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 a moment. I'll fix it

saying that, she swiftly started cleaning up. My gaze met Carol's, and I calmly said,

my attitude, stared at me for a moment.

noticed some grease stains on it. It seemed

a clean white

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

a steady gaze on Adelaide, who

thrown away and looked at me with a questioning

remarked, "I don't want something others

button and called Carol back in, instructing, "Arrange for someone to disinfect

her eyebrows slightly and

and she avoided

various reports. This month, the sales figures for the marketing department reached a new high, which naturally

good news with everyone, so I prepared some comparative

ready to speak, but Adelaide let go of the report stack k when handing it to Carolet caused the papers to scatter on the

couldn't hold back

Carol, I'm sorry. Let me pick those up!" She pretended to be careful and diligent, bending down to collect the