Ch. 21..25: Divorced My Scum Husband, Married His Evil brother Chapter 21-25

Chapter 21

Vernon hung up the call after he said what he needed to say. He chuckled in mirth as he could clearly hear the desperation in Chloe's voice.

"Of course, she would. Since I blocked all her way out," Vernon said as he drank his whiskey. He had no remorse for what he did, "After all, I've always wanted to know the taste of a shy and modest woman like her."

Vernon was the one who did everything, including threatening those executives to reject Chloe's job application. He might not be as powerful as Vincent— at least not now.

But he was powerful enough to pull some strings, of course.

Vernon called another number, and after a few beeps, the call was connected.

—

"Hello, Vernon?"

"Ah, big brother," Vernon said. "I called just to tell you that I've rejected my sister-in-law's request."

"Really? Did she finally called you out of desperation?" Vincent asked.

"Yes,"

"And you refused to give her a job, right?"

"I don't want to offend you, big brother," Vernon replied.

"Good, I need that bitch to give up with her stupid escape. She doesn't know what kind of idiotic thing she's doing right now," Vincent said. "Anyway, thanks for your help, Vernon. I hope we can work to sort out our family problem soon."

"Sure, sure, big brother. Don't worry about it," Vernon said. "I never have any grudge against you. So we should be able to work together sooner or later."

"Mhm, sure, talk to you later."

Vincent hung up the call after that. Vernon threw his phone onto the bed near him.

He sat on the long sofa and spread his legs. He drank until the last drop of his Dalmore 62 and then put the bottle on his side. He looked at the picture of a beautiful woman in her thirty and her daughter in his phone gallery. His face turned gradually turned reddish, he wasn't sure if it was the effect of drinking the whole bottle of whiskey, but he felt pretty lightheaded right now, "You have a beautiful family. Too bad I'm going to be involved in your life."

—

"See you later, Mommy!" Mackie waved her hand as she pranced towards the school gate.

"Study well, Mackie," Chloe said. She waved her hand and smiled, but the smile slowly faltered after Mackie entered her school gate. The woe in her heart grew as she continued thinking of the worst scenario when she met Vernon just an hour from now.

Vernon was a bastard, and she was convinced that Vernon would not let her off easy. Not after she yelled at him and refused to comply at his office yesterday.

**

Chloe stood in front of the door leading to the main lobby of Vernon's office. She saw Diamond— Vernon's secretary was already standing inside, waiting for her to enter.

She hesitated for a second but shook her head after that.

Damn it, pull it together, Chloe Carlson! This is for your daughter!' Chloe chanted in her heart as she approached Diamond.

Diamond smiled at Chloe and said in a formal tone, "Mrs. Gray, please come with me. Mr. Phoenix Gray is waiting for you in his office."

'Vernon is waiting for me? Oh no…'

Chloe swallowed her saliva, but she nodded and followed Diamond to the executive elevator. They stood in silence while the elevator went up.

Chloe was a little uncomfortable with the silence, especially knowing that Diamond and her would work together in the future. Thus, she tried to start a conversation, "S—So, how long have you been working with Vernon?"

"Two years," Diamond replied curtly.

"… Then, how many women Vernon ever dated in those two years—"

"Too many to count, Miss," Diamond replied, not wanting to hide the cold, harsh truth to a special victim of her Boss. "I personally managed the contacts of all women he had ever been with. The longest-lasting relationship he had ever been with was with the hottest new actress in Hollywood, which lasted for two months."

"Two months?"

"Yes, Mr. Phoenix Gray is a man who is easily bored," Diamond said. "Though, his good looks, paired with his successful venture and… other physical advantages make him popular amongst the Hollywood circle."

Chloe was somewhat relieved upon hearing that one. He knew that Vernon was a powerful man, just like Vincent, and he was just as fickle as his big brother.

'If he can only last for two months with the hottest new actress in Hollywood, he will probably only tolerate me in a week at most, and I will get dumped,' Chloe thought. 'That's good. I will just take my payment and leave it with Mackie. I'll never get entangled with this bastard or his brother anymore.'

Meanwhile, Diamond sympathized with Chloe. She was the one who knew about Mr. Phoenix Gray's true intention, but she had no right nor obligation to tell Chloe about it.

She wanted to save her ass from Vernon's rage as well.

Ding!

The elevator reached the highest floor, and Diamond led Chloe to the office. She knocked on the door and opened it slowly, "Mr. Phoenix Gray, Mrs. Chloe Gray is here."

"Let her in," Vernon replied.

Diamond opened the office door, allowing Chloe to enter the CEO's office.

Chloe took a deep breath and clenched her fist for a second to muster her courage before stepping in.

The moment she stepped in, Diamond closed the door behind, locking Chloe with the demon CEO.

"Welcome back, sister-in-law," Vernon greeted. Chloe darted her eyes at the figure of a man standing in front of the wide glass pane, staring at the view of the city below.

Chloe stared at the CEO's broad shoulder in silence for a while until Vernon turned his head to the left and looked over his shoulder, "Shall we begin with your interview?"

Chapter 22

Chloe stared at the CEO's broad shoulder in silence for a while until Vernon turned his head to the left and looked over his shoulder, "Shall we begin with the interview?"

Chloe took a step back instinctively as Vernon's eyes framed behind the rimless glasses showed a dangerous glint, like a hawk that had found its prey. He seemed to have predicted everything, including Chloe's desperate return.

Vernon turned around and walked to his executive chair. He fixed his rimless glasses and cupped his hands on the long desk. If Chloe didn't know what kind of man Vernon was, she would think that Vernon was a proper CEO who wanted to hire her professionally.

'Not a pervert who wants to fuck his own sister-in-law,' Chloe thought.

"Sit down, sister-in-law," Vernon said as he pointed at the seat with his chin.

…

Chloe stared at Vernon full of suspicion, but she obediently sat on the seat directly facing Vernon. She had braced herself for whatever Vernon would do to her now.

But the devil was always full of surprises;

"Your resume?" Vernon asked.

"Huh?" Chloe was stunned. He thought that Vernon would have his way into her right here, right now.

But he actually asked for her resume?

"I—I didn't bring it with me," Chloe said truthfully. "I—I thought—"

"Tsk, tsk, what kind of job you want if you can't even provide me a resume?" Vernon said. He had a devilish smirk as he continued, "How am I supposed to accept you as my assistant with your unprofessionalism?"

"I—I…" Chloe stuttered, and her cheeks reddened out of shame. She lowered her head ashamedly, "P—Pardon me, Sir…."

Vernon chuckled. She was so predictable that it became amusing for him, "I will give you lenience for now. But you're going to work with me as a real personal assistant. You need to know that I'm an impatient man. I do not tolerate this twice, understand?" Vernon dictated.

"Y—Yes, Mr. Phoenix Gray…"

Vernon turned around to hold his laughter once he realized Chloe took this seriously. Of course, he had no intention of turning Chloe to be a regular assistant. He already had Diamond, and she was a very competent secretary.

While Chloe— his sister-in-law, was a place for him to try new things.

Though, he was curious about a few things, "Sister-in-law, do you know how to cook?"

"Y—Yes, I've always cooked for my husband— I mean, ex-husband, and daughter for the past ten years," Chloe replied. She wasn't sure if this would help her in her new job, though…

"Good," Vernon nodded approvingly. "I assume you can do other housewife duties as well—"

"H—Housewife duties?"

"Three tasks," Vernon said. "I need you to cook for me daily and prepare my suit every morning. That will be your job as my personal assistant."

Chloe looked up. She thought Vernon was joking, "You… you want me to cook and prepare your suit daily?"

"Yes."

"Isn't that a job of a—"

"Maid?" Vernon completed her sentence, and Chloe nodded meekly. She would be more than happy to be a maid because that was an honest job for a middle-aged woman like her.

Vernon knew what Chloe was thinking, and he wouldn't let her have the relief she wanted, "The first two tasks might be easy, but the third task is what differs you from a maid job."

"T—Then, what's the third task?" Chloe asked.

Vernon said nothing, but he got up from the seat and walked towards the beautifully carved wooden door, complete with the password lock in the door handle— located at the edge of the CEO's office.

Chloe was curious about that door before. Because the antique wooden door was so out of place in this sleek-designed office dominated by black and white colors.

Unfortunately, she didn't have time to check the door in close range because Vernon arrived way too early and called her out for snooping around during their first meeting.

Vernon pressed his thumb on the door handle, and his fingerprint was detected. The door was automatically unlocked.

Vernon pushed the door open and leaned on the door while staring at Chloe, "Come here, let me show you the third task."

 

Chapter 23

"Come here, Sister-in-law, let me show you the third task," Vernon said.

Chloe looked at him suspiciously. From this angle, she couldn't see anything inside the room. But she only saw the purple velvet wall, which was already suspicious enough.

"What is that room?" Chloe asked suspiciously.

"Your new office," Vernon smiled. "It's nothing dangerous. It's just a room— that will be your office after you are hired as my personal assistant."

Obviously, Chloe wouldn't believe a thing coming from Vernon's mouth. She had a few theories of what was inside that suspicious room— from the tame one up to the wildest fantasy she had, something that a modest woman like Chloe would never think of entering in her life.

'Is it… a sex dungeon?' Chloe guessed. She had never seen one in real life. She just read a few erotica with descriptions. They said a sex dungeon usually had one master to control the whole thing. In Chloe's imagination, Vernon was fit to be one.

'But, why would he have something so obscene in his office? This is a professional office, right?' Chloe asked herself.

"What's with the wait? Didn't I tell you before that I'm an impatient man?" Vernon urged Chloe, and she reluctantly obeyed.

Chloe got up from the seat and slowly walked toward Vernon. Her body was a little stiff because she got nervous.

Vernon was pleased when Chloe obeyed. He pointed at the room with his chin and said, "Come in first. I will guide you from behind."

,m Chloe nodded. She took a deep breath to brace herself. She stepped inside the room and was stunned upon seeing what the room was used for.

Under the dim light, Chloe saw a big bed covered with red velvet sheets in the middle of the room. There was plenty of suspicious stuff hanging on the wall, handcuffs, dildos, vibrators, whips in many forms, choker and dog collar, and red ropes dangling from the ceiling.

Everything looked like stuff coming from a novel, Chloe had read a few eroticas, and she could only see this stuff and how it functioned with google, but she never saw them in real life.

Chloe's body shook, the shock was too great for her, and she stepped back out of reflex.

But the moment she stepped back, her shoulder hit something behind her.

Chloe looked up and saw Vernon already standing behind him. With his devious smile, he asked, "Why are you so surprised, sister-in-law? You're an adult, right? A few sex toys shouldn't be shocking."

"B—But, but I—" Chloe stammered, but she couldn't utter anything in the end. She imagined Vernon must have a perverted hobby, knowing he still had the Gray blood in him.

But she never thought that her imagination could be true.

"I— I need to take a breather. Please excuse me—" Chloe said. She needed time to recover from the shock, and standing inside this place already scared her.

Vernon's gaze darkened almost instantly, and the devious smirk disappeared from his face. He pushed Chloe until she lost her balance and fell to the velvet bed in front of her.

"Ah!" Chloe landed boobs first on the bed. She groaned for a second. But Vernon didn't give her time to recover, he laid right beside Chloe on the velvet bed, and his hand crawled from her waist up to her boobs.

Vernon slipped his fingers inside her shirt and started fondling her boobs covered with a bra;

"Ah!" Chloe felt her whole body shuddering upon getting touched by Vernon. She had never been in a relationship except with Vincent in her whole life, so getting touched by another man felt strange for her.

"V—Vernon, what are you doing?! This is inappropriate!"

"Inappropriate?" Vernon chuckled. "This is your third task as my third secretary; to please me in bed with your body. Don't act so innocent. You should've expected this already."

"Ah… Uhm…" Chloe gasped as Vernon got braver and used his other hand to pull her closer until there was no gap between them. Vernon's hand started caressing her thigh, making Chloe's whole body tremble out of mixed fear and strange excitement.

Vernon leaned in and whispered, "This is your last chance, sister-in-law. Be obedient and accept me, or leave."

Chloe was stunned and could say nothing as Vernon's big palm and long fingers continued fondling her boobs.

'S— should I leave now? Vernon gives me the last chance to leave, but….'

'There is no way I could get a job out there.'

'Not when Vincent is holding my life with his power.'

"I take your silence as a yes," Vernon kissed her neck, satisfied with her obedience. "You can't escape now, sister-in-law."

Chapter 24

"I take your silence as a yes," Vernon kissed her neck, satisfied with her obedience. "You can't escape now, sister-in-law."

Chloe felt that she was being embraced by the devil, all Vernon's words were hypnotizing and domineering, but she could do nothing about it.

She nodded weakly and murmured, "P—Please be gentle…."

Vernon chuckled, "Look around you. Do you think I can be gentle with all of these things?"

Chloe lifted her head and looked around once more. She swallowed her saliva nervously.

Vernon was right. With his hobby, there was no way he could be gentle.

But, that wasn't her concern currently;

Her concern was down there, where she could feel something big— almost like a police stick poking her from behind. She bit her lower lip as she tried to muffle her gasps more and more.

She said that Vernon should be gentle because of the size of his dick. It was too big, even bigger than Vincent. She was already whimpering and almost crying when doing it with Vincent. Though, it was mostly because Vincent refused to be gentle to her and was always so rough during sex.

If Vernon was just as rough and uncaring as Vincent, she would probably die out of shock when that thing slammed inside her.

"N—No, I mean, your… your…." Chloe couldn't say it. She felt it was too vulgar. Even Vincent only fucked and left her after that. There was no dirty talk and such.

"My what?" Vernon chuckled. He teasingly rubbed his hard-as-rock dick against Chloe's plump ass, and the friction from his underwear and boxer gave him even more stimulation.

"I can do it to you right here, right now," Vernon said, and Chloe started having a cold sweat all over. She never had sex anymore after getting pregnant with her daughter, so that was already eight years of no sex.

She didn't know if she was ready now…

"You're nervous about this? I thought my brother must've done you many times," Vernon said.

Chloe shook her head shamefully. She buried her face on the bedsheet, "E—eight years…."

"Huh?"

"H—He hasn't touched me… for eight years…." Chloe said truthfully. She wanted to see if Vernon would let her off, for now, knowing that she basically returned to being a virgin after no sex for eight years.

Vernon's eyes widened, and he stopped grinding his dick, "Are you serious?"

Chloe nodded weakly.

"Pfft… Hahaha!" Vernon laughed freely. He finally released Chloe and got up from the bed. He looked down at the woman at his mercy on the bed, "I didn't know that my brother would be that stupid. But fine, I'm an impatient man, but a few things can wait. I will teach you slowly with everything in this room."

Chloe gulped again, but she only nodded and resumed her same position, waiting for Vernon to do something to her body.

But contrary to her expectation, Vernon suddenly said, "Why are you still laying there like a dead fish? Get up and fix my suit. I have a meeting in ten minutes."

"Eh?" Chloe turned her head towards Vernon. He looked impatient as he checked his watch. Their gazes met when Vernon also looked in her direction, "What? Are you deaf? Get up and fix my suit!"

"Y—Yes, Mr. Gray!" Chloe got up hastily and fixed his cuffs, collar, and belt.

Chloe saw that Vernon was still half-erect down there. Even half-erect was still so obviously big. Her cheeks reddened. She said nothing and tidied the shirt around his hips and waist.

Vernon chuckled. He wrapped his hand around Chloe's waist and pulled her towards his embrace. He pinched her chin and lifted her head up. They stared at each other again, under the dim light of this secret room of the CEO. Vernon had a lot of ideas in his mind, knowing that Chloe was basically a virgin again at this moment.

"You should return home and prepare everything before dinner. I have a lot of meetings today," Vernon said.

"H—Home?" Chloe was flustered. "Ah, you mean your home. Y—Yes, I will clean everything and cook for dinner, Sir."

Vernon said nothing but had a mysterious smile while staring at Chloe, "Talk to my secretary after this. I don't have to explain everything."

Vernon released Chloe and walked out of the CEO's office, leaving Chloe alone in this… she wasn't even sure how to call this sultry room. She walked out quickly and shut the antique door. The door was automatically locked, much to her relief.

Chloe wobbled towards her chair, her cheeks still had a tint of red, and she was spacing out the whole time, trying to process what just happened and the fact that she had sold her life to the devil.

She didn't know if it was the correct decision.

"Vernon Phoenix Gray… what are you going to do with my life?"

Chapter 25

Chloe stayed inside the CEO's room for a while to collect herself. She sat on the same seat, staring at the executive chair for a time until she heard the door getting knocked from outside.

She looked over her shoulder and saw Diamond open the door and walk in with a cup of tea. The secretary approached Chloe and slowly put the cup of tea in front of Chloe, "You should drink this, Mrs. Gray. Mr. Phoenix Gray must've been going wild on you," Diamond said with sympathetic eyes towards Chloe.

Chloe looked at Diamond and asked, "Did you know what is inside that room?"

"Yes, I do."

"So he has used that room with so many women before?"

"Not many, just women that Mr. Phoenix Gray found interesting," Diamond said. "He has many flings in the past, but he only took a certain female demographic inside that room."

"Certain female demographic?"

"I cannot disclose the information, Missus," Diamond said.

Chloe instantly imagined all those toys being used by so many women, and it would get inside her. She shuddered out of fear and disgust. Who would've expected that Vernon had such a disgusting hobby and also switched with so many women?

'Isn't he afraid of STDs?' Chloe thought.

Diamond sensed what was on Chloe's mind just by looking at the disgust on her face, so she cleared up a little misunderstanding, "Don't worry about the props, Mrs. Gray. Mr. Phoenix Gray always replaced all the props with brand new ones every time he switched partners."

,m "Really?"

"Yes, so you don't need to worry about STDs. He is clean as well," Diamond gave out more than enough information. But she pitied Chloe so much, knowing that she would have to face Mr. Phoenix Gray's torment.

Though, she fabricated one piece of information; Mr. Phoenix Gray was not someone who would treat a random woman with care and gentleness. He never actually replaced the props he had inside that room; until yesterday. Diamond had to replace the whole props down to the bed under the order of the demon CEO yesterday.

Mr. Pheonix Gray didn't say anything about why they had to replace everything inside his Velvet room, but he just told Diamond to replace everything with brand new, so it would be clean.

Unfortunately, Mr. Phoenix Gray forbade her to say anything to Chloe. This was already the stretch she could do without igniting Mr. Phoenix Gray's wrath.

Chloe was a little relieved that Vernon wasn't a complete nasty man like she expected. But still, changing partners like it was nothing— that kind of thing must've been a genetic trait of the Grays.

"Anyway, Mrs. Gray—"

"You… can call me Chloe…." Chloe said. She felt a little uneasy that Diamond would refer to her as Mrs. Gray because she was in the divorce process with Vincent.

"Ah, that would be impolite of me," Diamond refused. "Mr. Phoenix Gray said you need to be addressed as Mrs. Gray."

…

"You can call me Chloe in private then," Chloe said.

"That's… fair," Diamond hesitated a bit. But Chloe seemed to be more comfortable with her name rather than being addressed as 'Mrs. Gray.'

"Well, Chloe, Mr. Phoenix Gray already told me you accepted his term, right?" Diamond asked.

"Yes…"

"That means I can give you this," Diamond fished out something from her blazer pocket and put them on the table.

Chloe stared at the items on the table. Obviously, she knew what they were, but she wasn't sure why would Diamond put them in front of her, "And this is for?"

"It's office facility," Diamond said. She pointed at a car key, "There is a car for you in the VIP parking spot. It's a silver Bentley Continental GT. You can show the key to the security guard in the lobby, and he will lead you to your new car."

"What?!" Chloe's eyes widened. She didn't know that she'd get an office facility. But even if she got one, why would it need to be a luxury car?!

But Diamond didn't let her speak as she continued explaining;

"And for those two—" Diamond pointed at two cards, one white with a name on it, and the other one…

—White card—

Phoenix Tower

20.02

— Black card—

American Express

3775 1978 xxxx xxxx

Vernon Phoenix Gray

—

"The white card is a card key for your new apartment in Phoenix Tower. It's on floor 20, room number 2," Diamond explained. "And for the black card… it's Mr. Phoenix Gray's black card. He issued one more card for you, so you can use his credit card for the necessary purchase."