After Divorcing my Captain Husband

"Ma'am, you'll have to pay for the damage you've caused to our resort's property. And besides, don't you know this is a significant safety hazard..." The staff member continued to chatter, but Michael didn't hesitate. He scooped Chloe up from the floor and carried her out of the room. "I can walk on my own..."

"You inhaled a lot of smoke just now. I'm taking you for a checkup."

She was pregnant now, and it must have taken quite a bit of burning to trigger the smoke alarm. There were even some streaks of soot on her face. Chloe struggled a bit in his arms. "Put me down first. I still have things to take care of."

She needed to find out who was behind this.

"Someone deliberately locked me in. I have to get to the bottom of this."

Michael looked into her determined eyes and sighed, "I'll go with you."

This time, Chloe didn't refuse.

She didn't know where to find the chairman, so she decided to try her luck at the conference room she had visited earlier.

As she appeared at the conference room door, she saw the assistant who had greeted her initially. The assistant's eyes widened in surprise at her disheveled appearance. "Ms. Nelson, what are you doing here?"

done with

assistant stammered, utterly confused, "It's over, Mr.

walked straight over

seated inside,

on their faces. Chloe recognized one of them.

her stood a man, the same employee who had offered to take Chloe to the lounge

was

Chloe. "Ms. Nelson, why

Shouldn't I

frowned, and her eyes filled

urgent come up and wouldn't be able to discuss the partnership with us today. Has Ms.

then glanced at the equally

Something urgent came up.

what Ariana

her. "Ms. Carey, would you please explain why you said I had something urgent and left, and why you had your people lock me in a room at the resort?" Ariana's face paled. She hadn't expected Chloe to