After Divorce, I Returned as the Army's Queen novel Chapter 7

Sonya's expression stiffened. She wanted to retort, but she couldn't think of an explanation that would hold up.

Red-faced with anger, Curtis turned to Chloe. "Did you put your friend up to this circus just to embarrass me?"

Lena snorted. "Excuse me? That was all me. Chloe has nothing to do with it!"

But Curtis was convinced that Chloe was trying to embarrass him on purpose. "What will it take for you to make her shut up? If you want compensation… fine. Tell me what you want."

Looking at the furious Curtis in front of her, Chloe once again sensed just how little he cared for her and how much he cared for Sonya.

How could she have been so naive in the past that she'd believed she could win his love?

"I don't want any compensation from you. I want to resign," she said.

"What?" Curtis froze. Even Luke looked surprised.

"I'll submit my resignation letter tomorrow and hand over all my projects. From then on, Green Tech will have nothing to do with me."

Since she was getting divorced, she figured she might as well completely cut off all ties to Curtis.

"Is this a threat? Are you resigning just because I didn't protect you when the shots were fired?" Curtis frowned.

"No. I'm stating my terms," Chloe replied. "After I resign, Green Tech's future is none of my business. You and Sonya can do whatever you want, and it won't concern me."

As more people in the police station turned to look at them, Curtis rubbed his temples and gave in. "Fine. Quit if you want. Maybe a break will help clear your head."

Chloe didn't reply. She simply grabbed Lena's hand and walked out of the station without looking back.

Back inside the station, Luke muttered, still in disbelief, "Wait… Is she serious about resigning? Does she really think she can find a better job out there?"

"Let her go. She'll come crawling back soon enough," Curtis said dismissively.

"I can't stand people who use their job as a bargaining chip. Quitting over such petty drama—what a waste of her National Defense Academy degree," Sonya said haughtily.

"So what if she graduated from the academy? Out there, she'll probably end up waiting tables or doing odd jobs!" Luke laughed.

Sonya smiled. What good would a degree from the National Defense Academy do if Chloe was nothing but a jealous woman clinging to men for status? After being stripped of that status and losing the man she leaned on, she would be left with nothing.

In Sonya's eyes, Chloe had spent three years of marriage toiling away at Curtis' company, and that was exactly why Sonya looked down on people like her.

…

After arriving at the company the next day, Chloe informed her project team about her resignation.

"You're leaving, Chloe? That's so sudden!"

"What about the project? What will we do after you leave?"

The employees at Green Tech had no idea Chloe was Curtis' wife. Curtis' secretary was the only one in the know.

But everyone on the team knew how capable Chloe was. If she was in charge of a project, it was always completed beautifully.

The thought of a new project manager worried them all.

"Mr. Green will appoint a replacement soon," Chloe said. She then printed her resignation letter and walked into Curtis' office.

He was there with Joanne, and his expression darkened at the sight of Chloe's resignation letter.

"Are you serious about this?"

"I thought I made that clear yesterday," Chloe said evenly.

"If this is some trick to get your way, then I can only say that I'm really disappointed in you."

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