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.

murmur could be

hit me… I didn’t

please believe me…”

make out her figure on the bed. Her eyes were shut tightly as if caught in a nightmare and her

felt that something was not right. He reached out to touch her forehead and realized that she was burning

is what you get for not waiting for

cold medicine on her bedside table. After that, he nudged the person on the bed. “Get up

for her murmurs which became

at the corners of her eyes and her tightly furrowed brows made her look

quite pitiable. Despite living here for so long, her family never once visited her.

be in a terrible state.

IV drip tomorrow if she did not take her medicine now. And he knew that with her complicated family situation, he would have to

half an hour, Joseph finally managed to get Chloe to take

“Please don’t go…”

Every time he managed to loosen one of her fingers, the others quickly tightened.

a leech.”

Joseph sat on the chair and waited for Chloe to fall asleep before leaving. However, since he had been sleepless the

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