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Chapter 35 A Predicament

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When I exited the elevator, Matthew froze. Immediately after, he reverted to his usual self and smiled. He exchanged a few words with the woman and sent her to the elevator without introducing her to me.

I couldn’t help but take a second look at the woman. She seemed elegant, intellectual, and full of dignity. Our eyes met, and the woman grinned at me as the elevator doors closed.

“Who was that?” I asked.

“A client,” Matthew simply answered, then held shoulders. “Where’d you go?”

It seemed he still cared about my whereabouts. His question revealed that he knew I was out. I smiled. and glanced at him mischievously. “I won’t tell you.”

On the other hand, Johnson didn’t return to the company building until it was time to get off work. The

following day, he secretly passed me the information I asked for. The look on his face was indescribable.

“Chlo I… Please don’t make things too difficult for me. I…”

I knew what he wanted to say. He feared I would report his misdeeds and Matthew would know about his

betrayal.

do. You can go now,” I said,

the woman from yesterday and quickly called

before he got off work yesterday. I want her name and phone

number.”

request, Johnson turned and left

to find out the truth. Meanwhile, that woman

messaging me

suspect something, too. Maybe the woman had told him something for him to start paying more attention to me. I was confident Johnson wouldn’t say

Johnson and me to visit his office. Matthew

me to study them

had a hunch he was trying to test me. I took a

were massive companies.

information, I called

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thief. I looked at him with ridicule and asked, “Seriously? Is this necessary? Why are you sneaking in here like that?”

make things difficult for me. There’s surveillance everywhere, and I keep coming here. Matthew will

him countless times, realizing that Matthew was beyond

“You can tell him I asked you for a client’s information.

the truth, after all.”

anything. You can trust me, Chlo.” Johnson misunderstood me and quickly reassured

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