I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away
Chapter 433: Fallen Joy Chaucer

Chloe admitted to the crime, making the case proceedings very smooth. Terrence Sterling first took Meredith out, leaving Liam Michaelson to interrogate Chloe. "Chloe, regarding the harm done to Bianca, is there anything else you wish to say?" Liam asked. "Describe in detail the process of your actions."

Chloe sat in the chair, her eyes lifeless as she stared at the wall where a TV hung. The television was off, yet the images from moments ago were vivid in her mind-replaying the very scene when she had attacked Bianca. Chloe voiced her confusion, "Aren't there supposed to be no cameras in the surveillance room? How did you get that video just now?"

"The heavens are watching, Chloe, and nothing escapes them," Liam did not answer directly. The footage shown was fabricated. Based on a description from a boy, Terrence had staged the whole scene to break Chloe's defenses. The reason the people in the video looked like Chloe and Bianca was due to a face-swapping AI technology recently developed by a software company under Terrence.

After filming, the video was processed to swap the faces, presenting Bianca and Chloe in it. This was quicker than movie editing but similar in concept. Believing there was real evidence, Chloe stopped resisting and confessed everything. "That morning, I went to the hospital like usual to visit my sister. She had woken up and learned that Meredith was her biological daughter. She wanted to take back the company to leave it to Meredith. In the heat of the moment, I harbored evil thoughts..." Chloe's confession was a mix of truth and lies.

She did not reveal that Bianca had suspected Joy Chaucer of plotting against her. That was the reason she harbored murderous intent towards Bianca. However, in front of the police, she claimed it was all for the company-a motive, indeed. With Chloe's confession, the case was handed over to the court. When Joy Chaucer came to the police station to post bail, she was shocked to learn of Chloe's confession. "What has my mother confessed to?" she exclaimed in dismay. "Chloe Chaucer has confessed to the murder of Bianca Chaucer. The evidence is conclusive and has been forwarded to the court for proceedings," they informed her. With Chloe's downfall, Joy had lost her pillar of support. Joy Chaucer was devastated not because Chloe confessed, but because she was left to fend for herself. She was kicked out of her home; Terrence Sterling's men watched as she packed her belongings, allowing her to take nothing but her clothes.

In just a few days, Joy Chaucer had fallen from grace, despised by all, shunned by friends, and even scorned when she was down. Carrying her suitcase, she walked down the street when suddenly a downpour began, drenching her completely. People hurried by, and Joy was knocked down into the mud, utterly embarrassed.

Looking at her reflection in a puddle, overwhelmed with emotions, she pounded the ground and screamed in rage, "Meredith, you wretch, you've ruined me, I've lost everything." Lying in the mud, she cursed and wept, her eyes filled with intense hatred that seemed eternal.

The rain washed over her, soaking her through. During her fall, a prosthetic finger had come off, staring at the exposed stub, Joy seethed with anger. She clenched her fists, gritting her teeth, "Meredith, Terrence Sterling, I will not let you get away with this."

In a fit of rage, Joy slapped the puddle on the ground. Suddenly, the rain stopped, and she looked up to find an umbrella held above her. Joy Chaucer looked up at the man standing over her, desperate and disheveled, "Mr. Channing, help me, I have nothing left."

Ethan Channing looked down at Joy Chaucer disdainfully, "You really are foolish, no improvement at all, Joy Chaucer. If it weren't for me, Fiona, and Ruby Kim, you would have died a hundred times over."

With a desperate gaze, Joy Chaucer looked resolutely at Ethan Channing, "Mr. Channing, as long as you are willing to help me, I'll do anything you ask. I must still be of value to you, otherwise you wouldn't be here. Everyone else avoids me, fearing trouble."

Ethan Channing slightly curved his lips, "At least you have some brains."