Chapter 6

Silence fell.

She said nothing.

After a long moment,she dropped the act.

"Miss Sterling,you saved me.But compared to your condescending charity,Ethan is truly good to me."

I almost laughed.I still remembered their first meeting.

Ethan had hated that she dirtied the carpet.He made her wipe it clean with her sleeve.

"All you did was help me escape my hometown.You got me out,but I lost my family because of you.Ethan is different."

"He got my brother a job in the city,helped my parents pay off their debts,gave me the warmth of a normal family.He's treated me better than you."

I felt sick again.

Since childhood,her useless brother had pushed their parents to sell her for video game money.

Her greedy parents nearly beat her to death trying to marry her off to an alcoholic.

I paid them off and had a lawyer put them on notice.

She would still be trapped there if it weren't for me.

Now she thought Ethan was better for being"generous"to that trash?

I suddenly regretted every cent I had ever spent on her.

I was done with her.

"That's enough,"I said."You're fired."

Chloe's lip trembled.

"Miss Sterling..."

"It's Ms.Sterling to you."

"But—"

"Get out!"

"But...the penthouse is in my name now."

I froze.

Then I heard a car downstairs.

Ethan was here.