Chapter 710

Chloe had been chatting away in the meeting room for a solid hour. Who would've thought every shareholder had skeletons in their closets? And Connor? Well, he had them all by the short hairs with this dirt. Chloe was genuinely floored. All the shady, grimy sides of

human nature were laid bare.

By the end of it, something didn't sit right with Chloe. She blurted out, "How do you know all these deep, dark secrets they've kept under wraps all their lives?"

Connor paused, his eyes dropping. It was rare to see him hesitate.

"If you don't feel comfortable sharing, you don't have to," Chloe added gently. Connor sat down next to her, taking her hand. "Remember The Pure White?"

"That fancy club you took me to? I do, the almond pudding was to die for."

it belonged to a friend, but actually, it's mine. Not many from The Eldridge Elites know I run the joint. It's my

an eyebrow. "Like those old-timey

allure of beauty and wine, would let their guard down. Seeing the chill in Chloe's eyes, Connor

her share of human ugliness and knew Connor needed strategy to climb the ladder, but

was

she was adaptable and favorite among The Eldridge Elites. She would get the

mind around it. She got it-life wasn't always

the topic, she switched gears. "What about

been gone a long time. She died in

"My sister ordered the arson. The person responsible confessed and took the fall, leaving my

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