in her office, organizing the day's consultation files, when the door suddenly swung open.

It was Chloe.

She was dressed in a tailored cream-white dress and pale pink Mary Janes. Her chestnut curls cascaded loosely over her shoulders, and her flawless makeup made her look like a porcelain doll stepped straight out of a magazine.

Carrying a classic matte Birkin bag, she strolled in with a beaming smile.

"Virginia, I came specifically to thank you."

Virginia didn't stop flipping through her files, nor did she bother looking up.

Chloe's grip tightened on her bag straps, a flash of pure malice crossing her eyes. But in the next second, her smile only grew wider.

"If you hadn't been willing to step aside, I would've missed out on this year's speech."

"You probably haven't heard, have you? The dean personally welcomed me when he found out I was Mrs. Vanderbilt."

"And my presentation was a massive success. The applause went on forever, and so many students lined up just to get my autograph..."

Her smile was dazzling, her eyes shining with a feverish excitement that barely concealed her sick sense of triumph.

Virginia finally put her pen down and looked at her.

Then, she offered a single word: "Congratulations."

Having delivered that, she looked back down and resumed organizing her files.

Chloe's smug satisfaction was instantly extinguished by Virginia's suffocating indifference.

Chloe glared at her viciously, refusing to believe that Virginia was actually as unaffected as she appeared!

Before she could say anything else, Virginia's assistant, Holly, knocked and walked in.

"Dr. Caldwell, your four o'clock appointment is here."

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