A Night of Desire

Chapter 235 - 232: A Fish Rots From the Head Down

She tried her best to remain calm, looking at Chloe with an indifferent expression. Her tone was just as flat. "Chloe, whether Seth Quinn has told me these things or not is between him and me. It’s hardly your place to worry about it, is it?

Even if I end up being cast aside like an old shoe, at least I had him once. In the future, when people talk about it, I’ll at least be known as the woman who was once with Seth Quinn. That’s a lot better than some women who scheme endlessly but can never win the heart of the man they love, don’t you think?"

It wasn’t just Chloe; even Cedric could tell that when she mentioned "some women who scheme endlessly but can never win the heart of the man they love," she was talking about Chloe.

Chloe’s face instantly turned ashen. The thing that bothered her most was how she had spent all this time scheming and trying to get close to Miles Quinn, yet Miles had never given her any kind of response.

Now, hearing Clara’s thinly veiled taunts, she was practically overcome with rage. If Cedric hadn’t been holding her back, she would have lunged forward to slap Clara.

"Clara, what right do you have to laugh at me? Who the hell do you think you are? You’re nothing but a bastard—"

"Enough!"

SLAP!

Before she could finish her sentence, two sounds rang out at the same time.

One was Cedric’s sharp reprimand, the other was Clara unhesitatingly landing another slap across her face!

The force of Clara’s slap was just as strong, and it landed on the same side of Chloe’s face that had just been struck. In an instant, a new red handprint was layered over the one that hadn’t yet faded.

A woman’s skin is delicate, after all. Chloe’s face immediately began to swell noticeably.

Chloe clutched her face, stunned for a moment. When she came to her senses, she lunged at Clara like a madwoman. ’It was one thing for her father to hit her, but how dare Clara hit her too?! What right did she have?’

Cedric was also taken aback by Clara’s slap, freezing for a second. But he snapped out of it just in time to stop Chloe as she threw herself at Clara.

Although he had spoiled Chloe to the point where she’d grown arrogant, she had always been relatively well-behaved and considerate in his presence.

’But has she lost her mind today? How dare she say such things right in front of him?!’

"Chloe, this slap is to teach you to watch your mouth. Since no one else has taught you, I’ll take the trouble to do it myself! Remember this: from now on, if you dare to say such rude and insulting things to anyone, I’ll slap you every single time!

Now, get out!"

After speaking, she shot a cold glance at Cedric and added, "The fish really does rot from the head down."

Cedric was speechless.

’If he didn’t still have a use for her, he would never tolerate her like this.’

In the end, he had no choice but to drag the sobbing Chloe away.

The moment they stepped out the door, Clara slammed it shut behind them with a loud BANG.

She stood before the door, her emotions in turmoil.

...

In the car, Chloe was still crying uncontrollably. Annoyed by her sobbing, Cedric snapped, "Alright, stop crying."

Chloe’s crying faltered. She looked at him in disbelief. ’Clara had hit her, and not only was her father not comforting her, he was actually annoyed with her?’

’She had always believed that because she and her mother had been with her father for over twenty years without any official status, he felt guilty toward them. Therefore, between her and Clara, he had always favored her more.’

’This was especially true after he found out Clara wasn’t his biological daughter; he had loathed her ever since.’

’But now, his attitude toward Clara...’

’This was definitely not a good sign!’