The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride novel Chapter 1476

Being nice couldn't save her mom's life, and it sure as hell couldn't stop that mother-daughter duo's ambition and their oppression on her.
She took a deep breath, hugged herself, and saw Wendy approaching her through the large window in front of her.
Tears welled up in her eyes, her lips trembling as she tried to hold back her tears.
"Sooner or later, this day would come. I thought by your attitude this afternoon you've already accepted reality."
"So, why the waterworks? Being a fool ain't all that bad. Maybe he'll do whatever you say. Maybe the whole Bowles family will be yours..."
Phoebe turned around, looking down at Wendy, tears falling from her downcast eyes.
She gave Wendy a cold look and a laugh. "All these years, we've been getting along just fine. And this is how you repay me in the end? Wendy, I think you're cunning and deceitful, do you think I'm wronging you?"
But Wendy didn't get angry, replying, "Whether you're wronging me or not, they aren't qualified to judge me. It's survival of the fittest, I'm just trying to get what I want. Look at everyone here, who doesn't want to live their best life?"
Phoebe looked where Wendy was pointing. Everyone in the ballroom, the men in suits were looking dashing, and the ladies looked elegant and regal.
Indeed, all of them were thinking about how to live a better life, a more exciting life.
It didn’t make sense not to think for oneself.
Turned out everyone was like this.
She suddenly laughed, seeing the light, fully understanding what Chloe meant.
Everyone was selfish. Everything Wendy did was to satisfy her own desires.
While Chloe's selfishness only gave herself a “right,” including the right to be kind, the courage to love, to hate, and to be happy...
"You're right."
She nodded. Humans truly were selfish.
Wendy smirked and yelled at a waiter not far away.
"Two glasses of red wine, please."
The waiter glanced at her, and as he was going to pick up the wine glasses, Phoebe had already walked up to Wendy.
Wendy sat in her wheelchair, her body hidden in the shadow of Phoebe's body.
Phoebe gave the waiter a hard stare, and after a few seconds, the waiter lowered his head, letting Phoebe take the wine glass from his hand.
Then Phoebe stepped back, and Wendy stared at the glass on the waiter's tray for a while before she reached out to take it.
Wendy looked at the clear fingerprint on the glass and smiled faintly.
"Today might be the most honest we've ever been in our lives. Let's toast to that."
Phoebe smiled and clinked glasses with Wendy.
Then they both raised their glasses...
Phoebe's lips touched the edge of the glass, her cold eyes watching as Wendy finished the wine in her hand.
She slowly raised her glass, as the bright red wine was spilling all over her clothes.
When Wendy finished most of her own wine and looked up at Phoebe, she saw the wine stains on her dress and frowned.
"What happened?"
Phoebe laughed, replying, "Spilled it all over myself..."
Wendy's face turned cold, but the next moment, she continued, "You might need to change your clothes, I can go with you."
Phoebe smiled slightly. "I'll clean up in the bathroom first..."
Wendy hurriedly said, "There's a lot of people, accidents might happen, so I'll go with you."
"Okay."
They wasted some time in the bathroom, and after cleaning up, her dress was soaked.
Wendy said, "Let's go to the room and dry it with a hairdryer."
Phoebe nodded. "Okay."
Wendy naturally led Phoebe into Abelard's room.
When they opened the door and saw Abelard in the room, Phoebe laughed coldly.
Wendy smiled, "Looks like someone's already here, but you guys are going to be the closest people, I won't disturb you."
Abelard saw Phoebe and immediately ran over to her.
"My dear wife..."
Phoebe stepped back, blocking Wendy's path out.
Her face full of mockery as she watched Abelard approach, she sneered, "You got it wrong, I'm not your wife!"
She pushed the wheelchair behind her, pushing Wendy in front of Abelard, then pointed at Wendy and said to Abelard, "She is!"
Wendy's face changed dramatically. "Phoebe!"
"Being a fool ain't all that bad. Maybe after spending some time together, he'll do whatever you say. Maybe the whole Bowles family will be yours..."
Phoebe sneered, repeating Wendy's words back to her.
"You're right, everyone needs to be a bit selfish. So, compared to getting the Bowles family, I think taking the Alonso family from you would be better."
She looked at Wendy, a cold smile on her lips, then suddenly turned around and ran out of the room, slamming the door shut.
Wendy's eyes narrowed, as she moved to the door in her electric wheelchair, but her hands couldn't open the door.
Phoebe was pulling the doorknob tightly, not giving them any chance to escape.
She still remembered the guilty and anxious look in the waiter's eyes.
If she didn't do this, she would be the one in that room!
She had poured some of the wine the waiter gave her into another glass.
So the wine Wendy drank was drugged.
She knew the dosage was small, and the effect was slow, so she deliberately wasted some time in the bathroom, now she was just waiting, waiting for the drugs to take effect.
She needed to protect herself, so she wasn't planning to be the nice guy.
They wanted to ruin her, so she had to use extreme measures to protect herself!
Time was ticking away, Phoebe finally let go of the doorknob, stumbling towards the bathroom.
Cole was having a pleasant conversation with a few senior executives.
"Mr. Alonso, hats off to you for pulling through this jam. Hope you'll give the rookies more chances to shine in the future!"
Everyone chimed in, agreeing that the Alonso family had come through this crisis, and would definitely be harder to touch in the future.
Having the chance to meet Cole this time, if they could build a good relationship, it would definitely be a win for them.
Facing everyone's agreement, Cole just smiled without a word.
"Every cloud has a silver lining, and I appreciate everyone's concern for the Alonso family..."
"You're right, every company needs to go through some storms to become more solid. This is just a minor setback, I believe Alonso Corporation will only get better and better."
Although his words were full of flattery, Cole was genuinely pleased at the moment.