"And don't worry about Mackie, just tell the exact ti, so I can go there and pick her up," Vernon said.
"Um... thank you, Vernon..."
"Okay, take care, and wait for and Mackie at ho."
Beep.
When the call ended, Chloe's phone screen returned to Vincent's contact number. She was t with the choice to call Vincent again, and at this point, nobody would stop her.
"I know that calling Vincent is the most logical, but...." Chloe closed the contact and put the phone on her bosom again. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
Strangely, she didn't feel an ounce of fear because of what Vernon had said before.
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Discard any stupid idea of yours, and trust .
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"Ah, he's so reckless," Chloe comnted. "But sohow, his recklessness makes feel safe. So, maybe I will follow his way of recklessness for now. After all, I promised that I will always be there for him, through thick and thin."
Chloe knew that she was making a stupid decision by siding with Vernon.
'But I want to be happy. I want to feel safe as well,' Chloe said in her heart. 'I want to be with soone who can make brave enough to stand on my own feet.'
'And I found that with Vernon....'
**
After Vernon hung up the call, he breathed relief and threw himself on the sofa. He was scared that Chloe might do sothing unthinkable, such as...
"No, I don't want to think about it," Vernon shook his head. "The imagery might be too much of a nightmare for ."
Knock. Knock.
Vernon was about to close his eyes when he heard knocking on the door. He knew who was knocking, so he simply said, "Co in!"
Click.
Diamond opened the door impatiently. She stood at the door, crossing her arms and tapping the floor with her heel.
She glared at her Boss, "I demand an explanation, Boss. What did you do to her?"
Vernon knew that he had to eventually explain this, "I didn't do anything. I told her that I know her eting with Maria, and I naturally told her what I would do to protect her from Vincent."
"She was horrified with the idea of fighting against Vincent, and was too shocked to react properly, that's why she looked so out of it."
"But worry not, I've called her just now. I want to ensure that she didn't do anything stupid at ho," Vernon said. He gritted his teeth as he got annoyed at himself. "Diamond, is it wrong for to tell her about it? I want her to know that I will protect her, even if that ans I have to go against my Big brother."
Diamond paused for a mont and then walked towards her Boss. She stood right in front of Vernon and replied, "I will reply not as your subordinate, Mr. Phoenix Gray, but as your friend."
"You're not wrong this ti," Diamond said. "I understand that she will be shaken by your statent, but she has to know this. The sooner the better."
"But Boss, you need to convince her even more after this. Tell her that everything would be alright, since you're well prepared, right?"
"Of course! I am well prepared!" Vernon yelled. "I am not afraid of him. I just... need more ti. We're moving faster than before because I'm worried about Chloe, but we still need ti."
"Yes, I know, Boss...." Diamond nodded. Though, she was actually impressed with her Boss. Despite saying he needed ti, he had everything planned out and executed very well.
'Let's just hope there will be no distraction, or any set back in the future. I want happiness for my best friend...' Diamond thought.
"Well, for now, you need to sell or destroy her current car and buy her a new one, I want a new one to be ready in three days of work at most," Vernon commanded. "I also want your report about Gregory Maxwell. What was the result of the internal eting within his company?"
"Ah, the shareholders of Mr. Maxwell's company rejoiced when they got the news from Mr. Maxwell. All of them agreed with the contract. Most of them have high hopes for you because you're Vincent's little brother."
"So they thought I could be as good as him or nd the relationship between Gregory Maxwell and my Big brother?" Vernon asked as he seed to have a good grasp on this already.
"Correct, Sir," Diamond confird.
Vernon scoffed, "Heh, thinking about it already makes disgusted. I don't want to be the second Vincent. I don't want to be a filthy abuser."
"But it can't be helped. People will still associate with Vincent until I make a na for myself and overthrow him."
Vernon glanced at Diamond and gave her another order, "Keep Mr. Maxwell's project in track, we're going to focus on that once, since my small project with Vincent has just finished."
"Understood, Sir. I shall put that in my mo," Diamond slightly bowed respectfully, but before she left, Vernon called her again.
"Oh, one more, Diamond...."
"Yes?"
"Thank you... for helping ," Vernon said. He was ashad to say it, but he thought Diamond deserved his gratitude.
He wouldn't be able to manage so many big projects without a competent secretary.
Diamond smiled in response, "I did this for money, Sir. I also did this for my best friend, Chloe."
"I know," Vernon nodded, then Diamond left him alone.
He sat idle for a while, resting his mind as so many things happened in one day.
To say that he was tired was an understatent. He was exhausted physically and ntally.
'Ah, I really can't wait to go ho and have dinner with Chloe and Mackie...' Vernon thought. 'Oh right, I have to pick Mackie up.'
Thus, Vernon texted Chloe about when he should pick Mackie up at her school, and he got a reply in less than a minute.
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