358 Chapter 358

Vincent returned after dusk since he still had plenty of meetings before returning to his office and then to his mansion.

He had already told Maria to meet him in his home office because he was curious about the recording.

'Well, if it's not worth my time, I might as well fire that old hag because she did something out of my instruction. A disobedient old mutt needs to get euthanized sooner or later.'

Vincent did his usual routine by taking a warm bath after work, wearing pajamas, and then eating dinner before throwing the food to the maid's or the cook's face.

Because none of them made a good dinner, no matter how many times Vincent beat them to do it better.

"Damn, how many times do I have to tell all of you incompetent dogs to make something similar to my wife's cooking? What's so difficult?! Why can't it taste the same?!" Vincent yelled after he threw all the plates on the floor.

The maids and cooks could only lower their heads out of fear. This job was too stressful for anyone, but the pay was too good for them to leave.

So they could only bear all the abuse while secretly hoping Mrs. Gray could return and protect them instead.

After all, Mrs. Gray would usually stop Master Gray from hurting the staff and let him vent on her instead.

'Yeah, life was good when she was around,' the staff thought in unison.

After Vincent calmed down, he went to his home office and worked on a few documents until he heard a knock on the door.

"Master, it's Secretary Maria. She said she has a report for you," the maid outside said.

"Let her in."

The door was opened, and Secretary Maria came in with a stack of documents and an iPad.

Maria walked with her chin up despite her age, arrogantly passing the young maid. She stood before her boss and put the document on the table.

But that wasn't the main reason for her arrival. She put the iPad right in front of Vincent. She said, "I have recorded my conversation with Mrs. Gray, both video and audio. You may check it first to see if it will have any use for you, Sir."

Vincent raised his brow. He was quite interested in her bold statement, "You will not apologize for what you did, Secretary Maria? You're acting without my order."

"What I am doing is to incentivise you, Sir," Maria replied firmly. She didn't have an ounce of fear in front of the obviously dangerous boss. "Maybe you will change on method of handling Mrs. Gray's disappearance after watching the video."

Vincent was not amused by how bold she replied to him. He never liked Secretary Maria because she acted as if they were equal, even if Vincent could ruin her life in a blink of an eye.

But she was still an incredibly competent secretary, and he was rational enough to know that he wouldn't be able to handle the work without Secretary Maria's help.

"Fine, but if it's not interesting, then I will punish you for this, you old hag."

Vincent tapped the screen and played the video.

The video was recorded from an angle where he could fully see Chloe's face. She was a lot healthier than the last time he saw her.

Her cheek was skill sunken, but she wasn't just flesh and bones these days.

Maybe in a year, Chloe would return to her old self when she was a ravishing young beauty in her early 20s.

A beauty that made everyone crazy for her, including Vincent.

She looked at Maria with eyes full of suspicion, but Maria ignored it and started the conversation.

Vincent completely ignored Maria's words as he deemed them unimportant, but he was shocked when Chloe opened her mouth.

-

"Rash and irrational? I think both of us know that Vincent is the most irrational man ever."

-

p1ease visit n0ve1b(in).ne)t

Vincent's eyes widened.

No, he wasn't all that surprised that Chloe hated him. After all, he did, it would be too delusional of him not to recognize the hatred and fear in her eyes.

But that didn't really matter.

He owned her, and that was all that mattered.

What really surprised him was the way she reacted. The old Chloe under him wouldn't dare raise her head or fight back. She could only cry and cower in fear, and it took Vincent many years to train Chloe until she became like that.

But she became healthier in just a few months and dared to talk back. Her voice was cold and loud as if she feared nothing.

The more he watched, the more he listened to how Chloe argued and retaliated.

And it was...

'Goddamn arousing and infuriating at the same time,' Vincent thought. He never realized he would be aroused when listening to Chloe, who retaliated.

The spark that had been lost for the past eight years suddenly returned, and now he realized what had been lost.

'So that's why I lost interest in her...' Vincent thought. 'Because she doesn't retaliate anymore....'

Vincent also continued watching, and he got even more infuriated by Chloe.

'Damn, I can't wait to silence her bold mouth. How dare she talk back like that? Did she think that she could fight me just because I let her free for a while?' Vincent smirked maliciously. 'I can't wait to see you retaliate as I make you beg for your life, Wife.'

-

"I never cheat on him, not even once I do have the idea about it. But even if I did, he has no right to call me out, because he fucked Priscilla in our marital bed!"

-

That last sentence before Chloe grabbed her bag and left struck Vincent in his pride. He scoffed, full of ridicule, "And what's wrong with that?"

Vincent looked up and asked Secretary Maria, "Can you believe what she just said? I have no right to call her out because I fucked that condom bitch on our bed? HAHA! That's funny!"

SLAM!

Vincent slammed the desk and roared;

"I AM VINCENT GRAY, I CAN DO WHATEVER THE FUCK I WANT!"