Chapter 62 So Close

Emily was half a head shorter than Chloe, so Joseph could effortlessly look past her head and into the room.

There were many empty seats, and Chloe was nowhere to be seen. She most likely had gone home already.

Withdrawing his gaze, Joseph said in a low, deep voice, “I’m sorry. I think I made at

mistake.”

“It’s okay.” Emily nodded, unsurprised by his response.

Lucas was already waiting in the driver’s seat. When he saw Joseph, he grabbed an umbrella and got out to greet him. As he drew closer, he noticed that Joseph was already holding an umbrella of his own.

Without overthinking it, Lucas assumed that it must have been given to him by one of the business partners who saw that it was raining outside.

After forty minutes, Joseph arrived home and punched in the password to enter the living room. His attention was immediately drawn to a pair of damp women’s sports shoes resting in the hallway, causing him to furrow his brows.

‘Did she choose to brave the rain rather than wait for me?’

After taking a shower, Joseph passed by Chloe’s room. The door was not completely shut, and the room was pitch black. It seemed that she had gone to sleep.

a faint murmur could be heard

hit me… I didn’t steal anything…

believe

pushed open the door to Chloe’s bedroom. The light streaming in through the window allowed him to barely make out her figure on the bed. Her eyes were shut tightly as if caught in a nightmare and

something was not right. He reached out to touch her

This is what you get

her bedside table. After that, he nudged the

her murmurs which became more persistent, Chloe did

corners of her eyes and her tightly furrowed

was actually quite pitiable. Despite living here for so long, her family never

in a

fever was, she would definitely need to go to the hospital for an IV drip tomorrow if

an hour, Joseph finally managed to get Chloe to take her medicine.

“Please don’t go…”

tried to pry her fingers open, but she had a surprisingly strong grip. Every

leech.” He sneered.

and waited for Chloe to fall asleep before leaving. However, since he had been sleepless the night before and had drunk tonight,

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