Chloe was fed up hearing this kind of crap! Every time she heard those gossips, imagining Damon's face made it hard for her to stomach!
Fritz was especially at a loss for words. After all, as of yesterday, he'd thought her husband, Damon, was nothing more than a nouveau riche jerk, and even tried to talk Chloe into giving the guy a wide berth.
Looking back now, how had he ever fallen for Damon's act?
The hotel manager, tired of dealing with this drama queen, looked around and announced, "Apologies folks, we've got a bit of a privacy issue here. If you wouldn't mind giving us some space, that'd be great. Sorry for the disturbance, dinner's on the house tonight. Thanks for understanding."
At this point, everyone got the gist that this was a whole lot of nothing. And so, they all shuffled off to their rooms.
The hotel manager looked at the two shell-shocked people in front of him, especially Austin, who looked particularly out of sorts. He scoffed inwardly, his demeanor cooling noticeably, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Makenna, you've been tipped off about supposed infidelity, but only found Ms. Summers. Yet your husband insists she's his mistress. Don't you find that a little odd? Someone's been leading you by the nose to focus on Ms. Summers, haven't you noticed?
“Looks like Mr. Austin doesn't know who Ms. Summers really is, huh? How can she be his mistress if he doesn't even know who she is?
"We take guest privacy very seriously here at the hotel, within reason. We don't take kindly to being made scapegoats or being labeled as someone's mistress! We've all got reputations to uphold. Who wants that kind of smear? How you protect whoever you want to protect is your business, but when it comes to the reputation of our hotel staff, we won't sit idly by."
At this, Makenna turned to look at her own husband. "Austin, just who are you trying to protect?!"
Austin looked panicked, swallowed hard, then put on a brave face, snapping, "Who can I protect? When have you ever seen me protect anyone? You think you don't know me? I face the music. You've caught me red-handed, so what? It's just a woman. Why would I go to all this trouble arguing with you, making a fool of myself in public?"
Makenna was taken aback by Austin's words. She stayed silent for a while, her eyes darting around, then quickly turned to the hotel manager and Chloe. "He's not wrong! He's been caught by me a few times before, but he always owned up! He's always had the guts to face the music, there's no need to waste our time with you people today!"
Everyone was stunned by her nonsensical argument. They all glanced at each other, at a loss for words! They just couldn't wrap their heads around it.
Moreover, when had this guy ever shown any courage to face his responsibilities?
However, the man who was trusted by his wife seemed a bit smug. He turned to Chloe and said, "We're all here to enjoy ourselves, who has the right to say that the CEO of Starlight International can't enjoy herself? I think you're just out to shift the blame, trying to ruin my reputation!"
Chloe looked at him coolly, "Ruin your reputation? What reputation do you have that needs ruining? Do I need to sacrifice my own reputation to ruin yours?"
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