Chapter 388 388

Chloe rested her forehead on the steering wheel, trying to find a good solution to this complicated feeling.

"Vernon, if I dare myself to forget all my fears and let you become Mackie's father figure, would you be able to take all the risks?"

"You know that Mackie and I have been doomed since the very beginning. We're directly connected with Vincent, and everyone who goes against Vincent will have their life ruined."

"Do you truly understand the danger you're putting yourself into? Vincent has tortured me for ten years straight, he shed off all his mature and gentle persona right after we exchanged our vows, and by that time, it was too late for me to escape."

Chloe wanted to say all that in front of Vernon. She did say that she wanted to struggle a little against Vincent, but it was still so scary for her.

Just imagining Vincent looking at her like looking at a corpse already sent shivers down her spine.

Since Chloe couldn't find a way out, she decided to find someone she could talk to about this problem, a woman to whom she was comfortable enough to speak.

'And that would be my best friend, Diamond.'

**

Vernon entered his office after he finished a meeting with Gregory Maxwell again.

All went according to his expectation, and the can material sent by Mr. Maxwell to his Europe branch was proven to be of the highest quality.

'It's obvious that he will send the highest quality. He must be scared of my Big brother's name behind me, or maybe Big bro already threatened that old man?'

'Either way, it works in my favor, so I have nothing to worry about.'

Vernon sat on his executive chair, intertwining his fingers and resting them on the desk before he asked his secretary, who stood right in front of him.

"So, your report."

"Sir, this is the report about material supplied by Mr. Maxwell's company—"

"Skip that, I already know everything," Vernon interrupted. What he wanted was to hear the report about all the things regarding his beloved woman's enemies.

Chloe had so many enemies that were naturally hostile without reason, so he had to make sure everything was under control to take them down one by one.

Diamond was also relieved that she didn't need to report mundane stuff.

What excited her was the report about Chelsea and the rest.

"Starting from Thomas Davis, we have given him a 'proper job' according to your plan, Sir," Diamond said. "He is hired in one of the small companies that you've invested a lot in. He's working as a security guard, though he's doing nothing most of the time, and is very sloppy."

"Doesn't matter, as long as you give him a huge salary to keep him around," Vernon said.

"Yes, Sir. We gave him 40 dollars per hour, so he earned a lot to basically do nothing."

"Good, make him feel like he doesn't need to contact Chelsea's family ever again. If my prediction is correct, he will start moving in with his girlfriend in a new apartment by next month."

Based on the data he collected, Vernon knew that Thomas Davis had no emotional connection with his family anymore. He was just sticking around because he couldn't find a proper job, and he was just simply lazy.

So once he got a stable job that would give him a lot, he would leave Chelsea as soon as possible since he already had a girlfriend.

"Next, about Chelsea…" Diamond paused for a moment before she continued. "The bandage covering her face will be taken off today, she is allowed to leave, but she decided to stay until she's fully healed."

"There is nobody who accompanies her, her husband is not even contactable, and her mother is busy in the home taking care of Chelsea's four children."

"Decided to stay?" Vernon's brows frowned. "Does she have the money to pay for all of those medical bills?"

"She doesn't, Sir. But there is a generous man who paid for everything upfront."

"And who would that be?"

"…. Vincent Gray."

"WHAT?!" Vernon was truly shocked by that information. He knew that Vincent was still in contact with Chloe's family, even after she left. But to pay for expensive medical bills, there must be a reason for that.

"Yes, Sir. Vincent Gray also visited her the day after the attack," Diamond continued her report. "He is the only one who visited her, and the nurses said that they seem to be in a good relationship. Some even suspected that Chelsea is Vincent's wife that he always tries to hide from the public's eyes."

"What is this…." Vernon was astonished by his Big brother's move. He thought he had everything in his grasp, but Vincent always did something unpredictable that would usually force him to adjust his plan or change it completely.

He knew how cunning his Big bro could be, so he had to be careful. He glanced at Diamond, "Do you have any opinion about this? What's the reason for him helping out Chelsea so much?"

"I… I'm not sure, Sir…." Diamond hesitated. She also had no clear idea because it was out of their prediction. With Vincent Gray joining the fray, they had to be extra careful.

"But I believe that Vincent Gray is trying to get something from Chelsea, and I know it's definitely something related to Chloe."

"But what could Chelsea offer? You told me before that Chloe hasn't been in contact with her family for a while."

"Indeed, Sir. Chloe said that she got hated so much by her family for leaving Vincent. She tried so many times to reconnect but her family simply didn't want to hear any reasoning from her. So she cut the contact as she knew that she couldn't do anything."

"That's good. She doesn't need a toxic family," Vernon said. "But that only makes me even more confused. I can't find any logical explanation to why my Big brother wants to help Chelsea."