Forced to Drink With Them


    Everyone turned to me. Carol got up, took my ss, and held me gently to my seat. “Let me do it, Ms.


    Chloe.”


    With a smile, she raised my ss. “Hey, everyone, I’m Carol, Ms. Chloe’s assistant. Please let me


    propose a toast to all of you for everything you’ve done for Tanum Corporation! Cheers!”


    She downed the wine. Carol then refilled her ss and approached Keegan with a smile. “Mr. Matthew


    is


    right. We should toast to you, Mr. Keegan. It’s an honor to meet you today.”


    “However,” she continued, “Ms. Chloe hasn’t been feeling well. As you all know, she’s been


    hospitalized. multiple times, and her doctors advised against alcohol. So, allow me to propose a toast


    on her behalf.”


    I was surprised at how well Carol had handled this. I was sure anyone could tell she implied that


    Matthew


    was being a jerk


    Given his experience, Keegan must have realized that Carol was trying to help me.


    He gave me a longing look. Although he was upset, he knew better than to act rudely now. “You’re


    lucky to


    have an employee who cares about you so much, Chloe.”


    “Cheers!” Keegan clinked sses with Carol and sipped his wine while looking at me.


    It was time for him to back off, but Matthew was too eager to impress Keegan. He mmed his ss


    down on the table.


    He red at Carol. “Who the hell are you to give the toast on Chloe’s behalf?”


    Carol gripped her ss tightly.


    “Come on, Chloe, you know the rules!” He acted like he owned me.


    “Stay out of this. Tanum Corporation is mine, and what we do is none of your business,” I said, smiling.


    “I


    got the contract fairly. Despite being a smallpany, we don’t engage in shady dealings.


    “Hey, do you think you got the contract yourself?” Matthew red at me. “Don’t mind her, Keegan. She


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    doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Chloe, don’t act out of line. You’re not leaving until you make


    him


    happy, got it?”


    I grabbed a ss of wine and sshed it in Matthew’s face. The handsome face that had captivated


    me


    for ten years was now dripping with red liquid.


    You don’t fucking own me, Matthew, Carol, let’s go.


    I walked away with Carol with my head held high.


    “Stop right there!” Two men shouted at the same time from behind me.