Honey, You're a Billionaire by Chandler Solar

Chapter 378 Prostrate and Repent Almost by instinct, Chloe instantly shut her eyes. Even if she did, she could vividly feel the hairpin in Rose's hand less than an inch away from her eye. If she opened them now, Rose might actually impale her eyeball.

Amidst the terror, she heard another command from Rose above her head. "Get on the ground and apologize to Grandpa!" Her voice was as cold as ice.

Despite her reluctance, Chloe gave in to the pressure. "Okay. I will. But first, take that thing away..." As if unfulfilled, she continued to request, "Also, you must letgo. Otherwise, h-how can I lie face down?" She thought Rose wouldn't fulfill her request, but to her surprise, she did.

Regaining her freedom, Chloe had no plans to prostrate and apologize. When she looked up and saw Oliver's picture, it felt like he was staring at her.

"Face down!" Rose's voice sounded again.

Chloe scanned the crowd, who had condemning gazes, and realized they were waiting for her to do it. Their looks conveyed that they would not leave unless she prostrated and apologized sincerely. After shesitation, she conceded.

She knelt and bowed slightly at Oliver's urn and portrait, her actions looking extremely perfunctory.

Naturally, Rose was dissatisfied with that. There was no way she would accept this half-hearted repentance. "Do it sincerely this time!" Rose voiced everyone's thoughts. They nodded and parroted, "Do it properly!" Under the pressure, Chloe gritted her teeth and lowered her body again. This time, there was a slight improvement. Her face touched the ground.

However, to Rose, that wasn't enough to compensate for her mistake. "Not good enough!" Her gaze turned cold, and she made up her mind to put Chloe through this punishment.

Upon hearing that, Chloe lifted her head and glared furiously at Rose. "Don't overdo it!" Did she? "Trust me, I can." Rose waved the hairpin, revealing a sardonic smile.

Faced with such threats, Chloe fumed with rage. "I dare you to..." Just then, she was interrupted by a hairpin darting toward her eye. "Ah!" She closed her eyes out of fear.

The hairpin stopped in mid-air, and it was then Chloe understood Rose was not playing around. Shaken to her core, she begged, "Okay, I'll do it. I'll do it..." "Alright. Go on!" Chloe would have to repeat it until she satisfied Rose.

Rose kept the hairpin away, and Chloe opened her eyes. She proceeded to repeat the action reluctantly, but it wasn't received well.

"Not good enough!" Gritting her teeth, Chloe didn't say anything further and buried her face into the ground. "That should do it!" she thought.

"Not good enough!" Rose remained dissatisfied.

Chloe was enveloped in fury, but upon contemplation, she could only try harder. She lay submissively on the ground, her face covered in dirt.

Having suffered enough humiliation, she finally received Rose's approval. However, there was still one step left... Just as Chloe thought things had ended, Rose's voice echoed again. "What about your apology? You can't forget that." Chloe lifted her head abruptly and screamed, "Rose!" However, Rose merely responded with furrowed brows. Then, Chloe saw her gripping the hairpin. Despite how pale Rose looked, Chloe had experienc first-hand how brutal she could get. An apology was nothing compared to earlier. She conceded defeat and turned toward Oliver's portrait and urn.

"Sorry, Oliver," she said, without a hint of emotion.

Rose was displeased. "Again!" Chloe gritted her teeth and repeated, "I'm sorry, Oliver." It wasn't genuine.

Rose scrunched her brows. "Again!" "You..." Chloe knew there was no way out until she satisfied Rose with her apology. Hence, she took a deep breath and stared at Oliver's picture.

This time, she met his eyes. The memories of him adopting her suddenly resurfaced.

Back then, the Young couple had suffered the disappearance of their daughter. To ease the wife's pain, they adopted Chloe.

During her twith the Young family, the couple treated her with utmost care and love. Back then, she felt like the luckiest orphan alive. She led a wonderful life until the age of 18.

One day, she found out that the Youngs had been searching for their missing daughter all those years.

That instilled a fear within her-fear that she would be replaced and lose everything when the rightful heiress of the Youngs chalive.

As a result, she secretly investigated the case of the missing Young family's heiress. She wanted to m prevent the real daughter from returning hbefore the couple found her. However, the universe defied her wish. Oliver located his missing daughter before her. When the rightful heiress returned home, she was well-loved by everyone. That shift in environment led Chloe to think she was no longer worthy within the family. Sheought to return to where she cfrom.

She didn't want to becan orphan again and lose everything she had.

m As such, she bectwo-faced becS since Henrietta's return, acting diligently on the surface but constantly sowing discord between Henrietta and Oliver. Under her instigations, Henrietta left hout of anger. With that, Chloe becthe only lady of the Young family once again, with everything belonging to her.

To her dismay, Oliver found out everything she had done. He regretted hitting Henrietta and banishing her from their home.

Since then, Oliver had looked for Henrietta for 20 years. Despite the failure, he never loved or cared for Chloe the sway again. He disregarded her, and she did the sto him.

At that moment, she realized she had been grieving the loss of her close relationship with Oliver. Without him, there would be no Chloe Young.

Her heart trembled. She stared at his picture before a wave of sorrow finally enveloped her. "I'm so sorry..." she uttered. "I shouldn't have broken the urn. I'm sorry."

She regretted sowing discord between Oliver and Henrietta... Chloe's apology was genuine. Tears as she muttered fitted he Neyes wax repeatedly, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry!" Miles had never seen her like this.

Then, he glanced at Rose. Staring at the posthumous portrait, Rose finally piped up, "Let's go." Oliver's funeral awaited them. Miles placed the urn into Rose's hands once again. This time, she ignored the condemning gazes around her and unhesitantly held the urn.

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