319 Chapter 319

"Un, let's go home," Vernon said obediently. He lowered his head and sat still on the passenger seat like a good boy.

Chloe was relieved.

It seemed that Vernon was still guaranteed drunk because there was no way the real sober Vernon would obey her just because she kissed his forehead.

'Well, good thing he's drunk. At least I can see some part of the cute Vernon that I raised years ago,' Chloe thought.

She slammed the passenger door and circled the car to the driver's seat.

However, the moment she was about to enter the car, there was a woman who called her name, even yelling from afar;

"Miss! Miss Gray!"

Chloe frowned when the waitress accompanying Vernon in the bar rushed towards her.

The woman waved something in her hand, but Chloe couldn't determine the item.

Cynthia rushed towards Chloe and huffed a few times before opening her hand, "Miss, this is Mr. Phoenix Gray's phone. The screen cracked because he threw it when he had a fight on the phone, whom I assume was you, right?"

...

Chloe was a little embarrassed because the whole fight with Vernon was heard by someone else.

She took the cracked phone and thanked them politely, "Thank you so much for taking care of him. I apologize on his behalf if he... did something unscrupulous to you."

'',

"Oh, no! Not at all!" Cynthia shook her head as quickly as possible. "Mr. Phoenix Gray did nothing, I swear!"

"You... I don't need to protect him. Did he intimidate you?" Chloe asked, knowing well that Vernon liked to intimidate people, whether it was intentional or not.

"Miss, Mr. Phoenix Gray did nothing wrong to me. He didn't harass me, nor did he say something gross or disrespectful," Cynthia explained. "All he did was drink his alcohol because he was obviously stressed out."

"Stressed out? Because of work?" Chloe was quite surprised by the explanation. She lived with him for half a year but never saw him stressed out because of work.

"No, he said that he is stressed out and sad, because of you, Miss..." Cynthia replied.

"Me?!" Chloe's eyes widened. "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure. He said he is sad because he had a big fight with his woman, to the point that his woman said she couldn't eat with him because she was disgusted," Cynthia added. "He was devastated, and the worst is... he didn't know what he said or did wrong."

...

Chloe paused for a moment. Her heart felt uncomfortable when this waitress hinted that Chloe was Vernon's girlfriend.

"I... I think you made a mistake. Vernon has a woman he loves--"

"I don't think I made a mistake, Miss," Cynthia interrupted. "Even though Mr. Phoenix Gray was tipsy by the time he started talking, I could still clearly hear his story, and he mentioned one name many times."

"And that name was... Chloe..." Cynthia said. She stared Chloe straight in the eyes and asked, "Miss, your name is Chloe, right?"

...

Chloe went silent instantly. She was still trying to process what this waitress implied.

'So she implied... that I am the woman Vernon has been in love with for a long time? Why?' Chloe asked herself.

"I take your silence as a yes, Miss," Cynthia said.

"I--I don't think I am the woman...." Chloe continued to deny it despite the blatant proof from the waitress. "D--Did you drink too? Maybe you also got drunk, just like him. That's why you heard stuff...."

'This chapter is updated by Nov elB i n',

"I do not drink, Miss. I am completely sober when accompanying Mr. Phoenix Gray," Cynthia stated with certainty, giving no way for Chloe to escape the predicament. "Besides, he specifically ordered a long and wavy chestnut-haired woman, with doe eyes and sweet face, and our features are very similar, Miss."

Cynthia sighed when she saw the shocked expression, 'It seems that their relationship is far more complicated than I thought.'

"Miss, you need to give Mr. Phoenix Gray a break. He was so devastated when he told me about the fight. He must've regretted everything leading to that fight. So... if you could... Please give him a second chance...." Cynthia said.

"Why did you defend him so much?" Chloe asked.

She just found it unbelievable that someone would vouch and defend Vernon.

Because Chloe thought... Nobody really liked him, because he was unpleasant to so many people outside...

"Uh..." Cynthia was also wondering about that. She was never this persistent in making a relationship between two people work.

But she had one thing in mind...

"It might sound a little... disgraceful. But I've never seen someone coming to this bar to get drunk, but without touching me at all," Cynthia said. "I'm used to see men who would use me when they were horny."

"But Mr. Phoenix Gray just needed the company of someone similar looking to his loved one, so he'd feel comfort."

"Miss, I... I found it really adorable. I don't know what you think, but that kind of man is a keeper."

Cynthia gently held Chloe's hand and assured her for the last time, "So please, give him a chance. I am very much jealous of you because I wished I had that kind of loyal man in my life. Don't waste him, okay?"

Cynthia released Chloe's hand and turned around. She rushed back to the bar without saying goodbye, and Chloe didn't intend to call her as she was still too stunned to process everything.

Chloe lowered her gaze and observed that Vernon's phone had been badly damaged, especially the screen, which had been cracked to the point that it might shatter anytime soon.

Chloe witnessed the moment Vernon unleashed his rage many times, but he never destroyed his phone, and she knew why.

Because this phone was important, many of his business partners and clients' data and personal contact were gone when this thing was destroyed.

"But he smashed his phone because he had a fight with me...." Chloe murmured. "I don't understand, Vernon. Why did you mention my name during your drunken stupor?"