Chapter 112

"He said you had to go home. To do laundry," Chloe told her flat-out. Home. Laundry? Elaine's lips twitched—was that seriously Marcus's excuse for her leave? Even Chloe looked skeptical. She blinked at Elaine and asked, "Elaine, you really left yesterday just to do laundry?" Elaine let out a dry chuckle. "Well, it's... a bit more complicated than that. But, yeah, kind of." "You could've just told me straight up," Chloe said with a tiny frown, feeling a bit wronged. "That's on me," Elaine admitted with a sheepish smile. "My bad. Won't happen again." Then Chloe leaned in with a mischievous smirk and whispered, "You missed the best part—Isabella was steaming mad when she heard. Too bad she had to suck it up." Elaine didn't laugh, though. Her mind was still stuck on that ridiculously simple excuse—"laundry." Of all things, Marcus could've said... laundry? Right on cue, Isabella walked in, catching the two whispering. Her tone sharp, she said, "Chloe, don't you have work to do?" Chloe shran