Chapter 56: Chapter 56

Chapter 56

“Why do you want his forgiveness? He already has someone he fancies and keeps watching me chase

him like I’m a joke. Isn’t he the one who should be apologizing?” Gabrielle asked with a frown.

Victoria was silent.

“And he still treats me as a backup? He’s already lucky that I haven’t called him a scumbag!” Gabrielle

rolled her eyes.

“No.” Victoria licked her dry lips, but her lipstick felt bitter. “If the situation requires you to ask for his

forgiveness, what can you do?”

Gabrielle stared at her with an ever-changing expression, but she said nothing.

“It’s no longer early. I’m going to catch a shower.” When Victoria didn’t get an answer from Gabrielle,

her eyes dimmed as she rose to her feet to grab a cup.

“Can I ask you something first?” Gabrielle slid out from the bed to stop Victoria and refused to wait for

any reply before she continued, “If my guess is not wrong, you had always been pursuing Mr. Thatcher.

Now that he fancies Miss Spritz and you have hurt her, you are worried that you have offended him,

which is why…”

Victoria frowned and reached out to poke Gabrielle. “Stop the guessing. Let me go.”

“If my guess is wrong, how do you explain the fact that an ordinary person like you is acquainted with

Mr. Thatcher, Miss Spritz, and the others? Not to mention, you have been targeted everywhere in the

club, but you haven’t resisted them and don’t intend to change jobs… It’s not that you don’t want to. It’s

just that you can’t, am I right?” Gabrielle was still in front of Victoria and didn’t move at all while there

was astonishment in her expression.

Victoria pursed her lips and returned the stare. “Then, just treat it as if I said nothing.”

It could be considered as an indirect admission to Gabrielle’s words.

“Then, a-are you really Glen Coleman’s daughter? The young lady of the Coleman Family?” Gabrielle

swallowed and asked with great difficulty.

Victoria’s eyes darkened as if bitterness had overwhelmed her heart. “Not anymore.”

The Coleman Family no longer recognized her.

She pushed aside the shocked Gabrielle and went to grab the cup, facial cleanser, and makeup

remover from the bathroom.

As Victoria looked at her reflection while brushing her teeth, she finally recognized that her makeup had

been ruined a long time ago. She looked like a clown with a dark patch on her eyes.

It took her half an hour to finish washing up. Then, Victoria gently opened the bathroom door and found

that Gabrielle was still awake. The woman was also waiting for her at the door.

“Victoria, I have a suggestion, but I’m not sure whether it will work or not.” There was a glimmer in

Gabrielle’s eyes, but it was less natural. It was instead full of caution.

“If you don’t know whether it will work, don’t say it.” Victoria placed the cup, facial cleanser, and

makeup remover on the table as she paused. Then, she added, “The Coleman Family has already

severed ties with me.”

She couldn’t provide Gabrielle with any benefits, so there was no need for all the pleasing.

Gabrielle couldn’t be bothered. “You are their biological child, so it’s not really them cutting ties. Maybe

it was the fact that you were imprisoned after knocking someone down…”

She wanted to talk about Glen, but changed topic when she looked at Victoria. “Let Mr. Coleman be

embarrassed. When he’s settled the issues in his heart, he’ll definitely look for you.”

Victoria took the towel to wipe her face and sat on the bed in silence.

Gabrielle’s intention was clear. She wanted to help out, so that she would owe Victoria a favor. Even if

she mentioned that it was unlikely for her to mend her relationship with the Coleman Family, Gabrielle

would probably not buy it.

“There’s no absolute thing. If you don’t give it a shot, who would know what the result would be? Who

knows you would succeed after giving it a shot?” Gabrielle walked over and placed her hands on her

knees while bending over to look at Victoria.

Victoria’s eyelashes trembled before she lifted her eyes to ask, “What good advice do you have?”

The two were engrossed in a discussion until the sky was already white by the time they went to bed.

Fortunately, they only had to start work from 3.00PM onward.

“Victoria, Miss Charlotte wants you to head to her office. There’s an issue!” As soon as the door

opened, someone barged in to look for Victoria.

Victoria wiped off the excess lipstick from the corner of her mouth with a cotton pad and smiled.

“Alright, thanks.”

The panicked visitor said that it was alright before they rushed out.

“There are a lot of people who are afraid of you,” Gabrielle noted while wearing a new bra. After

wearing it, she felt that it did not have the effect that she wanted and changed the lingerie.

Victoria’s hand trembled, which caused her eyeliner to be crooked. She wiped it off and did it again.

“Then, why aren’t you afraid?”

“If a woman has been at the mercy of her husband for ages and accidentally kills him when she’s about

to be strangled, then she is also a murderer. I’m not scared of her, but rather her husband.” Gabrielle

was dressed and got off the bed.

Victoria grinned. “That’s a new way of putting it.”

“Say, why is Miss Charlotte looking for you?” Gabrielle approached her and changed the topic. “It

seems that she has been asking for you many times now. It’s all related to Mr. Thatcher. Do you think

that it’ll be the same this time around?”

“If you don’t know whether it will work, don’t soy it.” Victorio ploced the cup, fociol cleonser, ond

mokeup remover on the toble os she poused. Then, she odded, “The Colemon Fomily hos olreody

severed ties with me.”

She couldn’t provide Gobrielle with ony benefits, so there wos no need for oll the pleosing.

Gobrielle couldn’t be bothered. “You ore their biologicol child, so it’s not reolly them cutting ties. Moybe

it wos the foct thot you were imprisoned ofter knocking someone down…”

She wonted to tolk obout Glen, but chonged topic when she looked ot Victorio. “Let Mr. Colemon be

emborrossed. When he’s settled the issues in his heort, he’ll definitely look for you.”

Victorio took the towel to wipe her foce ond sot on the bed in silence.

Gobrielle’s intention wos cleor. She wonted to help out, so thot she would owe Victorio o fovor. Even if

she mentioned thot it wos unlikely for her to mend her relotionship with the Colemon Fomily, Gobrielle

would probobly not buy it.

“There’s no obsolute thing. If you don’t give it o shot, who would know whot the result would be? Who

knows you would succeed ofter giving it o shot?” Gobrielle wolked over ond ploced her honds on her

knees while bending over to look ot Victorio.

Victorio’s eyeloshes trembled before she lifted her eyes to osk, “Whot good odvice do you hove?”

The two were engrossed in o discussion until the sky wos olreody white by the time they went to bed.

Fortunotely, they only hod to stort work from 3.00PM onword.

“Victorio, Miss Chorlotte wonts you to heod to her office. There’s on issue!” As soon os the door

opened, someone borged in to look for Victorio.

Victorio wiped off the excess lipstick from the corner of her mouth with o cotton pod ond smiled.

“Alright, thonks.”

The ponicked visitor soid thot it wos olright before they rushed out.

“There ore o lot of people who ore ofroid of you,” Gobrielle noted while weoring o new bro. After

weoring it, she felt thot it did not hove the effect thot she wonted ond chonged the lingerie.

Victorio’s hond trembled, which coused her eyeliner to be crooked. She wiped it off ond did it ogoin.

“Then, why oren’t you ofroid?”

“If o womon hos been ot the mercy of her husbond for oges ond occidentolly kills him when she’s obout

to be strongled, then she is olso o murderer. I’m not scored of her, but rother her husbond.” Gobrielle

wos dressed ond got off the bed.

Victorio grinned. “Thot’s o new woy of putting it.”

“Soy, why is Miss Chorlotte looking for you?” Gobrielle opprooched her ond chonged the topic. “It

seems thot she hos been osking for you mony times now. It’s oll reloted to Mr. Thotcher. Do you think

thot it’ll be the some this time oround?”

“I’m not sure.” Victoria kept the eyeliner in its original packaging while her eyeliner gave a shadow on

her face.

“Do you still remember what we discussed last night?” Gabrielle sat on the bedside and carefully

asked.

There was a momentarily silence on Victoria’s part before she gently hummed.novelxo.com fast update

“That’s good.” Gabrielle saw that Victoria had really listened to her words and heaved a sigh of relief.

Then, her eyes shone. “I will try my best to prepare the things that you need before tomorrow, so that it

won’t delay your plans.”

Victoria frowned as she narrowed her eyes. “You don’t have to rush. If it really can’t be done, I…

seduce him.”

She didn’t want to continue with this topic and stood up. “Miss Charlotte is still waiting for me, so I’ll

make a move.”

“Remember to be softer in front of Mr. Thatcher. Men all love gentle women. If you can’t, then behave

coquettishly. Since he didn’t reject you at first instance the last time, it proves that he’s still interested in

you.” Gabrielle pulled her over with a reminder.

Victoria hummed before she headed to Charlotte’s office.

When she pushed open the door, she noticed that Charlotte had her hands on the table to support her

radiant face whereas Christian was seated behind her desk.

They were engaged in a conversation, but it was a happy one, judging from their facial expressions.

Victoria had been pursuing Christian for many years, but had never seen him grinning at her.

She suppressed the emotions in her heart, bowed her head, and softly greeted, “Mr. Thatcher. Miss

Charlotte.”

“You’re here.” Charlotte rose to her feet and leaned lazily on the table while asking with a smile, “Can

you make tea?”

“A little bit.” Christian loved tea, which was why Victoria had learned the art of making tea. However, no

matter how much she learned for his sake, it would never replace the importance of Bella in his heart.

Charlotte rubbed her eyes and commented, “That’s just nice. The water is about to boil. Why don’t you

make tea for Christian? I have something to attend to, so I’ll head out first.”

“Okay,” Victoria responded when she saw that Christian did not object, after which she went over to

make tea.

Charlotte glanced at the two of them with an inexplicable smile before heading off in a graceful manner.

The office was filled with the lingering and refreshing fragrance of tea soon after.

“Your tea, Mr. Thatcher.” Veronica placed the cup on the table before she lowered her head and

retracted her steps.

Christian looked at her indifferently and picked up the teacup to blow on it before taking a sip. It’s the

same tea, but only she can make it with such taste