Chapter 44 I’ve Got Great Assets

While sitting at the dining table and waiting for Chloe to finish cooking dinner, Joseph browsed through the company’s internal chat group where everyone was gossiping.

[Breaking news! Baxon’s executive got an employee pregnant. Someone saw him taking the employee to the hospital for an abortion!)

[Is this executive named Maurice Oberden?]

[Yes! How did you know?]

[His scandals have been circulating in the financial world. Rumor has it that his wife found out and confronted him at his office last year. Don’t know why they’re not divorced yet though.]

[His wife is a full-time housewife. A divorce won’t be easy considering her situation.]

Joseph scrolled down and the gossip about the Baxon’s executive ended there. He switched his phone off just as Chloe finished making the pasta.

“Ta-da, your carbonara is ready! I even made you an omelet!”

Joseph then looked at her plate, which contained nothing but some blanched broccoli.

“Have you had your dinner?”

“No, I’m on a diet and don’t want to eat too much.”

Although it was generally advised not to eat anything at this late hour, her stomach. was rumbling so loudly as she cooked that she could not resist making some blanched

broccoli for herself.

“You’re not fat. There’s no need for you to go on a diet,” Joseph said seriously.

Spring and summer were generally busy seasons for companies, and there were a lot of things for Chloe to learn at her new job. If she was not at peak physical health, she might quickly become exhausted and burnt out.

“No! I weighed myself today and saw that I’ve gained six pounds!”

If a woman could not control her weight, how did she expect to control a man?!

unblinkingly at the stubborn woman before him. “If you

opened her mouth to fight back but hesitated before changing the

You’re afraid that if I lose weight, I won’t be

like that.”

the heck is

when he said he liked

seriously.

out her chest confidently and said in all seriousness, As for myself, I’ve

still be noticeable.”

gaze. “Are you always this expressive? Do you just blurt out everything that crosses

say that was wrong? I was simply stating

for words,

closer to him, almost touching his face, and inquired in a playful tone, “Jojo, are you

gaze.

as she did not believe him.

Joseph said, “Be careful of a man

from Baxon.”

no recollection of this name and could only recall hearing a few

did not say anything further and replied, “You’ll understand in the

and returning late. As a result, she had less time to devote to cooking

Tve Got

fearus, whom she had not seen in a while. She seemed surprised

the job at Baxon, she had been eager to invite him out for a meal. Unfortunately, she was never able to meet him as he had been absent

of, so I was out of the country for

asked.

going swimmingly,”

meal. “When are you free? I’d like to treat you and Mr. Harry to a meal. After all, without your recommendation, I wouldn’t have been able to join Baxon.”

me know the time

I have to head back and finish my

instructor.

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