THE BILLIONAIRE'S VENGEFUL WIFE RETURNS-Chapter 267: A THIEF

This Chapter is dedicated to Tammie_Gonzales. Thanks for the golden ticket.

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Claudia Blackwood had always known how to manipulate her way out of trouble. From the moment she could speak, she had learned that lies, when spoken with enough conviction, could become reality. It had worked for her before. It had worked on her father, on her mother, and even on Harlow. But today, something was different.

She was losing control.

For the first time, her tricks weren’t working. Gus and the other employees weren’t falling for her fabricated receipts and smooth-talking excuses. They weren’t intimidated by her threats.

They weren’t afraid of her at all.

Embezzling funds from her father’s company to pay her debt and blaming Harlow for it has been a norm for Claudia. And now, she thought she could still do the same with the Hamilton’s company.

She had no idea Gus or the other employees would keep an eye on her.

"But there is no proof of payment in our records and the customer is running out of patience. Are you sure you received the funds?" Gus asked again.

"Of course I did, why would I lie, this is proof. Maybe there’s a little issue with the bank which can be resolved later. But it would be a shame if you keep the customers waiting for long." Claudia said.

This has always been her trick. Convince them to deliver the products without confirming payment, then maybe bribe one of the teams in charge to claim they have received payment. And if it doesn’t go as planned, she would always resort to her plan B.

Blame Harlow...

When all other plans fail, that one works better. But today, there is no Harlow to blame, and Gus didn’t look like he was a bit convinced by her words.

"Madam Claudia that’s not how things are done here. We confirm payments first and then deliver the products to the customer. That is why we wanted to be sure we got paid." Another employee who had arrived with Gus said.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I have shown you proof of payment countless times, are you trying to call me a liar?" Claudia yelled at him. She hated the way he was looking at her. All of them.

"Mrs Claudia, no one has said anything. All we ask is proof of payment, you’re the only one calling yourself a liar." Gus stated.

"You better be careful of what you do. I have shown you proof of payment, if you don’t believe it you can go fuck yourself." Claudia spat.

"Are you sure that’s not a forged receipt?" The lady amongst them asked. She had been the one eyeing Claudia from them and gossiping about her.

"Are you out of your mind?" Claudia barked at her.

"This is the first time this has happened before. And it happened the very first day you started working with us." She retorted.

"Debra that’s enough," Gus said to the employee.

"It seems like you all have come here to insult me." Claudia started. "You have each come here to humiliate me."

"For a girl whose mother is a fraudster, we need to double-check so that we don’t get into trouble with the boss and it looks like we aren’t wrong at all. You have stolen the money." Debra accused boldly and Claudia couldn’t take the insult anymore, her hands landed harshly on Debra’s cheek.

"How dare you?" Her voice roared like a raging beast. She looked like she could devour and destroy anyone that came her way.

But no one was moved by her actions. If anything, her action angered Debra more, and if she had held back before she wouldn’t anymore.

While Claudia looked like a beast that could kill anyone outwardly, inwardly, she was shaking like a scared cat.

How did things get this way? Her tactics from before were no longer working. She should never have stolen the company funds on her first day of work, but she was desperate. She had a debt to pay, the loan sharks were on her neck.

They could kill her or possibly do something worse to her. Claudia clenched her fist, she refused to be insulted like this. So what if she stole and money? This is her family’s company, and she has as much right as Harlow to the company’s funds.

Debra snatched the receipt from her immediately and read through it. "I told you the receipt was forged. She has stolen the money." She accused again. She would see to it that Claudia gets out of here.

Debra passed the receipt to Gus who frowned as he stared at it.

"Madam Claudia, what have you done with the funds?" He asked.

"What have you done with it? You’re employed to manage the company funds not steal them. This is a huge crime and you will be penalized for it." Gus said.

"I’ve told you countless times, that I saw the money enter the account and printed receipt of payment. Why the hell will I steal the money?" Claudia asked like a wronged child.

She refused to be caught, if she is caught then she’s truly over. She couldn’t lose this job, how the hell was she supposed to pay back the money she owed?

The government has seized everything belonging to her mother, and Claudia has no money to her name. Even if she was Frank Blackwood’s daughter, she didn’t know how to use money. She spent everything given, every payment made and even collected debt when she was desperate.

The debt that has turned her into a desperate thief.

"Then show us your cell phone for proof," Debra said.

"What?"

"If you didn’t steal the money, show us proof of your bank statement. We need to see proof." Debra pestered. It seems she’s not ready to let Claudia go just like that. She was hellbent on exposing and humiliating Claudia.

It’s ironic to see that the once respected daughter of the Blackwood family was now being humiliated and accused of theft.

Claudia’s lips quivered. She has truly been cornered with no way out anymore.

"W... Why will I show you my bank statement? So that you can say I stole the money? Never."

"The money that is meant to be paid is 300million. You’re Claudia Blackwood, why would you have just 300 million in your account?" Gus asked. This was the same woman who threatened to buy his entire estate just to kick him out. There’s no way she’ll have just 300 million.

"Of course, I don’t have only 300 million in my account. But I’m not about to show you my account." Claudia said.

"I know what you all are doing. You’re trying to harass a pregnant woman"_"