Chapter 5 - The Venomous Sabotage
Weeks turned into months, and the fake engagement started to feel dangerously real.
Chloe found herself looking forward to their quiet dinners at the penthouse, discovering the gentle man hidden beneath his terrifying exterior.
However, Victoria was not done seeking her revenge.
One evening, while Julian was in a critical board meeting, Victoria slipped a classified corporate document into Chloe’s canvas bag.
The next morning, the financial news was flooded with reports of a massive leak from Julian's company.
Security footage had been manipulated to show Chloe entering Julian’s private office late at night.
Julian confronted her in the living room, his face a terrifying mask of fury and betrayal.
"Did you sell me out to save your pathetic little clinic?" he roared, throwing the newspaper onto the table.
Chloe sobbed, stepping forward and grabbing his arm desperately.
"I swear to you, Julian, I didn't do this!" she cried out.
"You know me, you know I would never hurt you!"
Julian stared at her weeping face, his ruthless instincts warring with the sudden, agonizing pain in his chest.
He had built his empire on trusting no one, yet this fragile nurse had somehow become his only weakness.
He turned his back on her, unable to look at her tears.
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"Pack your things," he ordered coldly.
Chloe felt her entire world shatter into a million irreparable pieces.
