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Chapter 174
Linda had always leaned on Chloe's shoulder. "Chloe, you're like the moon shining bright in the sky, and I'm just an ant on the ground. Thank you for being friends with someone like me."
"Linda, what are you overthinking now?" Chloe casually slung her arm over Linda's shoulder.
"You're my moon, but not just my moon. I'm so afraid that one day, you'll leave me."
Chloe stood up, hands on her hips. "You, my dear, have been reading too many books. You're always so sentimental."
Then she reached out her hand. "Linda, we'll always be best friends."
Thinking back to that moment, Chloe couldn't help but feel a bitter irony. The person she treated with genuine kindness turned out to be the one who stabbed her the deepest.
Chloe went straight into the house and down into the basement. She checked the items that her friend had sent over. Good. They looked very hungry. After that, she went up to the small attic at the top of the villa. This was a surveillance room. Outside of the villa, the yard and every room and corridor had surveillance cameras. When Chloe turned on the surveillance equipment, rows of monitors lit up instantly. She sat in the chair, leisurely waiting.© NôvelDrama.Org - All rights reserved.
A black Mercedes appeared in the cameras' field of vision. That Mercedes was familiar to Chloe; it was Lucas' car. This past month, Linda had been driving it. The car pulled into the villa's driveway and stopped. As expected, Linda got out of the car.
Today, she was dressed as usual in a white dress, looking innocent and simple, like a daisy under the sun, seemingly about to topple over with just a gust of wind. Linda watched the "chaotic" yard. She seemed to remember something, too. She stood in the yard for a white before going inside.
Soon, Linda was standing outside the surveillance room. There was no door to the surveillance room. In fact, Linda was surprised. On her way here, it seemed like all the doors to the rooms had been removed. But she didn't ponder too much about what that meant.
Chloe sat in the chair in the
surveillance room. Today, she was wearing a black dress. Her hair was styled in black waves, matched with a black butterfly hair clip. Even her shoes were black. Dressed from head to toe, all in black, Chloe gave off a somewhat eerie vibe. But her smile was radiant. "Linda, you came?"
Linda slowly walked in, her eyes soft and vulnerable. Her voice was like a plea, "Chloe, can you help me, please?"
"Lucas doesn't want the baby in my belly anymore, but I can't lose this child. Please, talk to him for me. He only listens to you now. Chloe, please spare my child, okay?"
Chloe laughed sarcastically but still
asked, "Spare your child? You're really good at making accusations. What does Lucas not wanting your baby have to do with me? It's as if you're implying I persuaded Lucas to get rid of the baby. Linda, you're really good at this."
"That's not what I meant. Lucas feels guilty towards you, so he's being so harsh on me. If you forgive me, he will surely be able to let go, too."
Linda was now standing half a meter away from Chloe. With a thud, she knelt on the ground. "Chloe, I've done many things wrong to you, but my child is innocent. It's just a little life. Can we please let bygones be bygones?"