Beyond the Divorce

Chapter 1075 A Monster in Disguise

When I saw the state of my office, I told Atticus, "I'll call you back later."

"Sure," Atticus said, and he hung up the phone.

I looked at Carol, who seemed furious, and asked, "What's going on?"

Adelaide immediately jumped in. "Ms. Chloe, it's all my fault. When you and Ms. Carol weren't in the office, I was so busy that I forgot to tidy up your office."

Her explanation sounded reasonable, but the current situation told a different story. Was my office really in such a mess just because I wasn't around?

She was eloquent, but I wasn't buying it. It was evident that someone had messed with my office while I was away.

Carol looked at me, intending to explain, "Ms. Chloe-"

"Ms. Chloe, don't blame Ms. Carol. It's my fault. Ms. Carol wasn't here, and I should have taken more responsibility. It's all my negligence."

Adelaide humbly apologized and glanced at Carol, speaking cautiously, "Ms. Carol, I'm not trying to complain. I understand that you might have had something to attend to. I'm just explaining."

"Ms. Chloe, please wait

My gaze met Carol's, and I calmly said,

my attitude, stared at me for a moment. I remained composed. She turned and walked

on it. It seemed

clean

it across the desk, then reached for a few alcohol wipes. I wiped down the desk, removing any traces,

gaze on Adelaide, who efficiently cleaned up my

the cushion I had thrown away and looked at me with a questioning

remarked, "I don't want something others have sat on. I'm a

I pressed the intercom button and called Carol back in, instructing, "Arrange for

slightly

she avoided direct eye

reports. This month, the sales figures for the marketing

wanted them to share the good news with everyone, so I prepared some comparative data to find out the

the report stack k when handing it to Carolet caused the papers to scatter on the

couldn't hold back her frustration.

dear! Ms. Carol, I'm sorry. Let me pick those up!" She pretended to