After Divorce, I Returned as the Army's Queen novel Chapter 24

“What’s going on?” Lena asked.

“Nothing serious. I need to meet with Helen, and it just so happens that the meeting is at this hotel,” Chloe replied. “You go ahead to the banquet, and I’ll catch up later.”

“Alright, but Helen isn’t exactly a good person. Since she’s suddenly asked you to meet at a hotel, you’d

better be careful,” Lena warned.

“I know,” Chloe said with a smile, lowering her gaze to her phone. She saw a message from Helen, who had “considerately” told her to pick up the key card at the hotel front desk.

Meanwhile, in the banquet hall, Sonya’s lips curled into a smile when she saw Lena enter alone. It seemed

Helen and Joanne had successfully lured Chloe away.

Chloe wanted that 100 million dollars, but whether she could get it depended entirely on her own ability. If

she failed, she wouldn’t just lose the money, but her reputation would be ruined as well.

By the time that happened, even if Curtis didn’t want a divorce, he would have no choice but to end the

marriage.

In a dim corner on the 12th floor, Helen and Joanne waited anxiously.

“Why hasn’t Chloe arrived yet? It’s been half an hour. She’s not trying to play us, is she? She’s coming, right?” Joanne asked uneasily. After all, they had prepared everything just for Chloe to show up.

“No, she will come. If she still wants that 100 million dollars, she has to show up,” Helen said confidently.

In her mind, a woman like Chloe, with no real skills, could never resist the temptation of such a massive

sum.

At that moment, Chloe appeared. Helen’s and Joanne’s faces brightened up.

But when Joanne saw Chloe dressed in an elegant gown, her jealousy flared. Chloe looked poised and

sharp, almost like a high–class socialite.

Joanne smirked.

“High–class socialite, my ass! She may look stunning now, but I can’t wait to see how miserable she’ll look

soon,” Joanne thought, her face twisting into a cruel smile.

She watched Chloe use the key card to open the hotel room door and step inside.

Everything was perfectly in place, and she felt a thrill of excitement at what was about to happen.

Now she could finally watch Chloe beg and suffer, letting out all the frustration she’d been holding back at Green Tech.

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After all, she was the CEO’s younger sister and a top graduate from a prestigious college. Curtis had even put her in charge of the project as the project manager.

Yet, her team constantly compared her to Chloe, talking behind her back about how competent Chloe was and how smoothly everything ran when she’d been in charge.

The looks they gave her were full of contempt.

Chloe didn’t have anything special, at least not enough to impress Joanne. She was eager to see the expressions on the team’s faces when they witnessed Chloe’s miserable state.

Soon, Joanne’s phone buzzed with a message.

She smiled brightly and said to Helen, “Mom, they’ve set everything up. We can go in.”

Helen and Joanne stepped into Room 1205 and found Chloe slumped against the bed, completely weak

and drained of strength.

Two burly men stood in front of Chloe, then stepped forward to Helen and Joanne with an eager, almost

servile demeanor.

“The moment she walked in, she was hit with the knockout smoke. She doesn’t even have the strength to

struggle now,” one of them reported.

Joanne smiled in satisfaction and walked up to Chloe, her heels clicking against the floor as she looked

down at her.

“You didn’t see this coming, did you? You actually thought divorcing Curtis would get you 100 million

dollars? Dream on!” She sneered.

Chloe gasped for breath, her eyes cold as she stared at them. “This is what you wanted to talk to me

about?”

Helen glared at Chloe with pure hatred. “Who made you so greedy, thinking you could take 100 million

dollars? My son earned all that money, and you won’t get a single cent!”

Chloe couldn’t help but feel like this whole thing was absurd.

She’d been married for three years, yet despite all the sacrifices she had made for Curtis and his family, and they hadn’t seen a thing.

She’d once believed they were family and had treated them with her all, only to realize how laughable that

was.

“Alright, you two can have fun with her. Make her suffer as much as possible!” Joanne ordered the two burly men.

The men exchanged lecherous grins and moved closer to Chloe.

Chloe glared at Helen and Joanne. “Have you even thought about Curtis? No matter what, I’m still his wife! He wouldn’t allow this!”

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At the same time, hidden beneath her gown, her right hand gripped her phone tightly. The screen faced down as her fingers moved over it with practiced precision.

Even without looking, she could hit the exact keys she needed. Years in the special forces had trained her for exactly this.

Curtis was in the hotel. If he answered this call, he could get here immediately and stop whatever was

about to happen.

“Curtis already has Sonya. Why would he care about you? Even if he knew, he wouldn’t give a damn!”

Joanne mocked.

Chloe pressed her lips together. The call had already been placed, and she had turned the volume down so low that only she could hear it.

At the same time, Curtis glanced at his phone. Chloe’s name was flashing on the screen.

Just as he was about to answer, Sonya said, “Is that Chloe? If she’s upset that I came with you to the

banquet today, maybe I should leave so she can keep you company instead.”

“Ignore her,” Curtis said, casually hanging up.

Any call from Chloe was just going to be petty complaints or drama. He had more important things to

deal with now. He would talk to her properly after the banquet.

At that moment, a commotion started at the entrance of the banquet hall. Sonya said to Curtis, “Mr. Steele is here too. Let’s go greet him first.”

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