Love’s New Bloom By Simone Hastings

Chapter 87 Wronged 

Erin froze when she heard the pleasing and soothing voice by her ear. Her eyes jerked open, and she stared straight at him. Though she couldn’t see him clearly, she could make out his familiar figure and silhouette. And she could recognize his voice anywhere. 

A mixture of anger and sadness came over her as she asked with a tremor in her voice, “Chandler?” 

“Yes, it’s me,” he answered. 

In order to reassure her of his identity, he even switched on the night light on the nightstand. A soft purple glow lit up the room. The gorgeous face that Erin was madly in love with emerged before her eyes. 

The fear and shame she felt earlier on were instantly replaced by pure relief. 

“Thank goodness it was him.” That was the only thought that went on in her head. 

The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. Finally, she burst out in tears, sobbing like a child. “Have you lost your mind? Why did you treat me like that? I was scared to death!” 

Chandler did not know how to answer Erin when she was having an outburst. He was about to go mad with the emotions he was suppressing. The apology that had been on the tip of his tongue simply refused to be said. He felt extremely wronged and indignant at the thought of how Erin chose to believe May’s words over his. 

He was a man of 30 years of age. He had experienced being wronged by his father in his youth, and he also came across many crooks in business, but never had he lost his temper as he did then. 

He already had a mind to set up a family and have kids with Erin. But it seemed like that was far from the case on her end! She did not even have the most basic trust in him! If ever another woman appeared and pulled the same trick, would he be unjustly blamed again? 

The recollection of her mistrust in him caused the pent–up anger and chagrin within him to erupt all at once. “Erin Lane quit crying!” Chandler bellowed. In a fit of rage, he bolted off the bed and walked across the room. He pulled out a pack of cigarettes after taking a seat on a couch. 

Erin was still letting out all the grievances she had within her. Finally, when she felt her voice go hoarse from all the crying, she twisted her arms around and shouted at Chandler, “You’re too much! How much longer are you going to keep me tied up here?” 

His gaze swept upwards to meet hers, and then he smirked. “Apologize, and I’ll let you go.” 

Erin was so furious that her eyes were bloodshot. “You want me to apologize? Are you hearing yourself? You must be sick in the head! What you just did was a criminal offense! You’re vile!” 

An icy glint flashed in his dark eyes. The square set of his jaws shut Erin right up. She could sense that he was really angered. But she was just as furious! 

“Erin, since it seems like you have forgotten what you said to me before, let me give you a quick reminder! You would rather believe your cousin, who has questionable integrity, than me! Am I really so untrustworthy in your eyes?” 

His words reminded her of the incident that took place in the mansion. She felt really guilty when she thought about May, her two–faced cousin. 

Her averted gaze prompted Chandler to continue, “Only a foolish woman like you would be fooled by her!” He stood up and loosened her hands, cigarette between his lips. 

Erin immediately rubbed her sore wrists to soothe them. There were red marks on both her wrists due to being tied up. 

Chandler turned to walk towards the table and threw her the unopened envelope which had been mailed to her anonymously,” This anonymous letter was supposed to be mailed to you, but I’m afraid that with your limited brains, you can’t afford to wait any longer. Have a look yourself!” And with that, he started to put on his clothes. He was dressed in no time. 

Before he left, he turned to glance at Erin and said in a bone–chilling manner, “Remember this: You are mine! I will allow you 

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Chapter 87 Wronged 

to stay here for the time being, but if you ever dare cheat on me with another man, I will see to it that he loses everything he has to his name! We’ll see if anyone still dares to approach you!” 

Erin let loose a torrent of profanities as soon as the haughty man stepped out the door. It even slipped her mind to ask him how he managed to get in. 

She only started to calm down and think about his words after she got tired from cursing at him. 

She stared at the sealed envelope for a while before picking it up and opening it. 

Half an hour later, Erin stared at the thick stack of documents the envelope contained. She was stuck in her thoughts, unable to bring herself to believe that the information from the documents were authentic. But with solid evidence staring her in the face and every claim accounted for, the only conclusion she was able to draw from them was that May was a woman of improper conduct. 

Erin dared not believe that May had bought her way to a prestigious high school by seducing the school’s principal. But because she had been a juvenile, the incident had been covered up. 

Erin remembered reading about the news in newspapers back then. The principal had been dismissed on charges of abuse of authority. Who would have known that this was the whole story behind the incident! 

The documents also included evidence of May hooking up with several married men with the sole intention of ripping them. 

off. 

That explained why May was always seen with the latest phone models and how she could change them out so frequently. She had lied that she had pestered her parents to buy them for her. 

Erin shook her head with disbelief at the report she had in her hands. It was a financial record of the online store since the day. it was launched. She had never once thought that May would embezzle funds from the store behind her back. May had taken. 120 thousand dollars for her personal use and had never replaced it since. 

At the end of the day, the most upsetting information was a video stored in a USB drive, which Erin had watched. It was CCTV footage from the living room in Chandler’s mansion. Though it was dark, Erin managed to catch everything that had happened. 

It turned out that on the night the incident happened, May had crept downstairs in the dark and bore inappropriate thoughts. for Chandler when she passed by the living room and caught sight of him sleeping on the couch. So, she pulled down the shoulder strap of her nightdress and approached Chandler, who had been fast asleep after having a little too much to drink. Then, she reached out to touch him. 

Chandler had immediately sat up and pushed her to the floor. With a loud roar from him, several of his bodyguards rushed in, switching on all the lights in the living room. 

Erin did not bother watching the rest of the video. She had seen enough to tell her that she had indeed wronged Chandler! No wonder he had flown into such a terrible rage! 

Erin made sure to lock the documents up in a drawer before May came back. 

Still in her nightdress, she pondered her conflicting thoughts of whether she should apologize to Chandler. 

“It’s true that I have wronged him… But his actions that followed and how he treated me was way overboard!” Erin mumbled to herself as if two people were fighting in her head. 

By the time dawn drew near, she had still not decided. Her conscience berated her, but she really could not live down what Chandler had done to her in return! She also felt deep disappointment and heartache for May. It was as if she had never truly 

known her. 

Finally, exhaustion caught up with her, and she fell back asleep. 

When Erin was once again rudely awakened, it was May who had poured a basin of cold water over her. 

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May was beyond herself with rage. “Erin Lane! Why did you steal my clothes? Don’t you know that this is a limited edition Chanel top? It costs 150 thousand dollars!”