Chapter 22 Claire, Who Is Truly Despicable
One evening, Grace pushed aside the curtains, letting the night breeze dispel the stuffiness in the house. She was about to close the window when a piercing doorbell suddenly rang out. She furrowed her brow and walked to the front door. Peering through the peephole, she was surprised to see Claire.
Her first reaction was to not open the door, but Claire seemed to have already anticipated this, banging forcefully on the door from outside, the sound sharp and piercing, “Grace! Don’t play dumb, open the door! Don’t think you can win against me just by talking!”
Grace took a deep breath, opened the door, and looked at her coldly, saying, “What do you want to do again?”
Claire walked in, wearing a sinister smile on her face, her gaze piercing, “do you think Antonio truly liked you? Don’t be foolish, all his compensations were merely out of guilt. The person he loves has always been me.”
Grace’s expression remained unchanged, “So you came here to ask me to give him to you?”
Claire, infuriated by her disdain, gritted her teeth and said, “Do you think you’ve won? Antonio was just playing around, and someone like you doesn’t deserve to stand by his side.”
“So, what?” Grace replied coldly, “No matter who he loves, no matter what he thinks, it’s over between him and me. Claire, can you please stop making me lose respect for you all the
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This sentence completely enraged Claire. She took a step forward, her eyes turning bloodshot, like a wild beast losing its sanity, “Who do you think you are? What makes you think you’re so noble? You’re nothing but a woman abandoned by others!”
She approached Grace step by step, her voice sharp and piercing, “If it weren’t for me deliberately tampering with your design draft back then, could you have been frustrated in the company? Could you have left his sight so quickly?”
Grace heard this, and her heart trembled slightly, but she just sneered, “So you finally admit it. You always thought you were clever, but in reality, you’re just a clown jumping around. What you’ve received is nothing but pity from others.”
“Grace!” Claire’s face turned bright red, and she completely lost her composure. A hint of malice flashed in her eyes as she suddenly reached out, attempting to push Grace towards the nearby staircase.
Grace stood still without dodging, staring at Claire’s hand, and coldly said, “Are you trying to murder me? Claire, you are becoming more and more ruthless.”
Her words stunned Claire for a moment, but anger
overwhelmed her rationality. She rushed forward and
forcefully pushed Grace.
Just at the critical moment, a low and furious voice came from behind, saying, “Claire! Stop!”
Claire turned her head and saw Antonio standing not far
away, his eyes as cold as a blade. He quickly stepped forward,
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shielding Grace behind him, and his gaze fell on Claire like frost.
“Are you crazy?” Antonio’s voice was filled with suppressed anger. “How could you dare to bully her!”
“I… I was just…” Claire looked at Antonio’s cold expression and took a step back in panic, but her eyes still showed
unwillingness. “She doesn’t deserve your love! She’s just trying to get back at you?”
Antonio’s voice turned cold as ice, “Claire, who was truly despicable and shameless.”
Originally, after the suicide farce, he began to doubt that Claire was not as beautiful and perfect as he had imagined. He needed to find out how much truth this “sister” he had always thought was gentle and kind was hiding. As he turned to the first page, Antonio furrowed his brow. The information listed Claire’s tricks-
Five years ago, his company faced a leakage crisis during a collaboration. They initially thought it was the work of an external party, but little did they know, the source of the leak was Claire. Leveraging her family connections, she secretly tampered with the project files, resulting in significant losses for the company. And in that crisis, she cunningly shifted the blame onto Grace.
Three years ago, Claire, using Grace’s name, privately contacted the senior management of the company and deliberately spread some rumors that were detrimental to Grace, causing her reputation to be damaged withi. the company and forcing her to resign. After resigning, Grace was even held responsible as the key person for the failed
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cooperation and had to bear all the consequences.
Over the past few years, Claire used various means to obtain resources and support from him and used these resources to suppress Grace’s career. She deliberately intercepted Grace’s design projects, causing all of Grace’s hard work to be destroyed, while she was able to profit effortlessly.
What surprised him the most was that the hostel five years ago was a place carefully chosen by Claire. At his low point, she found out about his whereabouts through mutual friends and orchestrated a “coincidental” encounter.
That night, she wore a simple white dress, disguised herself as an ordinary young traveler, and deliberately fell in the lobby, packaging herself as a helpless and stubborn figure, catching his attention.
And everything that happened next was all part of the script she had already prepared.
She “accidentally” encountered him late at night, sitting alone on the rooftop of the hostel pretending to drink alone. She said she had just been scolded by her family and felt lost in life. Her expression and tone at that time perfectly matched Antonio, who was at a low point in his life and yearned for connection.
They chatted all night on that rooftop. Claire accurately caught his emotional vulnerability and gradually broke through his defenses with her gentleness and empathy.
From the next day on, she “frequently” appeared in.is life as if by chance. In the morning, she “accidentally” made breakfast in the hostel’s communal kitchen and ended up making an extra portion. In the afternoon, she happened to sit
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in the adjacent seat to him while working at the cafe. Even the hostel–recommended ‘hiking route‘ was deliberately arranged
by her.
And those “difficult years we endured together” that she described in her blog were nothing but a carefully planned deception.
She said that during the most difficult time, she gave everything for him, even selling her beloved jewelry to help him get through the crisis. But in reality, that “help” was a pretense. She used money borrowed from others around Antonio to stage a performance of “Giving It All.”
And Grace, at that time, was running around frantically for Antonio’s career.
On cold winter nights, she went door to door, seeking cooperation from clients. She endured ridicule and doubt, staying up late to organize plans, all to help Antonio overcome the crisis.
But she never mentioned a word about these to Antonio. Meanwhile, Claire took advantage of the moments when Grace was working hard for Antonio to show him her “best side“.
Interrupting his thoughts, he lowered his head and looked at Grace, his gaze becoming gentle. “Grace, are you okay?”
Grace shook her head slowly and sneered, “You finally see it? But do you think I still need your protection?”
She gently pushed Antonio aside, walked past him, and looked directly at Claire, “Claire, this time, there will be no one protecting you anymore. I am going to make you pay for your
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Claire’s face turned pale suddenly. “what… what do you want
to do?”
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“I would call the police,” Grace’s tone was stating a fact unrelated to herself, “Your actions just now were enough to land you in jail.”
“Grace, I was wrong!” Claire finally panicked, kneeling on the ground, her tone filled with a sob, “I was just… I was just jealous of you, it wasn’t intentional, please forgive me this time!”
Grace looked at her without a trace of mercy, “Claire, you have hurt me so many times, and I have endured it over and over. But today, I will not back down anymore.”
After saying that, she picked up her phone and dialed the emergency number.
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