Chapter 85 A Trojan Horse

I had to keep Johnson here. He was my ace in the hole.

As for why I didn’t insist on keeping everyone else, I wanted to leave myself an escape route. I wanted

Matthew to reconsider his actions without pushing him to the point of no return.

To my surprise, the next person to speak up was Henry, Matthew’s father.

“Why bring this mess into the office? Can’t it be discussed at home? It seems like people have lost their sense of decorum,” Henry said in a commanding tone, his nose in the air.

I spoke respectfully but firmly, “Dad, is that directed at me? You’ll see soon enough if I have ‘decorum.” But you should listen and watch closely. Who lacks decorum here?‘

Matthew immediately grew uncomfortable. Perhaps it was because I had never spoken like this since joining the Murphy family. They were used to my soft–spokenness.

accustomed to,my mild nature? Do you think I’m

Matthew believed the ATL Empire project was in the bag, so he adopted a

husband and was ready to throw me under

He squinted at me, trying to

I was being assertive, she yelled at me to deflect attention, “Chloe, don’t stir up trouble. It was you

behind my brother’s back. How dare you

at Henry and said, “Dad,

blocked Melanie’s path and crossed her arms. “Are you feeling guilty now? You jumped in with someone else’s man without hesitation. Why are you

you are? You have no right

I

far.

Chide. You’re an outsider, so don’t think you cante

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a clear conscience or have done something

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