"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?"

chairman done with his

utterly confused, "It's

walked straight over

people were seated inside,

had smiles on their faces. Chloe recognized one of them. It

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

it was Ariana

to see Chloe. "Ms.

I be

frowned, and her eyes

you had something urgent come up and wouldn't be able to discuss the partnership

her disheveled appearance, then glanced at the equally puzzled assistant behind

Something urgent came up.

that was what

please explain why you said I had something urgent and left, and why you had your people lock me in a room at

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