
That's why I didn't understand why she wanted to keep the fact that she got fired hidden in the first place. It would only hurt chloe more to let her think that blair left because she wanted to rather than against her own will. And now she throws it back at Claude like it's his fault for misunderstanding. Sigh.
I'm glad it's cleared up though.

Blaire kinda explained it. Claude already hated the Duke, that's why Blaire thought that if Chloe at the time knew that she got kicked out by the Duke, Chloe/Claude will hate the Duke more. And since in the original story that Blaire remembers, Chloe is not that completely angry with the Duke after Chloe had her awakening.
I saw some ppl talking about the novel + spoilers, but I can't even find the novelupdate page of it. Anyone know where I can read in English?