119 [Bonus Chapter] Chapter 119

They also noticed how Mr. Vincent Gray bullied his wife for the smallest thing, nitpicking at every little detail until Mrs. Chloe Gray broke down in tears many times.

Such as that one time when Mrs. Chloe Gray cooked many dishes since early dawn for Mr. Vincent Gray's birthday surprise.

Mr. Vincent Gray looked pleased and hugged his wife, that was… until Mackenzie— their daughter left for a piano lesson in the late afternoon.

He suddenly changed and told all the maids— including them, to bring all the foods that Mrs. Chloe Gray cooked and give them to the three guard dogs.

—Flashback—

"V—Vincent, please don't… I—I made them… I made them for your birthday…." Chloe begged weakly. Her body trembled, and her eyes were already pooling with tears when she saw all her homecooked food become dog food.

Vincent shrugged it off, "It's fine. I have my own chef who cooked for me in one of my restaurants. He actually makes decent food, unlike you who make dog food."

"Do you really expect me to eat these? You want to humiliate me as the Master of Gray family?" Vincent scoffed at his wife. "Well, at least I give you a hug in front of our daughter. That's enough to show how I appreciate your effort, right?"

"Though, you're just a housewife after all. What kind of appreciation do you need for slouching around the house?"

—

? It was just one instance where Mr. Vincent Gray went way overboard. He basically crushed her will to live at some point.

Did they pity her? Of course…

But they also knew that Mr. Vincent Gray was the one in power here. Mrs. Chloe Gray might be their employer, but Vincent Gray dominated her.

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So the maids also obeyed Mr. Vincent Gray and basically ignored Mrs. Chloe Gray just to get into his good side of Vincent.

Including them, they didn't want to get into the bad side of Vincent Gray and also closed their eyes whenever abuse happened in the mansion.

"Do you think we should tell the whole thing to Mr. Vincent Gray?" one maid asked.

"Isn't that even a question? Of course, we have to! It'd be better to get scolded by him after we reported everything rather than getting fired because Vernon Phoenix Gray said something about us!"

"Yeah, you're right. The salary in this place is too good. I need the money."

"Same, I need the money too."

**

Vincent had just worn his suit and clipped his cuff when he heard a knock on his bedroom door.

Knock. Knock.

"Master, Vernon Phoenix Gray is waiting in your office."

"Hm."

Vincent opened the door and saw the two maids he dispatched looking at him with worried eyes before looking down because they were scared.

Vincent immediately sensed something was wrong, and he asked, "Tell me the detail of your mistake before I have to hire new maids."

The maids glanced at each other again, and one of them braced herself and reported;

"Master, your big brother— Vernon Phoenix Gray, asked us about Mrs. Chloe Gray. He asked what was happening between you and her. We didn't answer, but he asked again about what she was doing around the mansion."

"And what was your answer?" Vincent asked.

"We… told him that she doesn't do any work, and a wasteful lady, a gold digger."

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Vincent nodded approvingly, "I don't see anything wrong with your answer. So what's your concern?"

"Uh… Mr. Vernon Phoenix Gray noticed the cheap furniture and knick-knacks around the mansion and said it doesn't make sense if she is a gold digger but also buying these cheap things around the house when she has all the money she wants…."

"I see," Vincent wasn't panicked when he heard the report. In fact, he was quite pleased by Vernon's question. "My little brother is a smart kid. So it's natural for him to ask about that. Don't worry, I will be the one handling him. You two can leave now."

"Y—Yes, Master Gray!"

Vincent paced through the corridor with steady steps. He was pleased with Vernon, who noticed small things around the mansion, meaning that he was a detail-oriented man, just like Vincent.

"Ah, Vernon is smart, just like me," Vincent said as he walked. "This is why I allow him to work with me. He has the same qualification as me. That means he is just as good as me."

He wasn't nervous about how to face Vernon about the question either. Because what was said by those maids was the truth, Chloe was just a housewife and homemaker that couldn't do anything else. She was a wasteful woman and gold digger.

He just needed to twist a few things to fit his narrative.

**

Vernon stayed silent after the maids left him in his Big brother's office. He looked around to observe the surrounding of this office and scoffed when he noticed a few things.

"I thought my big brother would distance himself from my sister-in-law after they're separating. Does he realize that even his office room is full of the touch of my sister-in-law?" Vernon commented. Like the rest of the mansion, even Vincent's office was decorated with what Vernon called 'Chloe style.'

It reminded him of how middle-class people would decorate their offices in New York.

"If he is really over her, then he should've changed this office— no, the whole mansion according to the Gray family style," Vernon commented. He checked around and noticed a small flower pot with a price sticker that hadn't been fully scratched off.

"This must be her trying to scratch off the price. That's cute, HAHAHA!" Vernon laughed it off as he found everything funny each time he noticed a few small things about his sister-in-law.

"I guess even my powerful brother is not immune to her when they got married," Vernon mocked. "If I'm in my big brother's position and married Chloe. I'll never allow her to change anything in my house and office."