'Should I just cancel the eting, or... should I talk to Shailene about this?' Dorothea pondered.
She thought she could get much-needed advice from Shailene, especially about her changing views. She knew it was abrupt, but Vincent's action shook her to the core, making her feel so much worse, and the guilt was eating her from the inside.
'Though, so far, Shailene always told to try to reconnect with Vernon. I don't think anything good would co if I try to reconnect with him….'
Dorothea was unsure about that piece of advice from Shailene. She was a good listener, but her advice was consistently ineffective, mainly because Dorothea refused to talk with Vernon.
She was too prideful and embarrassed, thinking of her past sins. It was much easier to keep up with the animosity between her and Vernon rather than trying to be nice to each other.
Dorothea sighed, "Oh well, I still want to talk about Chloe with Shailene," she murmured as she texted Shailene back, telling her that she would co to her office in the evening.
With that being said, Dorothea decided to just wait for Chloe to text her back, hopefully giving her a location they could et in private. However, she doubted it'd be that easy.
"God, please make this easier," Dorothea pleaded. "I've been eaten by my guilt ever since Vaughn's death. I don't know if I could spend the rest of my life feeling like this…."
**
Vernon was busy reading docunts and calling a few people in the office. The mood around the office was a lot more tense than usual, and that affected Diamond, who thought she didn't need to put up a serious act around Vernon all the ti anymore.
It was tiring working with a boss that was always on edge. One mistake, and he would yell at every single soul in the office.
Diamond knocked on the door before entering Vernon's office. She put another docunt for Vernon to read and asked, "Sir, what do you want for lunch?"
Vernon picked up the docunt and started reading. With his eyes on the file, he answered, "I'm not hungry. You can return to your desk."
…
"Sir, Chloe called just now, she was telling to buy you lunch. Just tell if there's sothing wrong between you two, it tires out that I have to get caught between the rift," Diamond said.
Vernon subtly flinched when Diamond ntioned Chloe. He was trying to keep himself busy because he felt guilty for what he had said to her in the morning.
So he ignored Chloe's texts, especially her telling him to get food for lunch and short breaks in case he got too tired.
Those small things made him feel at ho with the right woman.
And he didn't want to feel that, at least not now. He was still trying to make a point.
"It's none of your business, Diamond," Vernon said. "Just do your job and stay on your line."
"Oh, I'd love to do that, Sir. But the atmosphere here is choking , I couldn't concentrate at all!" Diamond complained. "Let's just get this over with, shall we?"
Vernon went silent for a mont and slowly put the docunt on the desk. He looked at Diamond and said, "Chloe is calling Dorothea, my useless piece of shit mother."
The information was too abrupt for Diamond to process. She blanked out for a mont, "Huh?"
"Yeah, I caught her red-handed calling Dorothea, and they had so serious, heartfelt discussion," Vernon's heart ached whenever he rembered Chloe calling his useless mother. He felt betrayed because he always believed that Chloe would always be by his side at this point.
Turned out he was wrong. She could turn around anyti she wanted simply because of foolishness.
"Why'd she do that?" Diamond asked. "That's so not her."
"That is very much her," Vernon replied curtly. "Chloe is driven by her emotion. Dorothea must've softened Chloe's heart to make her vulnerable and willing to talk. It won't be long before she leaked out our relationship before I could even manage to defeat my Big brother."
"I can't make a ss, Diamond. So does she, she cannot make a ss as well, it's a teamwork if we want to defeat Vincent," Vernon said.
"That is true, Sir," Diamond nodded in full agreent. Sotis she forgot how emotional her hogirl could be. Diamond rembered how Chloe said she wanted to run away because she didn't want to hurt Vernon and was convinced by it.
As if that was the smartest idea ever.
But Chloe wasn't soone who wouldn't listen unless…
"Sir, you've been so tense and in a terrible mood today. Let guess, the discussion between you two about Dorothea was NOT going well, was it?"
"It went terrible," Vernon sighed. "I was so angry and betrayed that I ca off too strong when I told her to block that badly aging bitch's number."
"She tried to argue with , but all I heard was weakness and vulnerability. Chloe was being foolish, and I got so angry that I… terrified her…."
"You did not hit her, right?"
"No, oh fuck no! I'd rather kill myself than do that," Vernon denied vehently. Just the thought of hurting Chloe was enough to make his stomach drop.
Diamond sighed as she crossed her arms in front of her chest, "Sir, sotis, I feel like you don't know how intimidating you can be. Don't you rember how you made the whole room full of orphan kids cry when we visited an orphanage? That's how scary you are."
"Now, imagine if you're in Chloe's position, you've been abused by Vincent for ten years, and now she had to argue with you," Diamond shrugged at her boss. "Sir, you're like— the scarier and bigger version of Vincent. You don't even need to raise your voice to scare other people, let alone the woman who had been abused by your Big brother."
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