The Clutches Of Hell Novel

Chapter 33

Daisy was about to say something more, but when she met Victoria’s gaze, a wary look flashed across her eyes as she swallowed back her words. She simply huffed reluctantly.

Gabrielle messed up her eyeliner, so she removed it and tried again. As she did so, she asked, “Victoria, have you eaten dinner? If not, I can add more to my delivery order.”

“I’ll have a bowl of porridge, then. Thank you.” Victoria found her cabinet and looked for a clean change of work clothes.

“You asked her if she ate, but why didn’t you ask me?” Daisy supported herself with her right elbow on the bed, reclining as she shouted, “I haven’t eaten anything either. Just order something for me as well; I’m not picky!”

“No, you can order what you want yourself. I don’t have any spare money to spend on your meals.” Gabrielle applied some lipstick and pursed her lips, then wiped away an extra spot with a cotton bud.

Daisy was so enraged that her face turned red. She sat up and shouted, “Gabrielle, we’ve known each other for years, but you’d rather buy food for a murderer you met not even a month ago instead of me?”

At the mention of the word ‘murderer’, Victoria stopped changing her clothes briefly before she resumed buttoning her top.

“Since when did I buy food for Victoria? She always returns the money to me. Why don’t you return the money you owe me, then I’ll buy food for you?” Gabrielle responded.

Daisy cursed while saying, “You little wretch. Why are you acting like everyone is dying to eat the food you order?”

Victoria and Gabrielle ignored her. When their food arrived, they ate a little and went to work together.

“V-Victoria, a lady is looking for you at the entrance.” A colleague walked over and shakily relayed the message to Victoria. Before Victoria could ask who the lady was, the colleague left in a hurry, seemingly scared of a murderer like her.

Victoria placed the cleaning tools into the store room and went to the entrance. It was then that she realized the person looking for her was the female lawyer with a child-like face.

“I’m so sorry that I took so long to visit you,” Janice’s face went red as she said remorsefully.

Victoria couldn’t think of any reason Janice would see her. “Is there something you want to talk to me about?”

“Let’s talk elsewhere.” Janice looked at the people coming and going, then led Victoria out of Delta Club, finding a relatively quieter place.

“Well, I’m really sorry.” Janice clasped her hands together. “I’ve told my teacher and my dad about you, but my teacher refuses to be involved in this matter. I asked my dad for help, but in the end, he also told me that he couldn’t help me.”

“It’s okay, thank you.” Victoria never thought that a stranger would take her case so seriously. She was stunned for a moment before thanking Janice earnestly.

Back then, when her family heard that she had provoked Christian, they didn’t even try before choosing to abandon her.

In contrast, her own family was really cold-blooded.

Seeing that, Janice grew anxious. “Why are you so indifferent about this? You should know that my dad is the new secretary of the municipal committee. If even he can’t help, the others will be even less likely

to help. Who exactly did you provoke?”

“Thank you for helping me.” Victoria bowed to her, saying, “I don’t think you should keep intervening in this matter. It might drag you down.”

However, she hadn’t expected that this lawyer’s father would be the secretary of the municipal committee. She didn’t even realize that even when the secretary of the municipal committee had spoken up, Christian was still reluctant to let her off.

Janice had studied to be a lawyer exactly because she wanted to fight injustice, but she never expected to run into such huge difficulties in her first case. She held it in for a long time, then said with a reddened face, “I’m sorry.”

“You’ve already helped me a lot. I should be the one thanking you instead.” Victoria curved her lips.

“Don’t thank me; I didn’t help you with anything,” Janice said, feeling deflated. “Just try to appease the person you provoked. If they don’t fess up, no one can help you.”

After seeing Janice off, Victoria went to the store room to fetch her cleaning tools, resuming her work. However, Janice’s words kept echoing in her mind.

Just try to appease the person you provoked. If they don’t fess up, no one can help you.

If she appeased Christian, would he really let her off?

“Victoria, Room 3420 spilled their wine. Please go and clean it up,” a colleague said, going over to her.

Victoria gave a quick response, putting away those messy thoughts as she took her cleaning tools to Room 3420.

Unfortunately, her father and Christian were both there, along with a few middle-aged men in suits and leather shoes.

Christian sat in the middle, and when she came in, someone in the room was laughing while saying something to him. He simply nodded once in a while, appearing not too distant, but not too intimate either.

When he saw her enter, he simply gave her a glance before averting his gaze as if he had simply seen a stranger.

Meanwhile, Glen was holding a wine glass, and when he saw Victoria’s attire and the cleaning tools in her hands, he frowned, embarrassment tinting his gentlemanly and handsome face.

“Why don’t we get someone else to clean it up?” The atmosphere was a little awkward, so someone put forth the suggestion.

A few of them immediately agreed to let Victoria leave and have someone else come to clean up. Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

However, some of them wanted to watch how things panned out, quite delighted to see Glen in a troubled situation.

Victoria was also reluctant to stay here and endure her father’s disdain. It was too much for her, after all.novelxo.com fast update

She took her cleaning tools and got ready to leave. “Please wait a moment, I’ll ask a colleague to come and clean it up.”

“Wait.” Christian swept a sideways glance at Glen and stopped Victoria. “You can proceed with the cleaning.”

“Wouldn’t that be inappropriate? Let’s change her out,” one of them suggested.

“There’s nothing inappropriate about this.” Glen’s gaze fell upon Victoria for a few seconds, but he quickly frowned and looked away as if he had seen something unsightly. “I’ve already cut off ties with her; what she does is of no importance to me.”

The middle-aged man who had suggested switching Victoria out smiled awkwardly and fell silent. He could only give Victoria a sympathetic look.

Mr. Coleman was known for his kindness, and he would donate huge amounts to charity every year. He was a wonderful man, but in reality, this saint everyone praised was cruel to his own daughter.

Victoria froze, holding the cleaning tools with such force that her fingertips turned white. She looked sideways at Glen, coldness running throughout her body.

Her father did this in order to cut off ties with her lest Christian misunderstood them, right?

Huh, how wary her father was, fearing that she might drag the Coleman Family down with her!

“Just clean it up and leave.” Seeing that Victoria hadn’t moved, Glen’s expression darkened.

Victoria lowered her head and sounded a response. She took a cloth and cleaned the wine off the table and floor. She moved with the same agility as before, but only she knew what she was feeling inside.

Christian looked at her work clothes hanging loosely off her, feeling annoyed for some reason.

He took out a cigarette and lit it between his fingers. Hidden by the smoke, his expression was unclear.

“I have finished cleaning up. I hope you enjoy your time here.” Victoria didn’t look at anyone else as she spoke formally, then took her cleaning tools and went out.

The door only opened for a bit before closing again. The smell of smoke became stronger in the room, and the atmosphere was a little depressing.