Chapter 28

I finally snapped, "Are you saying you didn't deliberately send me to pick her up yesterday? That you didn't plan it with her beforehand?" Claire flared up and shot back sharply, "Zara Yaxley, don't you dare blame me baselessly! Let me tell you the truth—Isabel is my boyfriend's younger sister. That's all there is to it. How did you twist that into so many conspiracy theories?" I froze in surprise. At the same time, Claire didn't look like she was lying. Besides, I was already her subordinate, and I'd just openly fallen out with her and tried to resign. There was no reason for her to lie to me right now. I warned her bluntly, "I just want you to know this—Isabel is the woman my husband is having an affair with. From now on, anything involving her, don't come to me." Without waiting to see the shock on her face, I turned and left her office. Claire didn't approve my resignation request. If I walked out on my own, the company had the right to withhold all my documents. So in the e