After Divorce, I Returned as the Army's Queen novel Chapter 27

Chapter 27 A Show of Betrayal

Immediately, everyone’s attention fell on Curtis.

Curtis pressed his dry lips together. Naturally, he hoped for nothing more than to downplay the situation

and let it blow over on its own.

But when his gaze met Chloe’s again, he tried to reason with her. “Chloe, maybe we can just…”

“Maybe we can just let it go and treat it as a misunderstanding?” Chloe raised an eyebrow. “Curtis, do you expect me to go along with that?”

Her mocking gaze made him feel like his throat was constricted, and the words he wanted to say simply

wouldn’t come out.

Lena shouted angrily, “Curtis, you saw how your mother and sister treated Chloe. And yet, you still want to

call it a misunderstanding? Don’t you realize what could have happened to her if she wasn’t skilled

enough?”

Curtis‘ face burned with embarrassment from the scolding.

Soon, the police arrived at the scene.

Joanne shook with fear, her whole body trembling. “I don’t want to go to jail! I don’t want to! Curtis,

please, save me! I don’t… I don’t want to go to jail!”

Helen’s face only showed true fear now. She grabbed Curtis‘ arm and said, “Curtis, don’t let the police

take me and Joanne away!”

Curtis hesitated, glancing at Chloe. “Chloe, Mom is getting old, and Joanne is still young… maybe we could just let this go…”

Lena scoffed beside him. “Young? Your sister isn’t a kid anymore. And your mother? When she tried to hit Chloe just now, she didn’t exactly look like she was old!”

Ignoring Lena’s sarcasm, Curtis looked at Chloe and continued, “This is just a family matter, right? What do you think?”

“A family matter?” Chloe looked at Curtis standing in front of her and felt her heart sink deeper with every passing moment.

She’d hoped he would see what had happened in the room and stand by her, just for once, and seek justice for her.

But no. Once again, all that awaited her was disappointment.

Perhaps she’d been let down too many times, because this time, her heart didn’t even ache anymore. All she felt was a cold, bitter feeling as she realized things had played out exactly the way she’d expected.

She refused to back down. “You never treated me like family. So, how is this a family matter?”

Chapter 27 A Show of Betrayal

2/4

“You’re my wife. How could we not treat you like family?” Curtis shot back.

“Wife?” Chloe heard the word and found it laughable. “Curtis, if Sonya had been treated like this today, would you still have said that?”

Curtis froze.

Sonya chimed in, “If it were me, I would never put Curtis in a difficult position. Chloe, you haven’t even

been physically harmed. Why are you being so aggressive?”

“Then I hope, if you ever find yourself in a situation like this, you can back up your words, Ms. Miller!”

Chloe retorted bluntly.

“You…” Sonya glared at her.

“Enough. Any further discussion can wait until we’re at the police station,” the officers said.

They dragged the two men, still wailing on the floor, out of the room, then turned toward Helen and

Joanne.

Joanne’s fear intensified when she saw the handcuffs being snapped onto her wrists. “I’m innocent! It’s

not me… It’s not me!” she screamed.

Seeing Curtis make no move to stop the police, she suddenly ran to Sonya, grabbing her arm. “Sonya, help me! Mom and I only did this for you! You knew about everything that happened today!”

Curtis froze at her words. “Sonya, you…”

Sonya’s face went pale with panic. “I… I have nothing to do with this! I didn’t know anything!”

“You knew! You said that money didn’t have to go to Chloe, didn’t you? Otherwise, why would Mom and I

have done all this?” Joanne argued desperately.

The two of them were now throwing blame at each other, each trying to smear the other.

“Sonya, didn’t you say earlier that you wouldn’t put Curtis in a difficult position? Just admit you knew, and your ‘boyfriend‘ wouldn’t have to struggle!” Lena mocked.

Sonya’s face flushed bright red with anger. The words hit her like a slap across the face.

“Curtis, believe me. I had nothing to do with this!” she pleaded, her eyes fixed on him.

“Sonya, how can you wash your hands of this? If we weren’t trying to make it possible for you to marry Curtis, we wouldn’t have done any of this!” Helen shouted angrily.

Watching the scene unfold, Curtis felt an unbearable headache coming on.

“Take them all away!” the officers ordered. This time, they even took Sonya with them and then turned to

Chloe.

“I’ll take a friend’s car to the police station to give my statement,” Chloe said.

Chapter 27 A Show of Betrayal

374

Hearing her words, the officers nodded.

After all, the police car they came in couldn’t have fit that many people. Curtis left with the police, but before leaving, he gave Chloe a long, meaningful look.

Once everyone was gone, Chloe and Lena took the elevator down, planning to head to the parking garage.

Chloe was still catching her breath, feeling warmth spreading through her body.

“You’re a little flushed. Are you really okay?” Lena asked, concerned.

“Yeah, I’m fine. Let’s record the statement at the police station first,” Chloe replied, confident that her body could handle it.

Verify captcha to read the contentVerify