"Yes," Dorothea confird. "Get a room there. I want to et my second son."
...
The driver didn't know what just happened and what would happen soon inside that Phoenix Tower, but he was here to work and would do his job without question.
"Understood, Madam."
The car drove through the night until they reached the Phoenix Tower, famously owned by the handso, young CEO-- Vernon Phoenix Gray, who went viral for his dashingly handso appearance and how young he was considering all of his success.
The car was parked in the basent, and the driver said, "We're here, Madam."
"Go up and rent the room for ," Dorothea said. "Put it under your na and never say that I am the one who's renting. I'm afraid that my son already puts restrictions on . I know he will, considering how paranoid he can be."
...
"Understood, Madam."
The driver went up to rent an apartnt room for Dorothea. She stared emptily at the dim light of the basent parking. She wasn't thinking straight right now, so all she did was use her heart to guide her.
As much as she wanted to start accusing Chloe of being the bitch that Shailene claid she was, Dorothea still wanted to et her.
Dorothea wanted to see if Chloe was truly the manipulative whore, or if it was all just in her head and Shailene's mouth.
She also wanted to know about Chloe's relationship with her second son, Vernon.
She knew she had no right to intervene in Vernon's relationship. After all, she hadn't done her duty as a mother since she gave birth to him.
But she wanted to know his true intention of returning to New York. Was it just for business or to destroy the Gray family?
To destroy her...
The driver returned to the car with a card key in his hand. He entered the car and twisted his body to face Madam Gray sitting at the back, "Madam, this is the card key. I have rented an apartnt for a week under my na. But the room quality might not et your standard, Madam. The best they have is the two-bedrooms with balcony, penthouse is not available. I'm sorry, Madam."
Dorothea smiled at her driver and accepted the card key, "You've done a great job, thank you, Jonathan."
The driver's eyes widened instantly, "M--Madam, you know my na?!"
"But of course," Dorothea said. "I was the mistress of the house before I hired soone else to manage the people inside the Gray mansion for . Naturally, I know people around . I know that you just had your first baby. Heard that from the rumors around the Gray mansion. Congratulations."
The driver went silent but nodded to confirm, "Yes, Madam. Thank you so much. It's been a pleasure working with you for the past five years."
"And you will continue working with ," Dorothea said. "Jonathan, I want you to take a break-- at least for a month, don't worry, it will be paid leave. I will tell the head butler that I'll be busy having a trip to Greece, but you should not tell anyone about my presence here, understand?"
...
Jonathan knew that it wasn't his place to ask this. He kept reminding himself that he was just a driver.
But he couldn't help but get a little worried, "Madam... are you alright? Do you need to bring a maid with you?"
"No, and also no," Dorothea replied firmly to make herself sound strong, but her bitter smile said otherwise. "I am not alright. But I can manage myself. You don't need to worry about ."
"Oh-- and, you should spend more ti with your wife and newborn baby. I bet she will appreciate it so much," Dorothea advised.
"I will, Madam. They're always in my mind," Jonathan, the driver, answered firmly. "Thank you, Madam. You're so kind."
"Haha, I'm not kind," Dorothea said. She opened the door and gave Jonathan the last look before smiling again. "But I'm trying not to be a terrible person."
The door was shut, and Dorothea went to the elevator to go up to her floor.
She entered the room, putting her bag on the sofa before she sat next to it.
Her eyes wandered around the room, and Jonathan was right. This was just a regular two bedroom apartnt with a balcony, though the balcony view was surely beautiful.
But that wasn't her main focus.
She was more focused on the fact that Vernon could buy an entire apartnt building in the middle of New York with his own money.
Dorothea was actually terrified when she learned about this fact. Vernon said it loud and proud in front of her when she summoned him into her room during her birthday half a year ago.
He said he had already bought an apartnt building a year before moving to New York. He already had everything set for him and was already working on branching out in many sectors to gain a footing in the US market.
Dorothea told him not to try fighting against Vincent in the market because he was the Gray family's true heir, but Vernon told her that he didn't care.
He told Dorothea that his Big brother could beat him in any business if he was better than him.
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'And Vincent will not believe what I said to you just now, you dying hag,' Vernon said ruthlessly back then. He scoffed full of ridicule at Dorothea and added, 'You will see so shit about to happen with your family. Just wait and see.'
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"I guess it does co true in such a short ti. I feel like this is the end of my family. The end of ," Dorothea murmured. "But even if everything falls apart, I still want to know if Chloe has been doing this to ruin my life like what Shailene said, or if she's just stuck in a bad place and has no way to escape, like what happened when I married Vaughn back then."
Thus, Dorothea texted Chloe the last text before she closed her eyes and fell asleep quickly.
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